I've learned many things in the past 6 years of farming. I'm physically capable of doing tasks that I would never have dreamt I could do in my pre farming life. I now divide an entire calendar year between the first and last predicted frosts of the season.
Being a recipe developer you can only imagine how often I'm at grocery stores. I practically live in them. I'm pretty sure all the employees recognize me and wonder why I'm always there.
What is the holiday season without some homemade hot cocoa? And better yet, what about homemade marshmallows?! Sadly, with my vegetarianism, I can no longer indulge in these decadent treats (though I have to admit, I didn't realize they were actually a by-product of meat until a year or so into my changeover.
Paul "Sweet Paul" Lowe is guided by his grandmother, Mormor's, motto: "fullkommenhet er kjedelig" -- "perfection is boring". Born in Oslo, his Mormor and Great Auntie Gunnvor instilled in him a love for cooking and crafting that carried over to his career in New York as a food and props stylist, and eventually the creative guru behind the quarterly Sweet Paul Magazine.
My mom makes better sweet tea than your mom. *wink* In today's Five Minute Fix, learn to make sweet tea just like my mom. My mom has a habit of always making sweet tea when guests come over. My mom also has a habit of not checking to make sure she has all the ingredients she needs before she starts a recipe.
A fun beverage for baby showers! Our Preggy Punch Mocktail is light, refreshing, and packed with flavor... and it's "trashed up" for my sweet friend Jessica. We're thick in the middle of heavy holiday recipes... However today we're taking a break to celebrate Jessica from How Sweet It Is ' Virtual Baby Shower.
Is there anything better than a long holiday weekend? For us working gals, having a day off (where we don't have to work) is truly the biggest blessing in the world. To be honest, I don't remember the last day I took off from everything.
If using the grill: Soak 3 wooden skewers in water for at least 1 hour. Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and arrange the coals on one side of the charcoal grate.
Ok ok enough ginger already, you might be saying. No such thing, I reply. I've talked at length about ginger beers, and even made my own at one point, complete with yeast fermented bubbles. That was true ginger beer. But this is practically a homemade ginger beer, made from fresh ginger juice, lime juice, and tonic water for fizz.
I can't get enough of these blood orange Italian sodas, they're refreshing, easy, and family-friendly! In middle school my friends I became obsessed with italian sodas. We got them almost every day at school, and raspberry was my favorite flavor. And then we moved on to some other obsession, and [...]