What’s Hiding in Your Meatloaf? (This is one of my, “Balanced Eats” columns I wrote for the Main Line Media News.) Ever have liver laced meatloaf? I have, apparently. My Mom recently confessed to sneaking liver into our meatloaf when we were little. No one detected it for a long while. Not until she got greedy,…
Crescent Meatball Ghost Pops: Easy Halloween Dinner
Crescent Meatball Ghost Pops: These spooky Crescent Meatball Ghost Pops were inspired by those little Halloween ghosts made by wrapping a tissue around a lollipop. My kids had so much fun with these! Food on a stick is very amusing! They are super easy, just skewer a meatball with a pop stick, wrap a…
Warm Pumpkin Rum Cider Recipe and More Autumn Recipes!
My mom has been sneaking away on the first Tuesday evening of every month for as long as I can remember. For the first time in forty-something years, I got to sneak away with her…to her monthly meeting of the Audubon Women’s Club. I had the honor of being the guest speaker/cook for the night!…
Warm Autumn Grain Salad w/ Roasted Butternut Squash and Leeks Recipe
I am so honored to have the opportunity to join the Main Line Media News Flair Columnists! Check out my column and recipe in The Main Line Media News! Links below. Column: Get to Know 5 Ancient Grains Great side dish for Autumn! Easy to make ahead!
The Brussels Sprouts You Will Fight Over – Airfryer
Updated with directions for making in my new KitchenAid Air Fryer Countertop Oven! I recently had the great opportunity to spend some time in California. While driving between Pebble Beach and San Francisco we passed by field after field of amazing crops. It took me a while to figure out those fields were filled with…
Mushroom, Bacon and Shallot Nachos
I was elbow deep in fungi this past weekend…the tasty mushroom kind of fungi that is, at the Kennett Square, PA Mushroom Festival! I had the honor of being a finalist at the Mushroom Appetizer Cook Off! This is a great event at a huge festival that is always held the weekend after Labor Day….
Bee 101: Honey & Peach Pie Sundae Cups
Sweet Simplicity… I have been infatuated with honey ice cream since the first time I tasted it at the Montgomery County Beekeeper Association Meeting I attended with my beekeeper sister-in-law Laura and brother Tom back in June! I asked for the recipe and was shocked to find out it was only 3 ingredients, sweet simplicity!…
Bee 101: 6 Tips for Cooking with Honey
Learning About Your Food: Honey Hard working Hillendale honeybees! My girls and I have really enjoyed our time getting up close and personal with the Hillendale honeybees. Early in June we got to meet the bees and in July we got to help with honey extraction! I have certainly loved experimenting with the sticky stuff in the…
Bee 101: Getting Sticky & Honey Kissed Tartlets
Honey Extraction Day at Hillendale Apiary! It had been about a month since our last visit to Hillendale Apiary and we couldn’t wait to go back, visit the bees (and puppies) and help with honey extraction! The forager bees had been busy collecting nectar and passing it on to the young worker bees who process…
Recipe Roots™ – Grandma Appolonia’s Travel Cookies
These are my favorite sugar cookies! They are buttery, soft and have great vanilla flavor. Grandma Appolonia always added a little white icing to the top of them. I find it really keeps the cookies moist!