fat free opinions on a food centric life
It’s Spring, so that means it’s officially time for asparagus even though it seems there is rarely a time that it isn’t available at the grocery store. It’s probably one of our favorite vegetables, so often in the “green & healthy” rotation around here for …
Grapefruit finds its way into my basket when I’m at the market. I always have good intentions when I grab one or more of the pinkish-orange orbs of bracingly sweet tart fruit imagining that I’ll eat one a day. We all know that imaging something …
I’ve been wanting to make apple butter since last fall and knew when I saw the Rome Beauties at the market the other day, now was the time. I don’t often see Romes here, but when I do, I think of all the lovely things …
Mention “school lunch” and I’ll immediately picture canned peas — those not even close to resembling fresh, bright green peas, but little greyish, squishy orbs of awfulness that rarely left the Melmac tray they were plopped into by the school lunch lady. No, they, like …
I live in an area that is perfect for growing just about anything all year long if one can forget the pesky dilemma of drought we’ve endured for the past many years. I’ve been a reasonably capable gardener most of my life — thanks to …