Scenes from the Garden June 7th, 2012

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• Spring in Missouri……Morel Mushrooms

  Spring in Missouri brings out a special breed of hunter.  The mushroom hunter.  Doug covers miles and miles looking for morels every year at this time.  They are like gold. I have several stories about morels, but my favorite involves my grandmother on my mom’s side.  I’ve written about her in several posts. She lived […]

• Mushroom Spinach Stuffed Shells – Recipe Review

  You may notice that my blog has a new name – Aroundhertable.com.  All the old content is still there.  I just like this name better and I’m incorporating some other excited changes you will see over the coming months. Do you clip recipes to try out of magazines?  I have them everywhere.  I have ripped […]

• Buon appetito! Italian Salad with Sweet Italian Vinaigrette

  I totally admit that one of the best things about going to Italian restaurants are those awesome salads with the sweet dressing.  I love the stuff.  I can’t just skip the salad when the sweet dressing is on the menu. You won’t believe how easy this is.  There is no need to buy this in a […]

• 2013 Seed Order

  Yesterday, Doug and I finished our seed order with the help of my good friend Elizabeth.  She works in the garden and helps me in the kitchen more than anyone. We are seriously considering a booth at the farmers market after finishing this order! After going through this process last year, I wanted more input […]

• 12 Days of Holiday Baking #4 – Peppermint Bark

  Peppermint Bark is sold in many speciality food stores, and couldn’t be easier to make.  This stuff goes quickly when you make it and makes excellent gifts. Peppermint Bark Equal amounts of white and semi-sweet baking chocolate (I used 24 oz of each and made 2 trays of bark) 5-6 crushed candy canes (I put […]