It’s been really, really hot so tonight I’m heading straight for the recipes. The topic is chilled soup featuring seasonal veggies and herbs. Enjoy!
Creamy Avocado Soup with Mint
I love this for breakfast, it’s like a savory protein shake. ...
by SteelerGrrl
45 comments on Sat Jul 20, 2019 at 04:29 PM PDT with 28 Recommends |
The bamboo patch next to my yard makes a lovely privacy hedge. It is also an invasive species, and every spring my lawn erupts with shoots that can grow several inches overnight. In tonight’s adventure in edible landscaping, I’ll show you how I turn...
by SteelerGrrl
82 comments on Sat May 25, 2019 at 04:30 PM PDT with 34 Recommends |
Details are still coming in, but WSOC TV is reporting is three people have been shot on the campus of UNC Charlotte.
This is a couple of miles from my home and the air is thick with sirens and choppers. A suspect is reportedly in custody. I’ll do...
by SteelerGrrl
230 comments on Tue Apr 30, 2019 at 03:33 PM PDT with 192 Recommends |
What started as a one-off experiment to preserve my home grown grapefruit has evolved into a mild obsession with the ancient art of lacto-fermentation and delivered a fridge full of probiotic goodness. It’s a topic far too big to fit into one diary, so...
by SteelerGrrl
92 comments on Sat Apr 06, 2019 at 04:30 PM PDT with 32 Recommends |
My white grapefruit harvest this year was more than I could possibly turn into juice and candied peel. Determined not to let the last 10 pounds of organic citrus go to waste, I turned to a technique I haven’t done in a long time: fermentation. Salt...
by SteelerGrrl
41 comments on Sat Feb 09, 2019 at 04:30 PM PST with 29 Recommends |
My love affair with cooking is rooted in my Slovak and Russian heritage. My great grandparents emigrated through Ellis Island in the 1910s en route to the anthracite coal mines of northeastern Pennsylvania and my Slovak Grammy lived until I was...
by SteelerGrrl
53 comments on Sat Dec 29, 2018 at 04:32 PM PST with 25 Recommends |