breakfast oat smoothie

Warmer weather calls out for all things cool, clean and crisp. Unfortunately, crispness also applies to my garden due to a lack of rain and unseasonal very hot, dry weather.  Unlike Stacey’s green, lush vegetable garden in Portugal, ours is a work in progress. At least someone is enjoying its current state……. For breakfast in […]

roasted thyme infused cherry tomatoes

For those who have been with us since about this time last year, you may remember that I had an abundant supply of cherry tomatoes due to an overplanting mishap. Well, this year, I have managed to repeat that effort. In fact, I probably have doubled the quantity that will be produced. Not intentionally, but […]

pesto pasta with roasted baby vegetables

My veggie garden has become ‘weeded’ all of a sudden. When it rains, the plants thrive, however so do those weeds, and even though I intend to hit them at their first sighting, within a few days of neglect, a ‘carpet’ appears. This unpleasant sight greeted me when I headed out to pull up some […]