How to Grow Cucumbers Spring finally seems to have sprung around here after a ridiculously long, cold, and snowy winter. A few weeks ago, I even broke down and started some tomatoes and cabbage seeds for my garden. Now don’t start believing that I am Martha Stewart, most years my garden is both under watered…
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Grilled Jalapeno Poppers With Bacon
Grilled Jalapeno Poppers With Bacon Have I mentioned that football season is back? And since Mother Nature decided that she needed to give me and my fellow Husker fans two opening weekends, why not prolong the football hype and give you another tailgate favorite of mine, Grilled Jalapeno Poppers With Bacon.
How To Freeze Sweet Corn
How To Freeze Sweet Corn It’s that time of year when summer’s bounty is hitting it’s stride in my garden. The beans and peas are winding down. The cukes are still OUT OF CONTROL! And the first tomatoes, peppers, and sweet corn are ready to pick. Eating fresh produce is the main pay off of…
Creamy Cucumber and Onion Salad
Creamy Cucumber and Onion Salad My garden cucumbers are out of control this year! They just became ready about 2 weeks ago and since then, I’ve picked over 60 cukes from only a couple of plants. I see plenty of pickles in my future. But other than some gifted cucumbers to family friends, most of…
Smoked Gouda Pea Salad With Bacon
Smoked Gouda Pea Salad With Bacon Based on the Dr Pepper Baked Beans recipe I posted earlier in the week, it would seem as though I am on a summer grilling kick for blog posts. I hope you don’t mind. In my family, we usually reserve Sunday dinner for grilling a great steak or juicy…
Creamy Pasta Primavera
Creamy Pasta Primavera So this past weekend, much of the Midwest was hit with another bout of winter. Thankfully our snow fall was minimal, but as I was re-potting my tomato and green pepper seedlings while staring out an ice covered window I realized I was officially over what felt like January 174th. I needed…