There's nothing better during the summertime than freshly picked fruit - especially all of the seasonal melons readily available at the local farm stands. Fruit is always enjoyed in my home: baked in homemade pies, boiled down to jams, sliced and sprinkled over top our cereal, grilled, steeped in sangria. You name it, we try to integrate it wherever. But, it's time to give fruit the spot light it deserves. Instead of adding fruit to other dishes, let's focus on the fruit itself. My latest article at P&G Home Made Simple features … [Read more...]
Chicken Tortilla Soup
August 14, 2013 By 1 Comment
It's Seriously Soup day today, featuring one of my favorite bloggers, Serena, who authors a blog called Seriously Soupy. Serena started Seriously Soupy as a creative outlet for herself after her first daughter was born, which combined her passion for cooking with an interest in learning more about soups and soup making. Since it started, she has given soup tours and taught soup classes and has a catalog of over 100 soups on the site! You can join Serena on her Soupy journey at SeriouslySoupy.com and twice a month you can find her here, at My … [Read more...]
Zucchini Parmesan
August 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Apparently, the other day was National Zucchini Day. I'm not sure who actually coins these days. Are they officially on the calendar? I think not but, we were happy to celebrate in our own way. If you read this blog religiously (hoepfully), you'll remember my post (just last week) with our Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe. We made that cake from the largest zucchini we've ever seen--grown straight from our garden (and subsequently, the second picture with my daughter is of another zucchini grown in our garden just a week … [Read more...]
Watermelon Gazpacho
August 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Calling all soup eaters, or non-soup eaters.... Have you tried gazpacho this summer? I sure hope so. Just recently I posted one of Seriously Soupy's seriously tasty Mango Gazpacho soup recipes. I've made it 3 times since and have "wowed" my friends. Since then, I've become obsessed with Gazpacho. The best part about Gazpacho (in my humble opinion) are the medley of flavors that BURST in your mouth, the texture of the soup, and the fact that it's served COLD. It's perfect as a summertime side and sit eriously can't be any easier to … [Read more...]
