start with a cute, little box  of trader joe's green tea mints. {save them in another container.} you'll...

i am ditching nail polish. i have come up with something better. my nails have always been weak. prone to splitting, peeling, a...

last month, when my bearded brother jon was here, we made beard oil. what's that, you say? what the heck is beard oil,  and...

{originally posted in 2010 here } our very favorite salad dressing. this is the recipe that dean, missy's husband,  taught m...

we're going vegan. and this is my new vegan sauce. i'm calling it 'the works' after emily's favorite vega...

tex•ture /'tekst ʃə(r)/: the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, of something. ☼ r...

an owly treasury huddled together for warmth cuddly owlets, tea & coffee &  moscow mules, cozy knitted sweaters... ☼ ...

our final share of the season tomorrow is the harvest festival. see a video of last year's festival here . ♥

our share, week 16 our share, week 17 in addition to this, casey let me know that there were two heaping flats of unclaimed...

lacto-fermented or  salt-water pickles. i had never heard of them until amanda from our csa made some  a couple weeks ago. i un...

it's been busy around here, so naturally, i built a treasury. [pretend that ] it's the weekend [all week long] pret...

playing catch-up a bit our share, week 14 {from august 26} potatoes anaheim peppers jalapeño peppers rooster spur peppers...

our share plums carrots rainbow chard jalapeño peppers tomatoes antohi romanian peppers gernika peppers eggplant toma...

we have lots of zucchini this time of year. such a blessing. and thanks to abby , i just learned how to turn it into pizza crust....

today, i made a big batch of really delicious granola. it's so easy, and so much more affordable than even  granola from th...