Cranberry-Orange Pork Roast

So, you made Homemade Cranberry Sauce; now what? You could just eat it, of course. If that’s the case, then make a double batch, because you’re going to want to make this pork roast! Not only does the slow cooker do its magic on the pork, it also mellows the cranberry & orange flavors until they are smooth…

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

What would Thanksgiving be without homemade cranberry sauce? It’s the quickest & easiest dish to make, and tastes soooooo much better than canned. You can even make it a day or two ahead of time. Go ahead & make a test batch now, and see how easy it really is! You’ll find a printer-friendly version of the…

Great Green Sheet Pan Chicken Supper

A quick, easy, and delicious meal! The Great Green Sauce is easy to make and freezes quite well. When you’re ready for the sheet pan supper, just grab a ziptop bag of the sauce from the freezer, and thaw it in the fridge overnight. You’ll find a printer-friendly version of the recipe at the bottom of…

Great Green Sauce

​I had an overabundance of green peppers & green tomatoes that I brought in just before a hard frost last week. I froze quite a few of them, used some others in Green Tomato Sauté, and still had some left over. So I thought, you can make sauce from everything else (tomatoes, Basil, dill, roasted…

Minty Chickpea, Green Bean, & Tomato Salad

According to Wikipedia, chickpeas have been cultivated by humans for 7,500 years. The name “chickpea” dates back at least to the 1300s in French. The name “garbanzo” first came to English from Spanish, in the 17th century. Others call them Ceci/Cece/Chichi beans. No matter the name, they’re delicious and nutritious, and present in many of the…

Sweet & Spicy Pickled Peppers

A little while ago, I reblogged the Sweet & Spicy Pickled Peppers from Simply Made Kitchen and Crafts. It looked just perfect the way it was, so I felt no need to tweak it. I did, however, feel a need to make it!  I have so many jalapeños in my garden, and I can’t have Chorizo-Stuffed Jalapeños every night,…

Basil-Walnut Pesto

How can such an amazingly simple recipe produce such mouth-watering results? Fresh ingredients, that’s how! I had the incredibly good fortune of having an abundance of fresh basil from my Aerogarden at the same time my garden’s snow peas were ready, on an evening of perfect weather for eating out on the porch. With very little time and effort, we…

Green Tomato Sauté

We had our first real frost this week. Considerably later than usual, so I’m not complaining! There’s still a lot left in the garden, though. I figured the Swiss chard would be okay with a light frost, as would beets & carrots. The rest, I covered with frost covers & an old duvet cover that fits…