Did you know that today is World Diabetes Day, and that November is Diabetes Awareness month? Diabetes touches the lives of millions of Americans, both those who are living with the disease and their loved ones. This diabetes awareness blogger event was created by All Day I Dream About Food, a low carb blog authored [...]

Support for Sandy Blogger Event: Green Beans with Sherried Mushrooms and Fried Shallots
If you have been watching the massive clean-up and restoration efforts going on after Hurricane Sandy and have been looking for a way to help, please consider making a donation to assist the people who have lost power, homes, possessions, and, in some cases, loved ones. The American Red Cross is in need of donations, [...]

Carrot Cake Ice Cream with Cream Cheese Frosting Swirl
It’s almost time to pack up the ice cream maker and start cranking up the oven, but I wanted to share this summer-to-fall transition ice cream that really does taste like carrot cake. We got a bunch of beautifully sweet little carrots from the C.S.A., and carrot cake is Harrison’s favorite dessert, so…it seemed logical. [...]

Five Spice Fresh Fig Ice Cream
We are entering into a scorching week on the Front Range, and all I can think about is ice cream and fresh fruit. Together, alone, or in any combination. This is also the fleeting season of fresh, Brown Turkey figs from California, and when we find them we buy them in large quantities and eat [...]

Bloody Mary Pappardelle with Grilled Ribeye
While we have not been getting socked with giant snowfalls like some parts of the U.S., it has been cold and snowy along the Front Range, and I have been leaning toward some heartier dishes. I pulled a beautiful, pastured ribeye steak out of the freezer that we bought last summer from Honeyacre Farms, and [...]

Savory Wild Mushroom Flans with Crispy Shallots and Chive Oil
A couple of weeks ago I received an exciting little box from Marx Foods containing samples of five different types of dried wild mushrooms, all foraged from the Pacific Northwest. These are not cultivated varieties labeled as “wild,” they are the real deal. My challenge was to create a recipe to feature on my blog, [...]













