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Tag Archives: Iowa
Garden Update: Part One
I went back to my parent’s house for Mother’s Day weekend, and I asked my dad to give me a tour of the garden. I grabbed my camera and a notebook to jot notes. I’ve got a list of almost everything they have planted (26 different things will be planted), and photos of everything that [...]
An Iowa Dinner
I love summer in Iowa because we have Farmer’s Markets that are full of fresh fruit, vegetables, baked goods, local meats and eggs, beautiful flowers and various homemade sewn goods. On Saturday morning I headed with the girls to our Farmer’s Market. Each week there are more and more vegetables and fruits to choose from. [...]
Posted in Farmer's Market, Main Dishes, Sides
Tagged as: Asparagus, BLT, couscous, Farmer's Market, Iowa, pesto, sprouts, Summer, sweet corn
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Pesto Couscous
The weather is finally warming up in Iowa; soon winter will have faded like a bad dream often does. Yesterday we enjoyed ourselves outdoors. I basked in the sun with a book. Warmer weather equals grilled meat. Alex pulled out the charcoal grill and grilled some delicious steaks (bought at the local meat locker). I [...]
Posted in Sides
Tagged as: charcoal, couscous, Grilling, Iowa, meat locker, Neat East, pesto, quick side dish, recipe, steak, Summer
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Giant Crunchy Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
Sasha all bundled up. It has been extremely cold here in Iowa. We have received about 10 inches or more of snow in the last five days. This morning when I woke up it was -17 and with the wind chill it felt like -30. BRR that is really cold. Needless to say, Marley does [...]
Posted in Desserts
Tagged as: chocolate, chocolate chip, cookies, cooking, food, giant cookies, Iowa, milk chocolate, no egg cookie, pecan cookies, semisweet chocolate, winter
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