My cousin gave me a jar of homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam last fall. I had forgotten about it until around Christmas. I opened it and used it with peanut butter for breakfast. It immediately brought me back to my childhood days camping with my Aunt Susie. She always brought this type of jam! It was terrific. [...]
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“What’s that?!” I was teaching a nutrition class to middle school-age children last summer when a student asked about kohlrabi. An assortment of fresh produce had been dropped off at the school from a local community garden to send home with anyone that could use it. When the student pulled the large kohlrabi bulb out of [...]
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In anticipation of the unfolding growing season, here is a fresh, colorful side dish packed with whole grains, veggies, and flavor. This recipe is perfect for any of you that plant a vegetable garden because the ingredients are easy to come by in the summer months. Even if you don’t grow your own vegetables, ingredients [...]
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It is probably just me but every time I bake chicken breasts in the oven I over cook them, leaving them dry and chewy. So recently I decided to try cooking bone in chicken breasts in my Crockpot. I set the Crockpot for either 4 or 6 hours depending on the day. I add a [...]
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