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wendell for wednesday
Today is our ninth anniversary. Grant’s birthday was over the weekend, so we counted up how many of his birthdays we’ve spent together. We think it has been sixteen or maybe…
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easier roasted pumpkin (or squash) seeds
It’s pumpkin (and winter squash) season! We had lots of pie pumpkins do well this year (before the squash bugs got prolific), so I’ve been roasting them and freezing the…
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kitchen tip: dry erase markers
I’m at that point in the season where I’m tired of putting up. Grant and I canned about 40 more pounds of tomatoes over the weekend, and I’m ready to…
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pork and black bean chili
We took the kids camping last week. It was mostly ridiculously fun, but it was also chilly and a bit damp. It took me all of about five minutes after…
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[g-rant] herb simple syrups: the cocktails
So how do you take a SaraByTheSeason post on delicious do-it-yourself simple syrups and make it even better? Yes, you are correct: you add alcohol. Hopefully I’m not infringing on…
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herbal simple syrups
Several weeks ago, our basil and sage plants were going nuts. I had already made lots of pesto, so I decided to do a little something different to use them…
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freezing summer squash/zucchini
I’m in big time preservation mode these days at home: I’ve canned nearly 100 pounds of tomatoes, frozen dozens of ears of corn and 25 pounds of sweet and hot peppers,…
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vanilla roasted carrots
Our CSA share has had lots of tasty carrots here lately. I tried to grow some at home, but they washed out early in the season from a little downspout/rain…
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costco shopping list for real food(ies): meat and seafood (part two)
See part one for our top ten buys at Costco. I’m focusing on meat and seafood for this week’s post. We don’t buy much in the way of meat at…
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guide to buying happy meat and poultry
I’m working on my second post in the Costco series, but I realized as I was writing that I should maybe share the questions that I ask about the meat…
