Summer Carb Ideas I – Beans Recipes
Eating outdoors, even for a week night dinner, never seems to lose its appeal as a novelty. Perhaps it’s the freedom from structural confinement, maybe it’s having a reason to sit and enjoy nature Read more
Jul 5
SUMMER GRILLING: FUN FOOD SIDE-KICKS
Funny thing about cook-out meals, we get the featured item on our plates, a burger for example, and immediately look around for other foods to add on. Read more
Cool Vegetable Recipes for Summer Meals
In the past two weeks we’ve discussed alternative types of burgers for summer outdoor eating, and some really great desserts that are seasonal, but won’t be affected by the heat. Read more
Berry Dessert Recipes – It’s Cool to be Hot!
Late spring into early summer is the best time for berries and though they’re wonderful out-of-hand or fresh with a bit of cream, they shine in recipes that really feature them. Read more
The Other Burgers – Summer Burger Recipes Without Beef
Memorial Day has come and gone and outdoor grilling season is officially open setting a summer mood. However, it’s amazing how quickly Americans have embraced a wide range of food options to grill once they were offered a seemingly endless variety of grills to cook on, as has happened in the past few decades. Read more
Chicken Prices on the Rise – And Easy Chicken Breast Recipes
Last posting was about the beef industry. This one takes a look at the poultry one, specifically chicken. The crop failure due to the drought a few years ago, with the resulting scarcity and high cost of feed effected poultry much as it had cattle, causing a culling of the flocks and spiking the prices of meat and eggs. Read more
BEEF PRICES ON THE RISE – Plus Stew and Beef Recipes
I hate to be able to say “I told ya so!”when it’s a negative thing, but, hey, “I told ya …”often in the past few years that beef prices were going to go up. A week ago the government made it official. Read more
Dive Into Spring –Easy Vegetable Recipes
Spring vegetables are unique, even the vocabulary used to talk about them is different. The rest of the year we describe vegetables as “ripe, heavy for their weight, mature, and fully grown” but in springtime we use words like” fresh, young, tender, and sprouting.” In fact, in other seasons, when gathering them we say “harvest”, but in spring we say “pick” or pluck”. Read more
