This spinach dip is ridiculously easy if you make it as directed below. You certainly can make homemade ranch dressing instead of using the dip mix, if you wish. HERE’S a homemade ranch dressing recipe you can use, and HERE’S another one, if that’s the route you want to go. (You’ll have to substitute 3…
I had the best intentions of spending the day in my kitchen and studio today, but the beautiful weather was beckoning and my friend Nancy suggested we get out of town for awhile. We ventured to a nearby lake town and enjoyed a leisurely lunch at a favorite Tearoom, and did a little antiquing. Oh…
My other macaroni picnic salad has been such a hit, I decided to share this old, family favorite with all of you. This is another yummy dish to bring along on a “Mason Jar Picnic.” With the all-American flavors of chicken, bacon and ranch, this little salad is sure to be a hit at your…
Lovely, lovely, lovely spring days. Time with family and friends, time to work, time to read and sip rosewater lemonade, time to play, time for a Friday night riverside fish fry, time for blossom-peeping walks around the neighborhood and time to relax. We’re planning a little getaway very soon and I can’t wait to hit…
Here’s my first post about salad in a mason jar! I’m working on a series that will include about 40 different meals and desserts in mason jars (approximately 15 of these will be salads.) I’m so excited to get started and to share these yummy, easy recipes with you! Mason jars are wonderful for when…
Today is the beginning of a much anticipated four day weekend “staycation” for us! We have all sorts of fun things planned, and among them… a picnic, of course! Packing picnic fare into coolers and picnic baskets is one of my favorite things to do. It’s so fun to develop a picnic menu days before…
Hello Lovelies! Are you all excited for Christmas? Oh my. So much preparation and baking and gift wrapping around here these days it’s beginning to look like Santa’s work shop. We enjoyed an awesome weekend. Saturday was spent going “over the river and through the woods” to Grandpa Grape’s (Greg’s) house. We brought appetizers…
A lazy, lazy day here at our house. After the flurry of decorating and cooking yesterday, I’m taking a break. Lots of tea sipping and reading under a blanket while a fire dances in the fireplace. Tonight’s dinner… leftover turkey soup with rice, crock pot roast, a simple baby spinach salad… and if anyone wants…
We’re not venturing out as much as we were even a couple weeks ago. The temperature has dipped below zero a few times, and it would seem that hibernating season has officially begun. I love this time of year because it causes us to focus on home. Our little nest. We’ve been slowly but surely…
Tonight I’m making a big batch of homemade Irish Cream and we’re decorating our Christmas tree. I just love this festive time of year, being inside our cozy little cottage, snuggled around the fire, while the snow falls outside. These are bread baking, soup simmering, candle lighting, cocoa and tea sipping, quilt cuddling days. How…