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Herbs

The Green Goddess Basil Base

What’s that? You have more basil than you can possibly consume and are at a loss for what to do with it? Well fret no more, I have what you have been looking for. The Green Goddess Basil base. Its a quick and easy way to save fresh basil for use in a few days […]

Herbs

Holy Basil Batman!

Let’s grow some herbs, because who doesn’t love fresh herbs! Basil is always a good choice. We have all been there, let’s plant two, oh whatever 12 sounds so much better! Extra Basil is never a problem, right? Nothing says summer like fresh basil growing at arms reach. Just step outside and pick a few […]

Sweet Basil Pasta Salad
Pasta, Side Dishes

Sweet Basil Pasta Salad

This Sweet Basil Pasta Salad is one of my go to side dishes during the summer. We grow lots of basil usually and are always looking for ways to include it in a meal. That combined with kids who always want to eat pasta makes it an ll around winner! This simple Sweet Basil Pasta […]

Dressing

Sweet Basil Dressing

Nothing says summer like basil. Its an amazing herb that is pretty easy for most of us to grow at home. This Sweet Basil dressing is a quick and easy way to use fresh basil and well its pretty dang good too! Its good for salads and pasta salads. That’s about as far as I’ve […]

Desserts

Fudge Pie

I think this is the first thing that I ever made on my own, aside from a mess of course!  I found this recipe for Fudge Pie many years ago in the children’s page of our local newspaper.  Its an easy recipe that kids can make with just a little help. Top this with some […]

Desserts

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hot chocolate chip cookies have got to be my favorite dessert ever.   I seriously think that I could eat a pan of these by myself!  I cringe at the cookies in the store, they look good but they are freaking expensive!  Typically store-bought cookies are hard things that could be hockey pucks, I like […]

two different types of sourdough crackers
Appetizers

Sourdough Crackers

Crackers are a quick and simple yet elegant  So I have ventured into the great world of sourdough recently.  If any of you have done this one of the challenges of maintaining a sourdough starter is figuring out what to do with it!  I just hate the thought of throwing part of it away each […]