Garden-Fresh Flavor

by | Jul 8, 2020 | Cooks' Corner

It’s that time of year again, and I am excited!  My hard work is beginning to pay off; my garden is starting to yield fresh produce.  I have enjoyed sugar snap peas for a couple of weeks.  A few yellow cherry tomatoes have ripened; they don’t last very long after I...

Fixin’s for the Fourth

by | Jul 2, 2020 | Cooks' Corner

Now it’s July.  Half of 2020 is history; it was definitely historic!  Things that seemed so routine when we entered this year are no longer the same.  Every trip to the store reminds me that things have changed.  It may be in the availability (or lack thereof) of...

Dealing with too much of a good thing

by | Jul 24, 2019 | Cooks' Corner

Last week I finally managed to make a food donation to the Shelbyville/Shelby County Animal Shelter.  It is something I have meant to do since I managed to purchase several 4-packs of the wrong flavor of canned cat food.  I also took the towels I used to dry...

What to do with all of those…

by | Aug 10, 2017 | Cooks' Corner, Uncategorized

I realized last year that all three of my children had a child in the same grade of school. This year, Vivian, Lincoln, and Liam will be in first grade. Liam loves to learn and is very curious about how things work. Recently, he was riding with his dad (my son Adam)...

How to use all that squash

by | Jul 26, 2017 | Cooks' Corner

This is the time of year when gardens are usually in their prime.  Often, the most prolific plants are yellow summer squash and zucchini.  I have each of them in my garden, but this year’s crop hasn’t done very well.  They have been overrun with gray bugs that are...