The elderflowers are blooming. This is good on many levels. For one, flowers are just a prelude to berries. And berries are just a prelude to jelly. And elderflower jelly is something that my grandmother made as a child with her mother. I'm going to make some and bring it to Grandma Pellegrini.Now that the…
The idea of homemade Nutella just thrills me. There is something so addictive about Nutella to begin with, but then when you tell me there's a healthy version I can make... sign me up!My friend Elana over at Elana's Pantry created this recipe. It has natural, whole ingredients, including unsweetened cocoa powder, protein rich nuts,…
I just love spaetzle. It’s so comforting and German. It’s pasta with a twist, with some crunch, with some extra butter, and some herbs when you feel like it.It's also only 4 ingredient cooking. Or 5 if you want to add a little flair like I did with the mustard powder.Once you mix up the…
Raise your hand if you've been turkey hunting this season! Or raise your hand if you like turkey! Because this recipe works perfectly with both domestic and wild birds.I know some of you have been telling me your turkey hunting stories via email. It's a thrilling time, turkey hunting season is, it's so uncertain and…
Since I have been hijacked by life lately, it's taken me a while to share these crispy treats, but they are an important topic.I just love chickpeas. Or is it garbanzo beans? Well, I love them either way. Sometimes, when I’m in a rush, I just empty a can of them into a bowl, add…
We had a bee swarm around here at Tulipwood earlier this week. It all happened very quickly -- we were planting vegetables in the garden, toiling and sweating away because somehow we decided it would be a good idea to plant 25 varieties this year.Think it was a cold long winter?We are embracing the sun…
I could show you this fully finished step-by-step recipe a few months from now, [scroll down, I've added the finished steps!] but what good would that be if you had to wait many months for dandelions to come back around? So instead, I'm going to give you the recipe and show you the step-by-step up…
Right now I am in a small town in Illinois, along the Mississippi in a very strange hotel on a very wide highway eating very hot chicken wings and drinking a very large strawberry mojito.All of this traveling is well... making me miss my own things and my own familiar faces. And making me think…
Quick! Take to the front yard. Or the back yard if you prefer.It's wild garlic season, and in another month it will be much too hard to pull up.They look vaguely like a bunch of chives, though decidedly more hearty.
There's something woody looking about them at the base. They will smell faintly like garlic…