May was such a crazy month, I feel like I’ve barely had time to post anything.  My daughter graduated from college up in Boston.  All of us attended and spent a wonderful weekend together as a family.  Then back to St. Louis, just in time to have carpet replaced in our...

When Melissa’s sent me a basket of products 2 weeks ago, most were foreign to me.  Intrigued, I set out to sample and create recipes for each fruit and grain I tested.  Of all, the Cherimoya and Feijoas were the most challenging. I’d never heard of a Feijoas before but they looked quite...

I have always loved oranges.  In fact, if you’ve been following my posts for a while you’ll remember how I ate them daily when coming home from school as a child.  I shared this in my post The Art of Eating an Orange.  So when Melissa’s Produce sent me...

Back in March I posted a Roasted Beets and Butternut Squash Salad.  I mentioned then that I stopped eating beets for quite sometime but then recently rediscovered them roasted and fell in love.  In that post I roasted the beets myself which is fun but takes time and can...

My husband bikes A LOT even during the winter, so when summer comes and we head to the mountains he’s ready to hit the hills and the biking events.  This Saturday he decided to enter a biking event about an hour from here that would take him into the...

Never in my life have I experienced such ecstasy as when I scooped out the creamy white flesh of a Cherimoya (pronounced chair-uh-MOY-yuh) and tasted it.  I know you’re thinking “is she for real?”   I can’t begin to describe the incredible flavor of this fruit.  My first spoonful, had me...

On my last post I showed you how to create a Cupcake Bouquet for Mother’s Day or any occasion.  I also mentioned I would demonstrate in an upcoming video, how to make a beautiful rose swirl for the top of  your cupcakes. Below is the video I put together just before taking...

Mother’s Day is just about 3 weeks away.  As a child I enjoyed creating something to give to my mom and grandmothers.  To this day I still love creating a gift that I know my mom will like.  If my grandmothers were still around I’d create one for them as...