My daughter-in-law Kris showed me a recipe she had for Easter Dragon Breads and suggested we try it for Easter. The dragon is about the size of a medium baguette and has a red-dyed egg…

Krista’s recipe for this Triple Berry Pie is in the latest issue of Edible Santa Barbara.I made two of them for Easter Dinner yesterday. I used strawberries from Shawn and Melissa of Out of Step…

Broccoli Flower Salad I didn’t cut my broccoli florets from the plant quickly enough so some of them have begun to flower. I feel better about this when I see how many bees are enjoying…

Someone in our house really likes pancakes. And a princess builds up a hearty appetite after a busy morning scrubbing floors. So Mama Kris gathered the ingredients and carefully measured them out to make a…

Costco had fresh mussels again this weekend. There’s a recipe in Emeril’s 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast cookbook I wanted to try. It said it would take 18 minutes to prepare and cook the mussels. The…

My daughter-in-law Kris and I have been discussing ways to expand Saraphina’s meal choices beyond macaroni and cheese. Saraphina thought something with organic coconut might be good. But since she liked the lamb meatballs we…

My New Year’s resolution–what it’s the middle of February already?–is to use this blog to share kitchen adventures. Have I ever mentioned how much I love to cook? In my family cooking is usually a…

Krista provided this recipe for Sunday Slow Soupers. We tried it last night with a homemade Chicago style pizza. This is a nice easy recipe if you use a butternut squash as suggested in the…

We tried Jerry’s Mexican Turkey Soup recipe tonight. Yet again avoiding the grocery store, I noted on my way to feed my compost worms their Thanksgiving Dinner that there were still some small roma tomatoes…

Krista Harris who writes In and Out of the Garden, told me about the Sunday Slow Soupers. Every Sunday each member makes the same soup and then writes about it. Porcini and Chestnut Soup was…