Nutty Granola

Tyler has been itching to make granola for a few weeks now and tonight was the night!  He used Emeril’s recipe below as a base, but we didn’t have all the ingredients on hand so it’s not quite as nutty as the recipe intends.  This granola is delicious but it really doesn’t clump together, which [...]

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A taste of the garden

Now that our garden is starting to yield wonderful herbs for us such as basil, parsley, and cilantro, we have been planning our meals around what we can pick in our own backyard!  I had some leftover tomatoes from a meal earlier in the week (store bought, too early for home grown tomatoes!), so I [...]

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Farmers Market Fresh

I made my first trip of the summer to the local farmers market this weekend and despite the disappointment of no dogs allowed (poor Toby had to wait outside the market) it was a great little trip.  I didn’t find the produce that much cheaper than what I could get at the grocery store, but [...]

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Better than a trip to the food court

Well I’ll be darned, these really do taste just like the soft pretzels you’d buy at the mall! Don’t know what I was expecting, but these are darn good! Check out Amber’s blog for the original recipe as well as some ideas on variations. I’m still getting the hang of the oven in our new [...]

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