

It's That Time of Year, Welcome Rhubarb and Some Ideas!
For those of you on my FB you know that yesterday I was gifted with an incredible amount of amazing rhubarb from a family friend again this year. To say I look forward to it is putting it mildly. We love rhubarb in my family, and with a member who now cannot have seeds or skins, which means no berries to go with, I have turned to peeled apples and pineapple to go with in my recipes. I also have to peel the rhubarb, but of course you do not if it is nice and thin skinned. Your


Like Anything, What You Put into It Determines Success!!
I have heard and read so many nasty comments on recipes these days. Comments are of course expected and helpful to a point. Nasty comments are not. I have to once again say thank you to my followers. I have never received a nasty comment on any of my posts, in fact I get kind messages often on them. Cooking like anything else is dependent on so many things. You get what you put into it. For instance, fresh purchased farm stand vegetables and herbs and spices will of course pr


This One Is for You Anita, RIP My Friend!!
Back in the 70s and 80s my friend Anita and I were new mothers doing what mothers did best, raising our families. We did manage, even though we were very busy, to get together now and then. Of course, our conversations bordered on lots of "mother things" we used to say, one of them being the latest recipe we had made. In those days, we all had little cute recipe cards we swapped recipes on, those days before the internet when life was so much simpler. Luckily for me I still h