This could quite possibly be my favorite way to preserve strawberries, in homemade ice cream! This custard based ice cream is oh so sweet with the dreamy taste of summer.  The beautiful vibrant pink color?  All natural baby! Read more

After picking a ton of strawberries a week and a half ago, I put the word out on twitter asking what I should do with them.  My favorite suggestion was from Jennie who suggested I make jam or conserve with them.  I was planning to make some jam and strawberry ice cream, but her suggestion of conserve got me all excited.  Conserve is basically a soft set jam with chunks of fruit.  I knew that my just picked strawberries would be fantastic in this form and had to give it a try. Read more

Today is the all new International holiday, Pie Party!  Okay it’s not actually an International holiday, it’s an idea dreamed up by some friends of mine on Twitter.  We all love pie, and want to help people get over their fear of making pie.  So it was decided that July 5 should be a Pie Party, where everyone posts a photo of a pie they’ve made.  I’ve been working on a rustic healthy pie recipe using fresh ground whole wheat and organic sucanat.  It took a few attempts, but I’ve finally created an easy pie recipe that is good for you, tasty, and looks good messy! Read more

We lost our kitty on Monday.  One day I’ll be able to write a great post about it, but for now the wound is too fresh.  I will post a breakfast recipe in his honor though.  Every morning the first thing I’d do was say hi to Cappucino, then he would curl up in my lap while I had my breakfast.  In cold weather I usually have something hot for breakfast, toast with peanut butter, or oatmeal.  Now that it’s warming up I’ve been craving yogurt, and this rhubarb compote is the perfect pairing. Read more

Our CSA is starting next week and I’m so excited.  I feel like a got a head start last week though, picking up produce from Mosby Farm who donates ingredients for the Healthy Cooking on a Tight Budget Program.  I LOVE Mosby and totally need to make a video about them sometime.  Not only do they donate all the produce ingredients I need for each class, they also donate large quantities of the produce they have an abundance of to raffle off to class participants.  Last week, we got lots of rhubarb to send participants home with, and Facebook was filled with their excited updates about making this lovely rhubarb crisp recipe over the weekend. Read more