Blog — Recipes

Over the years, I have endeavored to make jams & jellies; preferably with ingredients from my own garden, but also with store bought. For instance, I bought some watermelon juice at the grocery store and made some jelly with it. It definitely tastes good, but I didn’t add enough pectin. I will be able to rectify that issue by emptying all of the jars back into my jelly/jam pot and adding more pectin to it. I keep waiting for a cooler day for this, but somehow Mother Nature went from pre-heat to full blown broiler mode this summer in east Tennessee. If...

One mainstay in Wooly's garden every summer is tomatoes and one of Wooly's favorite ways to use them is to make salsa. Why not just buy it at the store? One word: FRESH! One of my favorite quotes (my, I have a lot of favorites today!) is "Store bought tomatoes taste like disappointment!" Store bought salsa is the same for me. I gleefully await the time when tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and parsley (or cilantro) are ready to use in the kitchen. Now salsa appeals to people in many different ways. Some like it chunky, some like it smooth. Some like...

"Po-tay-toes! Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew." -Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien) Who doesn't like potatoes? From French fries & tater tots to mashed potatoes to potato soup, the humble spud can be eaten plain or fancy with added sour cream, butter, cheese, etc. I recently tried a new (to me) recipe for roasted potatoes that made me soooo happy. It's easy to make, a one-dish effort and can be amended according to personal taste and/or what you have in your fridge. Ingredients: Potatoes, Butter, Parmesan Cheese (the kind in...