It was a glorious day when I discovered that pumpkins were not just for carving into Jack O’ Lanterns but, in fact, could be cooked into delicious soups, mashes and even lasagna! Since then, I look forward to the bounty of winter squashes that comes this time of year. I recently made a kabocha-pumpkin soup … More Ode to Fall : Winter Squash Soup
Finally a day with temperatures below 80 and a Sunday. This means spending the day in my kitchen cooking and baking all the gorgeous produce I have been gathering from the garden. I am making pumpkin/kaboucha squash soup and an apple pie, plus drying some “cinnamon dusted apples” in my dehydrator. Love this time of … More “FALL MEANS APPLE PIE”
I made soap this past weekend with a few woman friends and it was so much fun I had to post the recipe and encourage people to try it. Because you must use lye to make soap (ALL soap has lye, sometimes they just call it something else to fool you!), it can seem dangerous. … More “SOAP MAKING AT HOME”
“Summer in A Jar PEACH PRESERVES” I am finally getting around to posting my Peach Preserves recipe, just as we finally got a tiny bit of rain in dry California and cooler weather. Yay! The Suncrest and Indian Blood Peaches I used came from my own garden and a local organic peach orchard. Peaches were … More Summer In A Jar Peach Preserves
the pollen count 