Month: May 2014

Mama D’s First Fruit Adventure…Admitting the Love

It will never be said that Mama D doesn’t love her vegetables. Even before I took the healthier fork in the road, veggies have always been center stage in my cooking. Fruits on the other hand, have taken a back seat to almost everything. Aside from a  fruit dessert, very little has been said about… Continue reading Mama D’s First Fruit Adventure…Admitting the Love

Memories of Cook Outs and Not Potato Salad

Here in the Midwest we are getting brief glimpses of warm weather. Even though days in the 80’s may be sandwiched between rain and cold, we all know that soon those single days will chain together into whole weeks. Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer season will be here in a week. When… Continue reading Memories of Cook Outs and Not Potato Salad

For the Love of Spring Greens and Salad Greens

Have you noticed that there is a lot of green outside? I am positively giddy that I can look out my window and see green. My bushes have enough green to be a privacy fence. The clematis and hop vines are climbing steadily every day. Even my chives plant has decided to turn green again.… Continue reading For the Love of Spring Greens and Salad Greens

Rock, Roll (Up) and W(rap)

Call it a wrap, call it a pin wheel, heck, you could even call it a burrito or Stromboli. When a filling is wrapped in a bread product of one kind or another, and eaten out of hand it is, besides being convenient, a delicious and versatile food. I remember when wraps first came on… Continue reading Rock, Roll (Up) and W(rap)