by jane | Dec 3, 2020 | Christmas, Holiday Cooking, Recipes
During a year that so many of us want to make homemade food gifts for friends and family — and are home enough to do it, it feels like the right time to re-up a favorite sugar cookie dough recipe that was first shared here a while back. This recipe can only be...
by Kate Etue | Jun 25, 2020 | Tips + Tricks
If you’ve ever planted mint in a backyard garden, you know it can grow like crazy. Got a surplus of mint like me? Then you’re probably wondering what to do with it all. I mean, there’s only so many mint leaves you can add to a glass of iced tea,...
by Kate Etue | Mar 20, 2020 | Tips + Tricks
Welcome to homestead life, mamas. We’re just a few days in on our full quarantine, and I feel like I’m going to need to learn how to grow wheat and weave my own fabric soon. (Kidding! No panicking!) But I do have to admit, when I saw Ruby Amanfu’s...
by Jane Sweeney | Oct 26, 2019 | Recipes
Full disclosure: I am not on the Keto diet. This may explain my confusion when I started seeing “chaffle” recipes pop up everywhere from low-carb Instagram feeds to some of my favorite big-name cooking websites. At first, I wondered if chaffle was a typo....
by Jane Sweeney | Aug 13, 2019 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks
Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the sun....