Hot German Green Bean Salad
Fresh beans are infinitely better than the canned version. The addition of bacon makes this side dish out of this world (bacon has a way of doing that . . . )
Fennel Leek Soup
Last week since I was out of state I gave my CSA share for the week to someone else. So, I had the unique experience of going to the farmer's market and buying whatever I wanted. Ha! I knew I would make this soup, since I usually only get one fennel bulb at a time at the CSA and this requires three.
Great (or at least edible) Green Pasta
Now that I'm trying to wrap up Simply in Season, I'm coming across recipes that I wasn't too interested in making last time I cracked it open. Great Green Vegetable Pasta, with its use of blended up cottage cheese (a technique I used before but don't recall which recipe), was one of them. So I decided to wing a variation on my own.
Heartland: The Cookbook {Book Review}
Last week on the drive from Idaho to Michigan (helping my sister move), I reviewed several books on my Nook. One of them was Heartland: The Cookbook by Judith Fertig. Driving on I-80 through America’s heartland was the perfect setting for reading about the Midwest’s cooking traditions and updated recipes.
You Can’t Out-Exercise Your Bad Eating Habits (Darn It)
It's been a long time since I posted a Fitness Friday update. After breaking through my plateau upon returning from Africa, I seem to have stalled out again. Recently DH and I started Couch to 5K as it's been awhile since we have done triathlons. However, I know from experience that exercise is not the magic bullet for weight loss. When Tony from Fit Marriage recently contacted me and offered to write a guest post, I knew exactly the topic!