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One of the breads that I often bake is a cranberry walnut bread. I love the combination of tart-sweet in a breakfast bread. My husband usually takes a bread to work each day, breakfast bread that is, and this bread is frequently in his lunch! I use orange juice as the liquid to give the [...]

Okay, this is my absolute last post on zucchini for the 2009 year. Don’t hold me to that one as I have been thinking of a zucchini buckwheat muffin that quite possibly will make it to the breakfast table tomorrow morning. But, back to the business of a zucchini chocolate cake. It just seems that [...]

Here we go again, yet another post about zucchini. Like I said before, there is an over abundance of this little vegetable/fruit. I have been searching through my old family hand written recipes and found this one for zucchini bars. Looking it over, I decided to make it for breakfast. I only wanted to make [...]

I am overrun with zucchinis. They are growing leaps and bounds, plants producing daily, and if not picked they’ll grow into unusable colossal bats! What to do with all these croplings? (Now that’s a new word!) I am shocked at how many are growing. I know I shouldn’t be but as my summer squash plants are not [...]

Antipasto salads are great accompaniments for any meal, or great meals all on their own. An antipasto is food served before a meal, usually used to stimulate the appetite. Hmm. I don’t usually need my appetite stimulated, do you? They can be made a number of different ways, just be sure the ingredients are fresh. I decided [...]

It is time to go back to healthy eating. I have been on vacation, had guests, put on parties, went on vacation again, and truly overdid everything. As of yesterday, I am back on track with my diet. I usually eat healthy, but like every other normal human, I tend to give in to any [...]

Gadzukes! Zucchini is ready. It amazes me how fast these squashes grow. One day they are not quite ready and the next they are the size of baseball bats on steroids. There are so many uses for this fruit, though it is treated like a vegetable. It can be prepared using a variety of cooking [...]

Living in the northeast does have its advantages. I enjoy picking the various fruits as they come into season. We have a lot of local farms that allow berry picking. Blueberries are now in season and are worth the effort to pick them fresh. I sometimes freeze them. The best method I have found is [...]

Fourth of July celebrations will be occurring this weekend. I look forward to the backyard barbecue and a day of lounging in the pool, sipping on pina coladas, and munching on various summer treats. This is the weekend that I succumb to the grilled hot dog, chips, beans, and potato salad. Who can resist? I [...]

Have you ever bitten into a little bit of heaven? If you haven’t and would like to, try Blue Ribbon Popover Mix by the Winterport Co. of Maine that has been in business since 1992. These little gems are very light, airy, and make the perfect breakfast or accompaniment for a dinner. Popovers are easy to make, especially [...]