Since I was a kid on my grandpa’s ranch, harvest time in the orchards brought a deep, visceral joy and sense of security and well-being to my normally complicated life. Maybe it was passed down because my great-grandparents’ and grandparents’ very livelihoods as young pioneers depended on a successful harvest, or maybe it was later…
Category: Farm to Table
Gluten Free Lemon & Herb Shortbread Cookies
I have been obsessed with herbs this spring. I blame it on a wet, miserable, dark winter that seemed to go on forever in Arizona…So when my first few planters and pots of perennial herbs started perking up in the warm AZ sun, I spent hours outside, brushing up against them, crushing their leaves, and…
Egg-streme Writer’s Block but Egg-cellent Crustless Mini Quiche
Have you ever had a cheesy pun stuck in your head? You know that it would be the most predictable blog title on the planet, so you can’t use it, and yet now that the idea has hatched in your brain, feathers, and fluff coming out of your ears, as the little punny bird bobs…
Follow the Autumn Wind
This. Just this. I spent this beautiful fall morning on the farm with my boys, just breathing, doing farm chores, harvesting the last of our summer vegetable garden, sharing the abundance with the critters, picking through leaves along the creek bed to make a quick fall craft, and finally cooking up some amazing brussel sprouts…
Pumpkin-Head Demos How to Paint a Watercolor Teal Pumpkin
The Teal Pumpkin Project So before I delve into entertaining you with the story behind my nickname, I wanted to use this opportunity to bring attention to the #TealPumpkinProject. I stumbled upon the hashtag after I had already finished this series of Teal Pumpkin Watercolor paintings, but I found it so timely, and a worthy…
Scrumptious Guilt-Free Pumpkin Spice Harvest Bars
First let me get this disclaimer off my chest, and then you can proceed with/alter this recipe as you choose: *That blustery fall day you decide to hone in on your food blogger skills and develop the BEST.DANG.PUMPKIN.BARS.EVER. ..they are light, fluffy, delicious, and super healthy, so you broadcast the pics and recipe from here…
A night of Fancy Schmancy Tomatoes and Marshmallow Shooter Wars
A couple weeks ago my amazing friend Heather and I were patting each other on the back, tooting our mom horns about how much energy we had when it came to chasing our boys, and just being all around strong country girls..Now, she IS a beast, in so many ways, and I am usually just…
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