After 3 long months, I'm excited to share the winner for the Seed to Plate, Seeds of Change giveaway. I had asked all of you to share a homegrown dish on my facebook fan page and enjoyed all of the homegrown food that was shared. Beginning with the first photo shared to the last, I was able to draw a number from random.org. The winner is: Erin Erin Wrote: Seed to Plate Giveaway: Not the prettiest photo but awesome spaghetti sauce. Made with tomatoes and herbs from the garden. ... continue reading...
Simple Ways To Grow Herbs… Cheap.
I was at the farmers market a few weeks ago when I mentioned to my mami that I was in search of basil and mint plants to grow at home. Two of my favorite herbs that I hadn't started from seed. She looked at me and said, "why don't you just buy some cuttings and plant them?" I was dumbfounded. "You mean I can just plant fresh cuttings in the dirt and they'll grow roots?" "Yes," she replied. "You can pretty much do that with any plant." "Buy it for a buck, plant it and you'll have it ... continue reading...
Simple Lives Thursday, 51st Edition
Thanks for stopping by and linking up your Simples Lives post to our weekly blog hop. The Twitter Chat! There's a lot of great stuff in the works for our first twitter chat to commemorate one year of Simple Lives Thursday. We hoped to have a day and time to announce today but we’re still figuring it out. Soon! Our hashtag for the event will be #simplelives. For those participating in the chat, we already have some great giveaways lined up and collaborators to make this event fun for ... continue reading...
A Spanish Favorite: Ensaladilla Rusa
Ensaladilla Rusa is a Spanish potato salad served as a tapa throughout the entire country of Spain. Ever since I can remember, when we would visit Spain, my Abuela Rora would have a spread of our favorite foods made for us upon arrival. It always consisted of fresh baked bread, Spanish chorizo sausage, jamon serrano, olives, and ensaladilla rusa. She'd also pick up a few 8oz bottles of coca-cola and something "American" she thought we'd enjoy. One year it was ketchup – another, salsa. We ... continue reading...
Garden Update, June 2011
As usual, the month of June in Iowa was wet. For awhile I didn't think it was ever going to stop raining. A few bad hailstorms did some damage as my lettuce crops tore and fragile root crops were smashed to the ground. One thing this past month did have me thinking about was how much faith our forefathers had to of had. As I was praying one day, asking the Lord to let up on the rain I started to think about days past where peoples' food and livelihood depended on the land. As much as ... continue reading...
