My grandchildren really like pretzels. Do yours? They like the straight ones, the curly ones and the large pretzel sticks, which we sometimes eat for lunch with peanut butter to dip them in! So today when they were over we decided to try our hand at making homemade pretzels from scratch. Read more….
Raspberries were never one of my favorite fruits because of those little seeds, but when I read that July 19th was Raspberry cake day I decided to use them not in a cake, but a cobbler. And I wanted to pick fresh ones.
Raspberry picking adventure….
So my husband Paul, our collie Gunnar, and I went raspberry picking. I had a ball tramping along through the woods, picking berries as I went. If you haven’t picked raspberries before you might not know that the bushes they grow on are covered with thorns, so it takes a little strategy to get them to give up their berries! Read more….
Summer is upon us with it’s rich variety of delicious fruits and vegetables. Of all the summer fruits sweet, juicy peaches have always been one of my favorites.
And because they’re one of my favorites, I have had such a graving for some. So even though the selection of peaches was not what I would refer to as inviting, I couldn’t help myself and bought some on my last trip to the grocery store. Impatience didn’t pay off (once again) and the peaches were just okay, lacking that sweet juiciness I love. Read more….
