CROCKPOT COOKIN’: Pumpkin Beer N' Beef

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CROCKPOT COOKIN’: Pumpkin Beer N' Beef

Taco Tuesday E loves beer. He is ALWAYS sending me recipes that include beer but never one that really spoke to me. This past weekend we were at Total Wine picking up some of E’s favorite beer, Founders

Apples

FALL: Homemade Pear Applesauce with Vanilla Bean Joe Joe's

Freshly Picked #thumbosunite One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to go apple picking. We have been getting an amazing variety of apples and pears for the last couple weeks in

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SOUP: Easy Turkey Chili and Pumpkin Cornbread

The temperatures are coming down and the leaves are turning colors here in New Jersey. For me that means, it is time to clean out the garden plot, time to start wearing fall colors and

Bake Me

BAKE ME: Peach Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins

There have been an abundance of peaches and blueberries in our house ALL SUMMER LONG. Every week our CSA gives us more! Yesterday I had about 10 peaches and a basket of blueberries and no

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SOUP: Creamy Potato Soup

I cannot believe that it is the beginning of September already. Where did the summer go?! Growing up in Los Angeles, we didn’t have much of an autumn or fall. Living on the east coast

Bake Me

BAKE ME: Elvis Bread

E and I spent the 4th of July in Las Vegas, the land of all things Elvis. I cannot believe that was over a month ago already! My how time flies! We have been listening

Adventure

SAUCES AND SPREADS: Homemade Salsa Verde

One of the first seedlings I picked up for my garden was my tomatillo plant. After planting it I did some research and discovered that in order for the tomatillo plant to produce fruit you

Basil

VEGGIES: Community Garden Update, Part IV

So it has been a couple weeks since my last garden update. To be honest, work and life have been a little crazy and I haven’t been able to spend as much time at the

Adventure

FANCY PANTS: Smashed Spiced Avocado Cheddar Crostini

On Sunday we found a (new to us) homemade pasta store in Roselle Park, New Jersey, called Casa di Trevi. It is in a nondescript little white building with a small sign. You probably have

Brunch

VEGGIES: Roasted Corn Salad with a Honey Lime Dressing

As you know, E and I have been getting a weekly box of fresh produce from one of the local farms here in New Jersey, called Stony Hill Farms. Every Wednesday, it is such a

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