Today we had the privilege to get out for fresh air and a picnic.  We were meeting good friends and taking just peanut butter and jelly was not what I had in mind. egg saladasparagusstrawberry yogurtpb & j for the kidsfruitcake

Ok. I didn’t actually make Cherry Jubilee but we have had quite a celebration of cherries around here recently.  Sour cherries come in ripe (usually) at the end of June and are available to pick for 1 week.  It’s a small window so you have to know when to start calling to ensure you don’t […]

I love the internet for finding just the right recipe when I need to cook something.  Tonight, I knew I needed something relatively quick to cook. I could have made spaghetti but I didn’t have any pasta noodles, at all, in the cupboard.  I did have pork sausage and risotto rice and veggies so I googled sausage […]

This Wednesday was the first day of our summer share with Sunny Hill Farm.  Wow!  What an abundance!  We received broccoli, spring onions, romaine lettuce, spinach, cabbage, asparagus, eggs and a potted herb.  So much delicious food but planning meals based on your basket can be a challenge. I have several goals with each meal: […]

As much as I wanted to do strawberry picking earlier this season, especially since they came in early this year, life just wouldn’t allow it.   So today, I literally had an hour and a half to squeeze a memorable moment of picking in.  I grabbed my two oldest helpers and headed over to Brad’s […]

I love that fantastic, healthy food does not have to be complex.  On a recent grocery store trip my littlest one had the choice between cookies and bananas.  She chose bananas.  We have them infrequently and they are treat.  Mostly, we don’t keep them in the house because they are so coveted that my little […]

This might just be a perfect moment.  The kids are outside playing.  It is a wet but not raining afternoon.  I have a pot of milk coming to a boil on the stove from Kilby Cream in Rising Sun and another pot with American Organic Brown Basmati Rice cooking.  I am planning to make Palek Paneer […]

Haford County is ripe with local wineries and growers.  I don’t know but maybe we’ll become the next Napa Valley 🙂   We visited Harford Vineyard and Winery last weekend and had a wine tasting with pairings.  It was delicious.  I had LOTS of favorites and we of course came home with a few bottles.  The […]

Cabbage for me is an unexpectadly wonderful food. http://www.cheriestihler.com/recipes/soups.html

In an effort to make all around better food choices, we have been eating more sustainable seafood.  The tragedy of fishing our oceans is just too profound to start a post on tonight but one simple switch we have made is to eating …. sardines.  Yes they get a bad rap sometimes but I have […]