Hi there, tiny apple. I wonder how long I’ll keep trying to convince myself that fall isn’t my favorite season. I love summer. Sunlight till 9. Grilling out. Fireflies. Swimming in lakes. But fall is pumpkins and wool and leaves ablaze. Fall is looking back on a great growing season with satisfaction β and relief. […]
Dear Zucchini Diary: Ready, set, salad!
The monstrous squash I used to make 71 cookies STILL weighed 2 pounds 14 1/2 ounces! Are you hungry? Like right now? For something light and vegetabley? Have about 6 pounds of summer squash in your fridge? (Erin VH takes a big step forward and raises her hand.) Lucky me! My interest in cooking squash […]
Dear Zucchini Diary: Zucchini Chips Ahoy!
Remember when I warned against letting squash sit too long on the vine? This squash grew to a comical size while we were on vacation. Oops. Baking variations are tricky beasts, because most of baking is chemistry. It’s not like soup (spice it to your liking) or roasting meat (it’s done when it hits this […]
Tomato windfall
Tomatoes from my in-laws’ garden are roasted for soup. Maybe I’m the world’s cruelest vegetarian (nevermind that I’m a meat eater). I love eating vegetables and fruits. I love choosing veggies to plant in the spring. I love vegetables more than meats on pizza (much to my pepperoni-loving husband’s chagrin). Caring for plants, though, that’s […]
The big coverup: Pink stitches
I livened up my teal coverup with hot pink zigzag stitches. Before I get into it, I want to explain my absence. I was on vacation. I wasn’t being lazy. Well, I was being lazy, but not at my house. MVH and I traveled to the southern part of Croatia, also know as Dalmatia. It’s […]
The big coverup: Pink bubbles
White washing machine, pink bubbles. Hrm. There were pink bubbles in my washing machine. Lots of pink foam. And it made me nervous. MVH didn’t even know I was washing a Rit-dyed garment, and I could feel him getting anxious across town. I didn’t panic. Of course there were a lot of bubbles. I washed […]