First Freeze

I was going to take some time to recharge this weekend and play around with zucchini bread recipes but then of course time got away from me per usual. I spent a great Sunday with my husband just being together and enjoying the great weather, it was blue skies, sunny and not too smoky, which […]

Zucchini Bread Comparisons

When I went to work on Wednesday, I brought some of the zucchini bread I made following my Grandma’s recipe and it went over pretty well. Today my co-worker Reagan brought in some of the zucchini bread her Nana made for her and it was like seeing in real life the bread that I was […]

Lesson’s from a first time zucchini gardener

This summer I went all out and planted a garden. I thought I would be smart and plant 2 tomato plants, 2 cherry tomato plants, some red onions, 1 zucchini plant and some sweet peppers, jalapenos, and basil. I thought I had a decent sized raised garden; it is 6 x 6 after all. It […]

Grandma’s Zucchini Bread-part 2

Disclaimer: My Aunt messaged me that this is not my Grandma’s, it actually came from an in-law of my Aunt’s but since I remember it as my Grandma’s that’s what I am calling it. 😊 Last night I went over the recipe again, which I have shared below and right off the top I could […]

Grandma’s Zucchini Bread-part 1

When I was younger, I spent a lot of time with my Grandparents. My Grandma Shead was a good cook, good at basic meals that were hearty and she made do with what she had, including leftovers. What she was great at though was baking. She made the best sour-cream sugar cookies that to this […]

Ode to my Instant Pot

I LOVE my Instant Pot. Nope I really do love it, maybe more than any other piece of cooking equipment I have. Well at least besides my knives, but that is another story for another day. I’m sure your saying to yourself, Jennifer it’s just a slow cooker on steroids right? No. I mean yes […]

Simple Things

I had a breakfast meeting this morning which was a continuation of a full day meeting yesterday and at both of the meetings we all shared a meal together. It is always amazing to me how a meal can bring people together no matter how simple it is. During lunch yesterday we went to a […]