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Wordless Wednesday: The hay barn
Old barns really tug at my heart strings, so today I thought I would share some pics I took last week of one of the hay barns. At the time it was close to empty, but my husband has been steadily...
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Lemon Pound Cake with Mint Berries and Cream
My family adores strawberries, they wait all year for the short 4 week season when we can get fresh local berries. Frozen and shipped in out of season berries can not compare to the sweet bright red...
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Homemade Old Bay Seasoning
Old Bay Seasoning is a seasoning mix I have always used sparingly, a pinch in tuna salad, a dash on fish fillets, that’s about it. When I recently discovered my tin can of Old Bay Seasoning seemed to...
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Queen Anne’s Lace
Queen Anne’s Lace, Wild Carrot, or by it’s proper name Daucus carota L bloom across the countryside every summer. Swaying in the breeze in a field, dotting the roadside. This wildflower is not...
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Lemon Zucchini Bread with Lemon Glaze
I love when the garden explodes with zucchini and summer squash. There is always more than we could ever use fresh, and I have not had a lot of luck freezing summer squash, so I like to prepare it...
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Vacation in Branchport, NY
I did it. We actually got away on a vacation this summer. After all the calves have been born, and first cutting of hay was tucked away into the barns, but before corn picking and weekend farmers...
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Drying Fresh Parsley in a Dehydrator
A couple of days ago I noticed my herb garden was bursting at the seams. My two parsley plants are massive, I had to pinch flower blossoms off my basil and oregano, and my newest addition to my herb...
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Freezing Sour Cherries
I think when someone mentions cherries the first thought that comes to mind are the sweet summer fruits, easily found at farmer’s markets and in grocery stores. But for me sour cherries are where it...
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Phelps Sauerkraut Festival
Nestled in the Finger Lakes region just north of Geneva in Ontario County is the small village of Phelps. First settled in 1793, today Phelps is a charming little community that once was the largest...
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Roasted Cabbage Wedges
Cabbage gets a bad rap. I think maybe it has yet to recover from the Great Depression, when it was served frequently in various unappetizing forms. But cabbage is actually a great source of Vitamin K,...
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Claremont Salad
I was first introduced to Claremont salad at the Wegman’s deli counter. I grabbed a prepackaged container of it to go with a rotisserie chicken one night when a homemade dinner was just not in the...
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Bulk Shopping : 25 Essential Spices for your Pantry
I have been patiently waiting for the new bulk foods store Dutchland Foods to open it’s doors in Marion. The rumored opening is sometime in August, but I have not really seen anything official. This...
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Apple Chai Coffee Cake
It has felt more like Autumn here than August lately. The mornings are cooler, we have not been cracking even 80 degrees mid-day and the evenings have that damp chill to them, perfect for getting...
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Grilled Chipotle Lime Corn on the Cob
Labor day is approaching soon, the unofficial end of summer. Boy,that was super fast! Savor these last few days of summer with this delicious recipe for Grilled Chipotle Lime Corn on the Cob that is...
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
In typical Upstate New York style the weather has been a bit bi-polar lately. Yesterday it was 90 degrees out, and today it is 65. Now I realize many were probably out soaking up what may have been...
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50% off Three Flirty Aprons
I rarely post coupon deals here, in fact this might be the first time ever. But I have mentioned this apron a few times here on the blog and on Facebook and Twitter. I have been crushing on this...
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Pumpkin Bread
All of a sudden fall is here, the temps have been dropping at night, the leaves are starting to turn and the pumpkins that the kids planted are ready to move from the pumpkin patch to the porch. As...
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Apple Cider Upside Down Cake
Maybe it was the weather this weekend, which was decidedly fall-ish or that fact that apple picking has begun in our area, but when I shared this picture on my personal Facebook profile I got all...
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Corn Harvest on the Farm
Summer has winded down, and I have to tell you I am looking forward to a slower pace. But before we can button up the field work and call it done the field corn needs to be harvested and stored for...
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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Copycat Recipe
It almost pains me to give my husband credit for this soup recipe, but really it was his idea. He dropped the not so subtle hint by sharing a similar recipe on my timeline. I tracked down the...
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