Simple Tomato and Cucumber Salad
When I was a kid my mom used to tell me stories about her tomatoes. Her excitement would make me drool. When she’d tell these stories, as with everything, I…
Margherita Pasta
I have a flower from my basil plant stuck somewhere between that dangly thing at the back of my throat and the far left recesses of my tongue. Because. .…
Hearty Vegetable Soup with a Basil-Garlic Dressing (Pistou Soup)
It’s definitely full on Spring in my lovely town of Houston.Though, some days it feels like summer. Hot, hot, hot. And by hot I mean 84 which isn’t really very…
Roasted Banana Pepper BLT with cheese
This question is purely hypothetical.What if ‘someone’ decided to get some fancy pants?And in those fancy pants she decided to build a garden. And that garden grew, and grew, and…
Fresh Cucumber Salad
Because it’s really, really hot outside. And well, it’s also just as humid. Because I have 50 million cucumbers on the vine, and they are literally growing out of my…
How to Grow Huge Vegetables. . . . Just don’t look.
Maybe the “Lazy Gardener” is the wrong term. Let’s go with the “Blind Gardener”.How in the heck did I NOT see these Honkin’ Huge Vegetables? For those of you who are…
The Perfect Glass of Iced Tea
Yesterday, I walked out my back door and into my garden in search of some Stevia leaves to brew myself a cup of tea. It was an odd feeling that…
Pan Seared Skirt Steak with Chimichurri-ish Sauce and How to clean your grill even if your husband is ungrateful
My barbecue grill is a hot mess.My husband is hot, and also a mess._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _…
Corn and Pea Risotto
Warwick really wants me to give YOU an update on the garden.He says it’s been 5 weeks since I started the garden, and about 6 or so weeks until we begin to pull…
Vegetable Garden Quesadillas
Ruh-Ro. There is something odd growing from our “watermelon” plant. It’s yellow, and has a longish neck. It kind of looks like yellow squash. But, I could be wrong, maybe…