Home Cooking, Gardening, Preserving and DIY
For a couple of days now, I’ve been contemplating baking up this sweet treat from my childhood. When I woke up this morning, the urge was overwhelming – I just knew that it was time to make these Pumpkin Gobs. Sometimes you just crave a taste of home. And so maybe gob is an unfamiliar…
I’ve been busy this past week working on my Thanksgiving menu. I typically have the usual Thanksgiving staples on the menu – turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, etc. – but I also like to change it up a little every year with some different sides and desserts. One thing I always try to include is some…
The wheel of the year turns, and we now find ourselves smack-dab in the middle of fall. And while each season comes with its own joys and challenges, the approaching colder months can be especially trying. Don’t get me wrong – I love the cooler weather of fall, and it’s riotously bright colors. I love…
It’s that time of year again! Time to break out all of the comfort food recipes! Around here, we’ve finally been feeling sweet relief from the blazing summer heat, and are in full fall swing, enjoying as many activities as we can before the snow and blustery cold makes its way to these mountains. We…
Every year about this time, I make a nice big batch of homemade apple butter. My goal is to have enough jars in my pantry to last me well through fall and winter. It’s delicious on biscuits and toast, of course, but apple butter is also perfect in holiday appetizers, in pumpkin pie, in cheesecake, and…
Among the vegetables I grow in my fall garden, I would have a hard time choosing a favorite. But if for some unfathomable reason I absolutely had to choose one favorite fall vegetable, it would be the cabbage. I love them all – green, red, savoy, napa, bok choy. But I sometimes feel like the…
We are a household of makers. That is to say, we do a lot of DIY and crafts around here. And while I have a general love of all things making and crafting, my husband’s passion is for woodworking – the result of this partnership being that we have a whole lot of handmade and…
Sometimes you just need some simple, nourishing comfort food. Nothing fancy, just no-frills, down-home cooking. Well here it is. This recipe is my take on an old-fashioned Pennsylvania Dutch recipe for Chicken Corn Soup with Rivels. Now, for those folks who haven’t heard of a rivel, it’s just a rustic dumpling or noodle, similar to…
