It seems like spring is just around the corner. Oh, how I long for the warm sunny days, the colorful produce, the green leaves, and even the smell of spring and summer. Fresh flowers on the table every day with herbs and fresh veggies from the garden. I’m dreaming ~ lost in my own little…
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I think we can all agree on the fact that I was a strange child. An oddball ~ strange, sensitive, and both saucy and sharp. And, as I’ve grown older, or as Brian likes to refer to the fact that I’ve reached “advanced maternal age,” we can also agree that I may be continually developing…
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Now that autumn is officially here, folks are going crazy for pumpkins ~ and any type of winter squash, really. Butternut this, acorn that. I love to try my hand at using the more obscure sweet squash in my recipes: kabocha, delicata, hubbard, and a newly discovered “butterkin” (I believe this to be a cross…
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I’m channeling summer days of yore and yesteryear ~ actually the summer days of just a few weeks ago. You see, after traveling for the last month, I missed the last of the garden fresh produce, specifically yellow summer squash. Traveling and living abroad was truly amazing in and of itself ~ but cooking across…
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Soup season has arrived. I’m still holding on to the last bits of summer by utilizing summer fresh produce for soup ~ but it IS time for that nourishing warmth. With a stash of both Butternut Squash Seed Oil AND Pumpkin Seed Oil, I was having difficulty deciding which item of magnificence to use. Although…
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It was 41 degrees on August 19 when I originally made this soup. 41 degrees. Seriously. That’s freezing for August! I am not ready for winter, that’s for sure ~ and the frigid air outside reminds me of it’s impending arrival. I’m not a fan of the cold, by the way. In fact, I despise…
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For all those locavores and proponents of eating seasonally, there are times and circumstances when I beg to differ… And I make a case for butternut squash. Or, as I like to say ~ squtternut bash ~ In fact, I believe I’d like to petition a name change for the “winter squash” mislabeling of this…
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Although the heat of summer has officially arrived in my neck of the woods, there are still many a day when I really CRAVE the warmth of a delicious creamy soup in my belly. And, since mushrooms are available all year round, why not whip up a creamy concoction on one of those rare rainy…
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