Wholistic Woman
Embracing a whole life approach to wellness
When I saw this recipe in Simply in Season I thought “yay, I have a mulberry tree!” Unfortunately the dogs love to eat the mulberries off the ground, and the birds eat the ones on the tree. So between them I don’t have many mulberries. I decided to substitute a mix of currants and blueberries …
Pesto is a very forgiving sauce. You can substitute any herb for the basil, nuts or bread for the pine nuts. And, it's so much cheaper to make it yourself than buy it from the store! I wish you could smell it while it was chopping. Mmmm.
Yes, this is made with cornmeal and not a box 🙂 It’s very tasty and the corn keeps it moist. DH LOVED this, he had several helpings. Another winner from Simply in Season. Would it have been better with real corn fresh from the cob, in season? Yes. But DH wouldn’t have eaten any less.
In the Sausage and Apples post, I mentioned that I had made Hot Pepper Jelly at my CSA’s canning class. I forgot to post it at the time (actually, not sure I had started the blog then), so I’m including the info here. This is a bit larger recipe than the one included in Simply …
Update 6/2: Now that strawberry season is upon us, why not go berry picking with the kids? Then have fun making yummy desserts and breads. I recently discovered a couple of sources for locally grown, frozen fruit. When I first started learning about the benefits of eating local, I thought that for sure I’d have …
