June 2011

Cashews coming out of the oven...delicioso!!!

I can’t believe that during that whole “fat-free craze” of the eighties and beyond I would barely touch a nut because I was told they had too much fat, yikes!  Can you believe that?  Well I’ll go one better, I didn’t eat hardly any salmon for the same reason.  And now the message is: eat salmon twice a week and …

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Grilled squash and spring onions, yum!

Hey Y’all!  Here’s your Quick Tip Tuesday post! Squash is so plentiful, tender and delicous right now and for some time to come so here’s just one more little idea on what to do with it. Cut half inch slices on the diagonal or lengthwise of the yellow crookneck squash and zucchini.  Throw them in a big bowl, mince some …

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I'm even asking God to give me His Grace to be patient with my garden!

Hey All…so sorry I have been “missing in action” lately but, it has been a bit of a time to say the least.  Paralyzing muscle spasm in my back and couldn’t sit at computer, vertigo, gut issues ongoing and still trying to figure out what ails me, mother-in-love in the hospital twice last week, trip to Atlanta, blah, blah, blah.  Basically, life.  Isn’t that the truth?  …

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Herbalicious Summer Squash!

And so begins the parade of endless summer squash and zucchini from backyard gardens and farmer’s markets across this great nation!  I wouldn’t know about getting it from my garden because it’s not growing…that is for another post.  But, I am happy to buy it from all my local farmers because it is so fresh, tender and just beautiful to look …

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Ranch in a flash!

I don’t know a child that doesn’t love ranch dressing…do you?  I think it ranks right up there with ketchup!  So, you gotta figure if a child is eating their weight in these condiments then they need to be made with real quality ingredients and not the list of chemicals that you find in the bottles on the grocery store …

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