What’s Cooking?

Welcome to my kitchen!

I love food.

I love fresh food in season as well processed for enjoyment in the off season. With a 40-acre farm (think beef), a large garden (think vegetables, berries, and herbs), sixty hives of bees (think honey!), and access to a vibrant local foods community and farmers’ market (think tree fruit, chickens, lamb, and pork), I’m blessed to be able to find much of what we consume within a few minutes of home. We believe in local food at our house.

Mondays on my blog are devoted to local food news and seasonal recipes, like the one below:

Weekly Recipes

Recipe: Apple Waldorf Salad

This is an awesome salad for this time of year when the apples aren’t as crisp as they used to be. I make batches from several apples as it keeps fine in the fridge for a few days, but a single-apple salad serves 2. First, toast 1/4 cup walnut pieces by placing them in an…

To see more recipes, visit the "Recipe Bites" category here: Weekly Recipes

Yankee-Belle Cafe

I'm guest-blogging a recipe monthly at the Yankee-Belle Cafe as a friend of Seekerville, the popular blog for Christian romance novelists.

Novel Morsels

Ever read a book and wish you could taste what the characters cooked up? Click the image to enter dozens of Christian authors' kitchens!

International Recipes

My fellow bloggers and I at ICFW have created a free download recipe book as a thank you to our readers. Click the image for details.

Healthy Recipe Box

Click the image to learn more about the searchable wiki I've created for family and friends, and try some of my favorite recipes.

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