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  As I’m writing this blog it is cloudy, rainy and dreary outside. I’m also listening to Frank Sinatra which has nothing to do with food blogging but he happens to one of my favorite fall time musicians. Anyways, back to business. This is perfect …

This year I am having a healthy obsession with SPAGHETTI SQUASH. Therefore on this blog I am providing simple instructions on how to roast a SPAGHETTI SQUASH & some easy weeknight dishes that go well with it. Over the last couple of years I’ve tried …

  I’ve always liked applesauce but for several years I would just buy it from the grocery store forgetting how good the homemade applesauce was from my childhood. When I first started making homemade applesauce, I would go back to northern Indiana and my mom …

The fall season brings with it some of my favorite things: crisp cool air, pumpkin pie spice and all dishes that involve apples. In my tradition we only used apples for pies, crisps, half moon pies, cobblers and applesauce, but in a previous blog I …

In the last couple of weeks there has been plenty of zucchini every local farmer’s market so this past week I’ve been making both savory and sweet recipes. Growing up my mom always made zucchini bread during the summer and this recipe was inspired by …

What is kohlrabi? Has anyone even heard of it? And how do you cook it? I have always loved trying new foods and since these are a spring vegetable I have been experimenting with them. A raw kohlrabi is crispy on the inside similar to …

I love love the tart and sweet flavor profiles of strawberries and rhubarb together. I like to combine it in desserts, but as always my much healthier versions. Strawberry/rhubarb jam is delicious without heaping cups of sugar that most recipes instructs one to use. Just …

Besides grilling in the summer, making tacos is my other  favorite summer dinner. There’s just something about meat topped with spicy salsa, crunchy cabbage salad, cheese, cilantro and drizzled with fresh lime juice that never gets old. All the different flavors seem to mesh perfectly …

Strawberry season is officially here! Even though it seems to be an incredibly short season, I intend to take full advantage of the fresh strawberries from the local farmer’s market and a local farm right here in indianapolis called the Driving Wind Berry Farm, which …

Spring is finally here and with it comes the first garden vegetables such as leafy greens, asparagus, radish, peas which all taste delicious in salads, soups, frittatas and many other dishes. About 3 months ago, I had ordered a big bag of carrots and beets …