Our Share of the Harvest

We aren’t great about cleaning out the fridge but I think we’re better than most and it’s just the two of us at home so we don’t have a lot of groceries at any one time.  Which is why it was so strange to me that for awhile I was struggling to find a place [...]

One of my favorite go-to appetizers is caprese skewers–just poke a toothpick through a cherry tomato, a basil leaf and a chunk of mozzarella, drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and you’re done.  People love it and it’s so super easy.  So when we’ve got cherry tomatoes springing up all over the front walk-way [...]

Because I always think I can always do better, in anything, than I am currently doing, I took a workshop in project management.  One of the compelling arguments he made is that any project is made up of 3 components (time, cost and quality) and that any project can only best satisfy any two of [...]

The best way I can think of to use up late summer garden vegetables is ratatouille.  You look at the list of ingredients and it’s everything you might have in an August/early September garden–squash, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers.  And really very little else.  Those who have seen the pretty adorable Pixar film know that ratatouille is [...]

Generally, I’m not a big fan of surprises. There’s too much that can go wrong and the surprised person always ends up unprepared. Take for example the time we surprised a friend with a bridal shower except she thought she was going hiking. While the rest of us were able to dress up and come [...]