Currently growing in Southern California
I made this salad in the work lunchroom once and everyone kept commenting on how good the cut veggies smelled and how beautiful it was. So it would be an easy, yet impressive side dish for a potluck. The best thing is it only takes about 15 minutes to make.
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Happy Autumn Equinox! Mother Earth decided to bless us by sending our first real Fall day. The temperature dropped from the upper 90s down to 72 and breezy in just a couple days. The wind smelled wet and cold. It blew strongest in the afternoon and the dust was so thick in places that visibility was…
Read MoreI cannot wait for summer food. Peaches, tomatoes, watermelon, cold potato and pasta salads, Popsicles, lemonade, BBQ chicken… please wait while I stop drooling… Ok I’m back. I needed a summer food fix so I threw together this fast little salad. Quinoa is a great alternative to my favorite pasta, potato and rice salads and…
Read MoreI am not a breakfast person. Since I was a teen, most of my mornings involve a cup of tea and a queasy couple of hours trying to keep it all down. I know, its terrible! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but try telling that to my chronically upset stomach! Over…
Read MoreWaiting. Anticipating. Yearning. Hoping. That’s all I seem to be doing these days. Tom came home for only three days, then this morning he left for our new house. Yup that’s right, we are moving and its time for you to know where we are going! Sonoma County! Sebastopol, CA to be exact. In a…
Read More“Mom, can I pick some peas too?” The pea vines in front of me begin to tremble. I look down to see her tugging on a pea pod, pulling the whole vine to one side. “Whoa there sweetheart, you need to cut them off, not pick them. Pea vines are too fragile to just yank…
Read MoreFiddling around in the garden has become part of my morning routine. After coming back from dropping my daughter off at school I usually make tea and head outside. I water, pull weeds, prune the tomatoes and inspect the lettuce for holes. Sometimes I harvest something, but usually I am checking out bugs. I never…
Read MoreI stepped onto the scale for a bi-weekly weigh in. Oh crap. Do my eyes deceive me? Is it true? I groan and step off. “Tom, somehow I gained ten pounds in the last few weeks!” Tom smiles and crosses the room to hug me from behind. We both look into the bathroom mirror. “You…
Read More“I am starving! I haven’t eaten for hours.” I walk in the living room to find Tom sitting on a chair by the door kicking off his muddy boots and peeling back layers of dusty clothes. He casually drops them at his feet and heads straight for the kitchen. As he passes me I glance…
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Shoots and Roots 