Category: Food

 Dear Sweet Stuff,      You are doing me in daily. I crave you, then feel physically ill after consuming you. You know, you give me headaches and mood swings. I will be breaking up with you. Right after I eat some of these.  Yours truly, Lauren True story. I have a serious sweet tooth. … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: (Fingerless) Hand Pies”

When it rains, it pours. Tomatoes. Predictably, we had 23 tomatoes ripe at the same time. Yes, we gave some away, only to find several more ready for picking out in the back garden. So, it’s salsa time! This salsa is a touch on the sweet side thanks to all the roasted veggies and sweet … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Fire-Roasted Tomato Salsa”

Several pounds of apples from our apple tree — score! Something interesting happened over the past 4 days. I had a complete zen-parent moment. I mean, it was a moment that changed my entire weekend. The first two days of Andrew’s absence was really rough. I was exhausted after two nights in a row of … Continue reading “The Revelation”

Always looking for the next food item in which I can use up a huge bunch of greens, and finding myself with a whole lot of eggs rounding out the end of the week, I thought hey! what better way to use up some good whole ingredients than to bake a quiche? I had everything I needed … Continue reading “Yummy Stuff: Puff Pastry Quiche with Chard & Red Onion”

This garden business is crazy-town. I have no idea why we had never planted greens before this year, because apparently greens love our garden. The boys came in with this truckload of kale and chard last week. And a green bell pepper! … and more tomatoes and jalapeño peppers! Ridiculous. We ate an insane amount … Continue reading “July Garden 2012”