Author: karen

My last CSA box of the fall season include a green cabbage. It has been sitting in my fridge for a couple weeks while I thought about what I wanted to do with it. My biggest problem with cabbage is that as soon as you cut it starts to turn black from oxidation. This means […]

After making my scones yesterday I still had cranberries to use. For some reason, the thought of dark chocolate, almonds and cranberries together seemed like a good idea. So a set out to make some cranberry almond bark. The first thing I had to do want cut the cranberries up into halves because whole cranberries […]

It seems like over the holidays I’ve been on a scone kick. I made Herb Cheese Scones for Xmas day. Then this weekend I decided I’d make cranberry scones. This in part came about because when I went grocery shopping cranberries were on super sale. .40 for a bag. So it seemed like buying a […]

Every time fall rolls around my CSA box starts to include lots of squash. Typically this is acorn or butternut squash, but this year the box included kabocha squash. I’m never really sure what to do with winter squash. The fall el nino was 1 he was very willing to eat pureed squash. However, neither […]

I’m pretty sure I mentioned in a previous post that we had a ton of leftover ham from our holiday dinner. I’ve been trying to use it up in different ways including making Ham and Scalloped Potatoes. Unfortunately, my efforts haven’t been making enough of a dent. I’ve still got ham to use. I wanted […]

What do you do when you have 10 pounds of holiday ham leftover from the holidays with 2 adults and a fussy eating toddler? You make ham and scalloped potatoes! This dish has to be one of my absolutely favorites, right behind macaroni and cheese, from childhood. My version builds on the essence of my […]

I can’t help it. Savory scones are pretty much one of my most favorite breakfast things. So much so that I’m willing to make and entire batch for just myself. This batch was my holiday morning treat to myself. Half of them I’ve stashed away in the freezer while the other half I’m splitting and […]

When you end up cooking Christmas dinner for just your mini family, you make and eat pretty much whatever you want for the holiday. For us this year that meant having spiral ham with baked macaroni and cheese. For me macaroni and cheese is one of my absolutely favorite things from growing up. I’d ask […]

Growing up we typically had two Christmas celebrations. One took place with my mom’s extended family Christmas day and consisted of a big sit down family meal. The other took place Christmas Eve with my dad’s extended family. The Christmas Eve celebration was always buffet style with LOTS of appetizers. One of the first year’s […]

I’ve been terrible about posting for a while due to trying to cope with holiday stress. I did fortunately take lots of picture of my tasty food. So I have the start to several nice posts. That is if I can find the time to write them! This ham and mushroom quiche with warm spinach […]