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 […]

What’s for dinner?

Yesterday I was a spoiled woman on Mother’s Day but today the real world was back and it was definitely a Monday. I got home from work 45 minutes late and had no idea what to make for dinner. I wanted nothing more than to order a pizza and veg on the couch with my […]

Farmers Market find for May 11th

I headed out the Farmers Market again this morning and this time my husband came with me. He’s on the radio until right around 8 am and had some things in his office to finish up so we didn’t get there until 9:30 this morning and it was packed. It’s an absolutely gorgeous day in […]

Music in the Kitchen

When I was in Culinary school there was no music in our classroom kitchens. Then when I went to my first job at a large resort on the Oregon Coast I worked in a bunch of different departments and the only one that played music was when I was in the bake shop. I’m […]

Cauliflower Rice

What a weird title right? But as I was sitting here thinking about posts for the next few days my mind kept going back to a Chicken Fried Rice dish that I learned to make in my first job out of Culinary School oh 23 years or so ago. It had this amazing rice that […]

The Brownie Bet

I lost a bet to my Sister in law, Donna, during the NCAA Final Four this past March. I was rooting for my Michigan State Spartans and she was rooting for the Texas Tech Red Raiders. If you follow college basketball you know that MSU lost to Texas Tech in the first game of the […]