We planted the first seeds this weekend: sugar snap peas, peas, spinach, red and purple carrots, rainbow chard, and lettuce. Now I hope for regular rains to nourish my seeds. The strawberry plants are looking a little worn, perhaps they have played themselves out, we will see how it goes the year. The garlic are…
Tag: Lemon
Honey-Lemon Scones
Honey and lemon – a nice, subtle combination, very tempting for scones. I tried a new scone-cooking technique…cooking them in a cast iron skillet. It saved a little effort by not having to roll the dough, but other than that, I think the two approaches (baking sheet and skillet) are about the same. We topped these…
Rosemary Mini-Donuts & Mini-Muffins
Time for an experiment… Flying to California this spring, I found a recipe for Rosemary ‘Fonuts’ in the airline magazine “Spirit”. A savory donut…I was going to have to try it. But as I was baking, Arielle tasted the batter and said “This would go well with a vanilla glaze”. So our combo of savory…
Blackberry Bread
There is an upside to days that I need to drive to Philadelphia instead of taking the train, I get to stop at Highland Orchards! The day’s picks included blackberries. I love quickbreads, so I searched for a recipe for a blackberry quickbread. The one below, from Food.Com caught my eye as simple, straightforward and combined…
Andrea's Garden Cooking 