• i'm in a pickle

    - Bread-and-Butter Pickles - ​Apple Chutney & Prosciutto Melt with Gruyere Cheese and Pears With the new CSA season well underway, my pickle is trying to find, delicious and easy to prepare recipes...

  • the calendar say it's summer

    - - The calendar says that June 21st is the start of summer, but here at the Jersey shore, it’s been very breezy today, overcast and the temperature is in the mid 60’s. I decided that with the yellow...

  • quick and easy

    - - My local ShopRite had some beautiful Chairman’s Reserve tomahawk pork chops on sale last week. I couldn’t resist picking them up as I knew I could find a recipe. Fortunately, my favorite go to NYT...

  • csa week 4

    - - Our week 4 box of seasonal produce from Dreyer’s contained bok choy, green squash, lettuce, red beets, Dinosaur (Tuscan) kale, peas and pickling cucumbers. My husband and I have a salad just about...

  • something savory

    - - If you’ve ever been to the Jersey Shore, make sure try Hoagitos located in the Belmar Shopping Plaza or Towne Center Plaza in Oakhurst. My favorite sandwich is the Forbidden Chicken made with crispy...

  • time for something sweet

    [Image description] In one of our first CSA boxes this season there was a container of New Jersey strawberries. I let my daughter keep them, however, if I had Melissa Clark’s recipe for Strawberry Almond...