I wasn't sure what to post for today, so I thought I might share one of our favorite recipes since it's getting chilly. Homemade bread is such a treat when it gets cold. I like to make a lot of soup and having a big hunk of freshly made bread to dunk in the soup …
Weekend Recap: July 5-6
Howdy. We hope your holiday weekend was a good one. After the deluge we had in New England on Friday, we were pretty stir-crazy by the time we left the house on Saturday for a walk around Dorr's Pond. It's two miles roundtrip to Livingston Park and the loop around the pond is a mile so we did …
What We’re Eating: Egg In The Hole
This is really more of a 'What I'm Eating' as Derek doesn't eat eggs. I don't think I ever really ate egg-in-the-hole as a kid, but the other day I thought it might be fun to try. I do like my eggs cooked the same way I've enjoyed them since I was a kid: over …
What We’re Eating – Banana Bread
I'm bamboozled at the price of bananas. How can they be so cheap when they're grown so far away? Imagine how much gobsmacking happened when I got a package of over-ripe bananas for 19¢ a pound yesterday! In my world, they're still acceptable for eating, but then again, I'll eat a banana at any ripeness. …
What We’re Eating – Guacamole
On Sunday, we stashed some avocados in a brown paper bag along with a banana to quicken the ripening process. This isn't quack science like this Bert and Ernie banana sketch, but based on fundamental laws of fruit ripening: ethylene gas. When our avocados do get nice and ripe, we will be making guacamole. There are …