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Sometimes I think we forget just how easy dinner can be. Yesterday I tossed a few ingredients into my crock pot, turned it on high and walked away. When I came back four hours later after working in the yard all afternoon, I had a delicious soup waiting for me. I don’t think I’ve ever Read More >>
The Girl is working her way through our freezer trying to use up last summers fruit and let me tell you Bob, I am enjoying her efforts. Smoothies are her specificity and let’s just say we are all exceeding our daily quota of fruits and veggies around here. Her latest concoction… a spinach, strawberry and Read More >>
The HH brought home a crate of free salmon yesterday {a work colleague’s father-in-law works for a fish company and gets free fish from time to time} so I decided to make a big salad for dinner tonight. I spotted a delicious salmon salad recipe on myrecipes but it called for asparagus and feta, both of which Read More >>
Do you have lots of shade, but still want to grow something to munch on? Spinach is where it is at then, my friend. Spinach is a cooler weather crop, so it’s one of the first ones I start outdoors. It is great to sneak into smoothies, because it packs a nutritional wallop, and doesn’t Read More >>
If you have a bunch of fresh spinach in your garden and you are looking for an awesome recipe, this spinach and white bean soup is mighty tasty. I whipped this up the other night and served it with Irish soda bread and got rave reviews. Here is the recipe. I hope you like it, Read More >>
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