Fast, Fresh and Easy: Organic Meal Kit Deliveries from Sun Basket (and a...
I’ve always been curious about the meal delivery services that are so prolific these days. You know the ones: the company sends you a box of fresh, perfectly portioned ingredients, you cook and...
View ArticleAnthocyanin Powerhouse: Pusa Asita Carrots
Every year, there seems to be a new “superfood” on the scene. Blueberries. Pomegranates. Acai berries. Purple kale. What they all have in common, besides being the “it” ingredient in countless...
View ArticleFive Things Friday
The five little things that made my week… 1. The garden is a tangled mess of nasturtium vines right now, which are slowly dying back with our dry spell. But one bonus crop is a bright spot amidst all...
View ArticleI Planted My Placenta
Yes, you read that right. Warning: Images of placenta ahead. When I was pregnant, the placenta — or rather, what to do with it post-birth — was a popular topic among my friends who already had babies...
View ArticleThe CSA Cookbook is an Amazon Kindle Monthly Deal in June!
Welcome to my favorite month. It’s my favorite for many reasons, the least of which, June just happens to be my birthday month! But it’s also a month of misty mornings on the coast, sunsets happening...
View ArticleThe Superhydrophobic Surface of Nasturtium Leaves
Rain doesn’t happen too often in Southern California, but when it does, I always love the gleam it brings to the garden. And literally, too — the wide-spreading patches of volunteer nasturtium vines...
View ArticleQuick Pickled Roasted Beets on Freshly Preserved Ideas
This summer, I’m happy to announce that I’ve teamed up with Ball Canning, maker of the beloved and ubiquitous mason jars, as an official ambassador! Being an avid user and longtime lover of their jars...
View ArticleAdventures in Parenting: Camping With a Newborn
When I was pregnant, the notion of camping with a baby was appealing and a little intimidating. But no matter how many naysayers I came across, and in spite of how many parents laughed at me,...
View ArticleFive Things Friday
The five little things that made my week… 1. Getting older gets better and better every year. For my birthmonth, we spent the week camping, floating, and relaxing on Upper Kern River. We came home...
View ArticleGet Preserving Ideas From This Interactive Canning Map
Have you seen Freshly Preserved Ideas? It’s a new Tumblr page brought to you by the fine folks at Ball Canning, and it’s full of pretty inspiration for crafters, useful tips for first-time canners,...
View ArticleBalsamic Strawberry Jam on Freshly Preserved Ideas
The strawberries at my local farmers’ markets are going strong right now, and I can never resist picking up a few baskets after the vendors ply me with samples and smiles. My favorite way to eat them...
View ArticleIf You Like Good Food in the Great Outdoors…
I recently returned from a road trip around the Southwest and the Rockies, two weeks spent visiting family in Nevada, staying in an Earthship in New Mexico, attending a wedding in Colorado, and...
View ArticleWatch Me on Facebook Live on International Can-It-Forward Day!
As an official ambassador for Ball Canning, I’ve been developing a series of preserving recipes for the brand this summer. (Did you miss them? Click over to my first two recipes, Quick Pickled Roasted...
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The five little things that made my week… 1. Vintage Ball jars that I scored in Orderville, Utah, in a random antiques store a couple weeks ago. I adore the blue color and am so happy Ball brought it...
View ArticleFour Months, Four Thoughts
(Gemma at one day old.) I feel like I just wrote this post, yet here I am with a post about my four-month-old. Four months old! Officially out of the “fourth trimester,” out of newborn stage, and onto...
View ArticleFiesta Peppers for International Can-It-Forward Day
Hello friends! Happy Can-It-Forward Day! In partnership with Ball Canning, I’ll be celebrating and sharing the simple joys of home preserving with fellow canners, gardeners, and food lovers today —...
View ArticleChipotle Tomato Jam on Freshly Preserved Ideas
Hello, friends. We are deep in the dog days of summer, and despite the heat wave that I hear is also happening all over the country, this is one of my favorite times of year. The ocean is warm, the...
View ArticleSriracha Stem Pickles on Freshly Preserved Ideas
Those of you who’ve cooked from The CSA Cookbook know that I love to use the odds and ends of vegetables in my recipes — in part because I try to waste as little as possible in the kitchen, and...
View ArticleSo Long, Summer: A Recap
As I sit down to write for the first time in weeks, the political noise on social media is taking a backseat to more important matters. An entire summer of pictures are downloaded and sorted, the...
View ArticleFive Things Friday
The five little things that made my week… 1. I love a well-organized seed bin! Currently down to 190 seed varieties after sorting and tossing the older packets. (Click here for my guide on figuring out...
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