BAKE ME: Banana Cranberry Muffins

Hope everyone had a fun and festive Halloween. I know we did. I think we were on a sugar high ALL WEEKEND. Now that we are officially in November, all I can think about is

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

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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

Autumnal

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

Autumnal

IN TIME FOR SHABBOS: Harvest Challah

September and now October have been INSANELY busy with the high holidays and work etc. that I have not had the time to blog. But don’t worry. I have been cooking and baking up a

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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

Autumnal

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

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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

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SAUCES AND SPREADS: Homemade Baba Ganoush

Last week’s farm share from Stony Hill Farms included a HUGE purple eggplant. We weren’t in the mood for our usual favorites – eggplant pizza melts or curried sauteed eggplant. I was struggling to come

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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

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