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Father’s Day Breakfast Idea: How to Make Homemade Pop Tarts

Dad! Don’t read this post until Sunday!

My dad has many amazing qualities. He can make a game out of anything – including rolled up socks, the packing material from our new blinds, and a big bucket leftover from some construction project. Incidentally, bucket rides also illuminated one of my mom’s best qualities – trusting that her husband wouldn’t put her kids in the hospital and letting us have some crazy fun.

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How to Can Strawberry Lemonade

a.k.a How to Can Summer

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Field Trip! Strawberry Picking at Red Fire Farm

[Note: This should have been posted yesterday, but I ran into some technical issues.]

After days and days of rain (including a crazy thunderstorm yesterday and resulting power-outage), today was just fantastic. To take advantage of the beautiful weather, a friend and I headed up (over?) to Red Fire Farm to pick some strawberries. Our CSA includes some pick-your-own opportunities, so we went bonkers and got 8 quarts each. That’s enough for two batches . . . → Read More: Field Trip! Strawberry Picking at Red Fire Farm

Market Day: It’s summer! Sort of…

Today was my first trip to the farmers’ market this summer. The weather did NOT cooperate, however. Mist and a cold wind fought my bike (and my motivation) the whole way, but I made it there and back with some awesome bounty. Check out those strawberries! The spiky, long things are garlic scapes, which are the stalks that grow from the tops of garlic bulbs. We use them like scallions or in pesto.

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How to Make Roasted Green Beans and Mushrooms with Rosemary and Garlic Oil

The past six weeks have been a bit of a challenge in terms of our shopping and cooking routine. The winter farmer’s market has been steadily winding down, to the point where it’s all prepared foods, bread, jams, etc. However, the summer version hasn’t yet started. We’re also in between CSA shares. Everything gets back to normal next week, but it’s been slim pickings!

That’s why this recipe was perfect. It was simple and . . . → Read More: How to Make Roasted Green Beans and Mushrooms with Rosemary and Garlic Oil