Category Archives: Kitchen

Easy as Pie

                November ushers in boots and coat weather with its cooler temperatures and rushes us out to the stores with our holiday gift and decoration lists. It’s a month of festivities, but also of frantic planning. Many of us feel the pressure most of all in the kitchen. As we shut...

The calendar is nearing the end of October and that means ghosts and goblins will be taking to the small town Iowa streets for trick-or-treating. Growing up in Sully, each year there were definitely streets and/or houses that you never wanted to miss. In my era, a stop at the preschool teacher Dot’s house always required...

We raise pigs on our family farm and it’s truly a family affair with everyone lending a hand. One of our favorite pork recipes is Baked Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops, which I’m sharing with you today. Visit www.iowapork.org for more delicious pork recipes.   October is certainly flying by!  What an exciting and interesting fall it has...

There were many things that struck me as foreign when I first crossed the Pacific Ocean from Australia - the imperial measurement system, spelling “Mum” with an “o,” and driving on the right side of the road - to name a few. Lots of differences were stark, but many more were subtle. We all enjoy...

Kennedy helps us load up the pumpkins during our 2020 harvest of the giant orange globes. We wrapped up sweet corn harvest and went right into harvesting pumpkins and a few gourds. Next year, I’ll have two little helpers during pumpkin harvest as Kennedy will be a big sister soon! My harvest menu consists of quick...