Yesterday, I enjoyed a nice evening at my local Whole Foods. I arrived early enough to take part in their wine tasting – Fridays Five After Five. For $5 you get to taste five featured wines paired with tasty treats. They routinely get over 350 patrons to participate weekly from 5 to 7 P.M. Starting in the produce section and winding through the entire store it is a very popular weekly event. This week the theme was LOCAL; Ohio wines and local ingredients for the [...]

On Monday a Twitter post by @LocalMattersOrg was offering to give half of the LARGE bunch of spinach they bought to any local tweep that was interested. I often am faced with a little extra, especially after visits to farmer’s markets, and don’t like creating expensive compost. I shared one of my solutions that works with a large variety of vegetables. My reply was this, “Why not freeze it? Blanch the spinach for a few seconds, drain & freeze in small bags for individual servings [...]

Yesterday, Margaret Roach of AwayToGarden.com posted a Tweet declaring that she is The Reining Queen of Leftovers, challenging us all to get a little creative. After a 12 hour day, I came home starving and rustled up the following this evening; Kung Pao Soft Tacos with Swiss Cheese (Prep and Cook Time 8 minutes) Leftover Kung Pao Chicken from P.F. Chang’s Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas Yoder’s Swiss Cheese Fresh Cilantro I warmed 2 whole wheat flour tortillas on my gas grill, turning often, just until [...]