For how easy it is to do, I don’t make homemade ice cream enough. I’m blaming it on all of the good ice cream shops in town… and the forethought required to put the ice cream maker in the freezer. Continue reading
Eggs were our ingredient of the season this past spring, and honey is our ingredient of the season now! This recipe is a happy blend of both plus all the things that are good about summer. Continue reading
I’m so excited to share this cake with you! It was a totally new recipe for me that turned out beautifully, and I’ve already received one request to “make this for my next birthday!” from Alex. Continue reading
Originally I was going to write a post all about honey bees because they are fascinating creatures. We can’t talk about large-scale commercial food production, without acknowledging our reliance on bees. And if you want to really think about how intimate our relationship with honey bees is, just remember that we eat their vomit and enjoy it! If that isn’t fascinating, I don’t know what is. Continue reading
There are many ways to celebrate and show our appreciation for the hard-working pollinators that help to keep nature in balance and play a key role in providing 75% of the food we eat.
If you’d like to learn more fun-facts about pollinators (and see an awesome video of a nectar-drinking bee-fly!), click here.
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Today we have a recipe for a salad that is jam-packed with good ingredients, and every single one, from the mustard in the dressing to the pumpkin seeds, required pollination to help them grow and reproduce. As you’ll see, the salad looks absolutely beautiful and represents everything that is good about summer. But before you dig in, say thanks to every pollinator that played a role in bringing this food to your table.
As we mentioned on Monday, about 75% of the food we eat required pollinators to grow and produce seeds. That seems like a lot, but when you look at this salad, it’s so easy to see how that’s possible. In making this salad, I used information from this USDA document to determine which foods required pollination. As you’ll see, I got a bit creative with this salad, but if you have a family of cautious eaters, you can look at Table 1 in that document and find ingredients that suit your household. For example, I didn’t even put tomatoes, which are such a common salad ingredient, in this dish, but they are on the list!
Of course we’re starting the season with a cocktail, and there’s a good reason for it. Moms need cocktails and this cocktail has the cutest name. Continue reading
Come along for a view of the Ouzel Falls trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. As in the tradition of our previous hike posts, I wanted to share some photos and a brief overview of the trail. Continue reading
My new favorite sweater is this way… Continue reading
It’s flower season!
Edible flowers are such a beautiful and tasty ingredient. Below is a roundup of past posts that highlighted the use of flowers in the kitchen.
Chive Blossom Fritters (look at that bee bum!)
Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Icing & Rose Petals
Typically, the first Wednesday of the month is when we write a welcome post, sharing what we’re excited for,reminiscing about previous years, and looking at what’s changing in the natural world. Basically a little bit of looking ahead, looking back, and looking out.
Yesterday I couldn’t come up with the words for a post. We’ve said it before, and we could say it a million times more. We love all seasons, but there’s no doubt that summer is our favorite. And the start of summer is filled with so much anticipation.
There aren’t enough summers. What will we do.