Maple Walnut Apple Crisp – Each bite is filled with sweet, soft-cooked apples, and crunchy oat and walnut topping, all with subtle maple undertones. It’s apple season, and the tree we have out back is loaded with apples. In all the years we’ve lived here, this is most apples it’s ever produced. Usually it’s a sorry-looking…
Did you know August is Kids Eat Right Month? It’s a good month for that since many families now shift their focus from summer activities to getting kids ready to go back to school; and part of that encompasses planning for meals and snacks. This is an opportune time to incorporate healthy choices in your family’s meals and snacks….
The Benefits of Eating Local The majority of food at any given meal I ate as a young child was local . . . very local. Most of it was grown in my family’s back yard by my mom or raised in the cattle yard or corn fields by my dad. Even in winter, we…
Peaches & Cream Popsicles. . . Sweet, juicy peaches and creamy Greek yogurt swirled together make a fun and healthy summertime treat. Most of my neighbors are in a different season of life than I am right now. They have babies, or they are expecting babies. Some of them have younger school-age children. And me,…
Triple Berry and Quinoa Salad with Mixed Greens places sweet berries and nutty quinoa amidst a backdrop of earthy mixed greens, cucumbers, and peppers, all pulled together with a balsamic vinaigrette for a colorful and scrumptious salad. There are days when I open my refrigerator and I’m reminded of the TV show Chopped. It’s one of my…
Enjoy the taste of spring and summer with this bright and delightful Strawberry Rhubarb Compote. I just finished walking around my garden today, checking my plants to see how they are doing, and looking for signs of new growth of the seeds I planted (eons ago, it seems). My garden is dismal this year. Oh, it’s organized….