This past Saturday, I was at the Waterloo Urban Farmer's Market at the Riverloop Expo Plaza doing cooking demonstrations and handing out samples. I love cooking seasonally and fresh green beans, beets, cucumbers & zucchini are abundantly available right now. ...
Category: Recipes
Food, Recipes, Vegetables
Keeping Cool with Italian Cucumber Salad
Are you feeling the heat? While I love the hot weather, I do reach a point where it does feel good to cool down. This is one reason why I like cooking seasonally-or using fruits and vegetables that are in...
Food, Meat, Vegetables
Easy 4th of July Picnic Snacks-Snack Picks
With July 4th just around the corner and in the middle of the week, it may be difficult to plan & prepare snacks for your holiday outing. Here's an easy, quick snack idea that is sure to please everyone's palate-Snack...
Farmers, Food, Meat, Recipes, Vegetables
Hansen’s Dairy-Good Food That’s Good For You
June is National Dairy Month and I recently spent some time at Hansen's Diary near Hudson, IA. This family-run operation has been providing the Cedar Valley with their own brand of fresh milk and dairy products for almost 15 years....
Farmers, Food, Recipes, Vegetables
Hoffman Produce Farms and Fresh Green Onions
I had the pleasure of visiting my friends, Greg & Denise Hoffman at Hoffman Produce Farms. They grow a wide variety of produce from apples to zucchini on about 20 acres of land in Waterloo, IA. The Hoffmans are very...
Food, Recipes, Vegetables
Asparagus Soup
Spring Warmth I've been so thankful for the warmer weather we've experienced lately. The sun and rain really made the grass green and the trees leaf out. Most days it feels like summer, rather than spring. Yesterday & today, have...
Food, Meat, Recipes, Vegetables
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Last week I hinted at an upcoming post on Bacon Wrapped Asparagus–well here it is. These spears are a hot ticket item right now. Asparagus season is only a few short weeks before the plant ferns out to replenish itself...
Food, Meat, Vegetables
Signs of Spring-Babies & Upside Down Salad
Spring lambs The view out our front window-Hopefully the last hurrah for winter The last few weeks have been interesting here in Iowa. It's like winter finally decided to arrive "better late than never," and now won't let go. As...
Food, Meat
Quick & Easy Lamb Brats as Winter Clings
Clinging to Winter If you live in Northern Iowa, you know that winter is having a hard time releasing its grip this year. We got 10 inches of new snow just a few days ago! Granted, most of it is...
Food, Recipes, Vegetables
A Magical Night with Harry Potter & Curry
A Magical Night A few weeks ago, my husband and I made good on the Christmas gifts we gave to our children and their significant others by taking them to see/hear the Des Moines Symphony play live to...
