Sunday, June 16, 2013
Fresh Berry Pie (Gluten Free, Vegan)
Today, DH got a strawberry pie for Father's Day. He said it was really yummy around a mouthful of seconds. The girls agreed enthusiastically. You can use whatever berries float your boat. If your berries are fresh and sweet, use 1/2 cup sugar. If they are not super sweet, increase the sugar to 3/4 or 1 cup, depending on how sweet you like it. Serve with ice cream (So Delicious Vanilla
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Our New Garden Resident
DH and I were out the other night, plucking ripe tomatoes off our happy tomato plants when we spied this large spider right in the middle of the plants, right in the center of our raised bed. We got over the creep factor (DH called it "grim looking") and left it alone. I decided to check it out more closely last night and noticed this neat zipper pattern down the center of its web. So I ran
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Garden Growth and Chard Stalk Hummus
It has been a rainy month and not too hot - our garden looks very happy. We have several herbs, some beets, cauliflower, Swiss Chard, mustard greens, kale, amaranth, musk melons, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini.
Our jalapeno plants are producing lots of little peppers! The bees just love these little flowers and I love to see happy bees.
I recently turned these beauties into Fresh