By Jeanie Rose | Sardines
Are you trying to get more sardines into the diet? They are so rich in Omega3’s! Pulling the top from the can and eating sardines with a fork will do if it’s just you, but the rest of the family? You’d better come up with some plans. This quick and easy salad is even easier […]
Continue readingBy Jeanie Rose | Tomatoes
This tomato salad is may be our all-time favorite summer salad and is best when the vegetables are fresh, vine-ripened, and full of flavor. If you can manage a vine-ripened heirloom tomato, eating this salad may feel a little bit like Heaven. The first time I had this was 4th of July, sitting on a […]
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By Amanda Rose | Adventures , Flavors of the Forest , The Lost Road
And so it has begun. We get 18 summers with our children and quite a few of those summers are usually behind us before we realize it. With our two boys, we have seven summers left with one and thirteen with the other before they end up being completely legal men. We have the emerging […]
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By Amanda Rose | Garden
If you are going to the work of having a garden, you might as well get the added benefit of tossing a little surprise or two in there. Nature has provided us with many opportunities to marvel at the world of vegetables. Heirloom vegetables tend to be more nutritious than their newer counterparts, a point […]
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By Amanda Rose | Lavender
My boys are avid lemonade fans. Frederick (now 12 years old) makes his own blends as his younger brother (5) looks on and waits patiently. Just to mix it up a bit, I’ve introduced them to lemonade flavors and we find most of those flavors in our own backyard. Luckily, many flavors sit well with […]
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By Amanda Rose | Nettle
I am so excited to report a natural remedy for a nettle leaf rash: the wild green called “lamb’s quarters.” Here in California, lamb’s quarters grows wild along with nettle at some elevations and as I was about to trek into a stand of both, one of my son’s teacher’s said, “If the nettle gets […]
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