Growing up with a Spanish mother and a Mexican father, there weren't many hearty meat and potato dishes to grace our table while growing up. Milk at the dinner table was taboo to say much of anything else. After meeting my husband, an Iowa country boy through and through, things were about to change. He grew up on an acreage, next door to his grandfather's farm and a pasture filled with cows. A half side of beef filled their deep freeze year after year. For him, eating meat and ... continue reading...
An Easy Eggplant Recipe: Fried Eggplant Topped with Sauteed Tomatoes, Herbs and Cheddar Cheese
I hope you enjoyed the past two weeks of guest posts. I know I did and enjoyed it so much I plan on featuring more of my favorite blogs in the winter time. (If you have a blog and would like to contribute a guest post on Spain in Iowa, please leave me a comment with the name of your blog. ) It was a time of refreshment for me but honestly, with so much producing in the garden and breath-taking summer colors in bounty at the farmers market, I couldn't help but continue to shoot ... continue reading...
Guest Post: Driftless-Transcaucasian Eggplant Bruschetta by Sofya of the girls’ guide to guns and butter
The Spain in Iowa Summer Blogger Series. A series to highlight people and their passion for food, culture and life. These are some of the people that continually inspire me in my own blog and life. My hope is that they will inspire you as well. After two weeks, I'm excited to end the summer blogger series by introducing you to Sofya of the girls' guide to guns and butter. The girls's guide to guns and butter is a blog I am so happy to have run into this year. An impeccable food and ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, #58
It's Simple Lives Thursday! My favorite day of the week where you share your tips and recipes for living a simple life. Whichever blog that you choose to link up your post, it will show up on all 5 sites! As a reminder, this blog hop is a way to share with many people your posts on what you are doing to live a simple life. Whether that's gardening, raising urban chickens, homeschooling, sewing, making your own deodorant, or cleaning supplies... we want to know about it! ... continue reading...
Guest Post: The Knave Of Tarts by Peter of cookblog
The Spain in Iowa Summer Blogger Series. A series to highlight people and their passion for food, culture and life. These are some of the people that continually inspire me in my own blog and life. My hope is that they will inspire you as well. Today, I'd like to introduce you to cookblog. Is it odd that I've noticed that many artisanal food bloggers with a do it yourself mentality also happen to be artists? That's Peter and one of the reasons his blog draws me in. An artist and ... continue reading...
