Saving Summer It is still early in the seedling season and we only have a few things planted but I want to share our set up. We built tables for our plants that are sized for our pending greenhouse, so when it is done we […]
Saving Summer Raise your hand if you have no idea what a sugarplum is… I had no clue, maybe something with plums? And sugar? A cake? They were our next dessert to try in The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. They are delicious, healthy, and […]
Saving Summer Purim is coming up, time to make these delicious triangle shaped cookies. My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat, and had it not three corners, it would not be my hat! Hamantaschen are shaped like the antagonist’s hat in […]
Saving Summer If it is cold enough where you live to do this project, fist of all, Im sorry. We can do this, we will get through this together. Gawd February is long. I have been really down lately, I think mostly because of Winter. […]
Saving Summer It is Winter still but Spring is on the way, as demonstrated by all the ladybugs in my house 🙂 Now is the time that you should be planning your garden, so get to work! Keep in mind, through the entire planning process, […]
Saving Summer As I have said before, we are working our way through The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. One of the reasons why I chose this book is because it is organized by seasons. Anything arranged seasonally appeals to me. Maybe it is because […]
Saving Summer Tu B’Shevat, a Jewish holiday, Â is the New Year for trees. The day is used to calculate the age of a tree, it is essentially all trees Birthday because they all age one year on this day. It comes from when one was […]
Saving Summer I went overboard with Shabbat dinner last week. I NEVER make a dairy dinner but I made an exception this week to allow for a dairy dessert and to switch things up. On the menu was stuffed shells, eggplant caponata, gnocchi marsala, minestrone […]
Saving Summer It’s January when the seed catalogs usually start coming in. So many! All the plants and food looks so pretty and fresh. You want to grow it all! Before you start acting like a crazy plant lady/man and ordering all the seeds and […]
Saving Summer I did it. I filled a tube with spit. It was so hard you guys. Disgusting. I gagged a few times. I had to read a book while I was filling it to distract myself, but geez was it gross. I have been […]