Christmas tradition gets a modern twist

#Middlebury #Christmas It seems like I was just planning and preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and now Christmas is upon us. If you want to change things up a little for your Christmas ... Continue Reading →

Enjoy Christmas gift of faith and food

#Middlebury My father, Howard, was in the Air Force and my mother, Angeline, was a homemaker. They didn’t have a lot of money to buy Christmas presents for my three siblings or ... Continue Reading →

Aromatic holiday gifts come from the kitchen

#Middlebury #Herbs #Spices Gifts from the kitchen are easy and inexpensive to make and are always welcome during the holidays. Sachets and potpourri make beautiful and aromatic Christmas ... Continue Reading →

The feast doesn’t end with Thanksgiving

#Middlebury #Thanksgiving Ah, Thanksgiving – cleaning, shopping, cooking and entertaining guests for hours! While Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, I’ve embraced ... Continue Reading →

Be prepared to rescue your Thanksgiving meal

#Middlebury #Thanksgiving After 45 years of cooking, I’ve had my share of Thanksgiving Day disasters! I’ll never forget the Thanksgiving when the turkey wasn’t done, ... Continue Reading →

Enjoy a Happy (and healthy) Thanksgiving!

#Middlebury #Thanksgiving Most people eat more at Thanksgiving dinner than they consume in a normal day, and then continue overeating at year-end. It helps to have a plan in place to ... Continue Reading →

Cactus is a prickly treat

#Middlebury #PricklyPear I was shopping in an ethnic grocery store when I saw a huge pile of fresh Prickly Pear cactus pads in the produce section. Prickly Pear cactus is thought to ... Continue Reading →

Toast pumpkin seeds make nutritious treat

#Middlebury #PumpkinSeeds Pumpkins are one of the high points of the fall harvest. The fruit originated in Central America. Pumpkins – like cantaloupes, cucumbers and squash – belong ... Continue Reading →

How to pick a pumpkin to puree

#Middlebury #Pumpkin A large pile of bright orange pumpkins is my visual celebration of the beginning of fall. References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated ... Continue Reading →

Pomegranate seeds are bursting with nutrition

#Middlebury #Pomegranates Pomegranates are known as a superfood with tons of wonderful health benefits, including fighting cancer and heart disease, as well as lowering blood pressure ... Continue Reading →