By Amanda Rose | Lavender
You know the picture — it makes its way around Pinterest and Facebook — displaying lavender drying on a vintage wooden ladder. It is an artistic vision, so much so that I was determined to take such a picture myself. I’ve got the ladder, the lavender, and the camera. I may take such a picture […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Apple
As fall settles in I direct you to one of our favorite fall kitchen gadgets: The Apple Peeler Corer Slicer by Progressive International. We love this gadget. It saves us a tremendous amount of kitchen time each fall and allows us to enjoy the apples that we freeze and dry all year long. We share […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
It’s a simple recipe — you’ll recognize all of the ingredients and probably make a personal bread pizza like this fairly regularly, but it’s all about the style in this case and, perhaps, a cheese a bit harder than Mozzarella. I offer you “Mummy Toast,” a popular Pinterest phenomenon (who knows where it started but […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Natural Remedies
It delights me that my sons can walk right out into the garden and pick herbs to aid various problems, including a restless sleep. It also delights me that they love to do just that. 🙂 Here they are with their “formula.”
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By Amanda Rose | Nuts and Seeds
Do you live next to or near an oak tree? If so, you are looking at a ready source of nutritious food: Acorns! Yes, acorns. You read correctly. Keep reading and you will be amazed at how easily you can bring this free and ancient food source into your cooking. California is wealthy with oak […]
Continue readingBy Amanda Rose | Winter Squash
So you have a big pumpkin sitting on your porch and you wonder if you can actually eat it. Yes, you are good to go as long as it is not spoiled. Is yours spoiled? It’s really pretty hard to say. Some areas are pretty cold during the fall season, others are not. Here in […]
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