Hello Fall! I’m so ready for you…apples, pumpkins, soups and stews! We just returned from a vacation in Las Vegas where the temperatures were in the 90’s and the only green we saw was money being thrown on the tables. Coming home, I welcomed the cool, crisp nights and the beginnings of the beautiful colors […]
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Change is in the air. Evenings are cooler. Sun sets earlier. And many folks are preparing for back to school. I’m melancholy today as I think how quickly the seasons change. I love and welcome fall – but what happened to summer? I feel cheated. Most of this summer was too hot and with school […]
Why? Why do what we do to sweet potatoes? We cover them with marshmallows…with sugar…with syrup….brown sugar…and butter. Why can’t we just let them be their own sweet self? Sweet potatoes have been so misunderstood. Every Thanksgiving we are forced to deal the latest sugary-coated recipe. Here’s a recipe where the potatoes rule…enhanced only by […]
In the midst of all this pumpkin-feasting…I was asked to prepare toasted pumpkin seeds for my cooking demonstration. Hmmm….toasted pumpkin seeds. I never really liked them so how am I to prepare them if I don’t like ‘em? I know how to remove the pumpkin ‘guts’ from the pumpkin…. and clean them up… The challenge […]