Dilly Beans with a new twist!

Jam Session! Honey Lemon Lavender Jelly Recipe:

This jelly smells so good in the making, if your house is on the market, I’d suggest it instead of baking cookies to make your home fragrant!

See my video and thoughts on the magic of the garden.

After THREE years my Asian Pear tree is producing pears. They will be delicious as pear jam and eating all by themselves!

We’re jammin’!

Don’t forget to pick lots of fruit and veggies this summer for year around pleasure!

Food doesn’t always have to look good to taste good! Here are some funky looking food and some flops too… but they still taste great.

Beat the heat with a kick!

Beat the Heat! FREE Fruited Minted Iced Tea Recipe. See details below.

Food and Family go together! My grandson, Spencer and I are having a grand old time preparing croutons for his favorite Caesar salad. Making croutons is easy and fun. Here’s another FREE Recipe from Shuga’s Cookin’…

Sam at age 3: Food and family go together. I’m having a happy flashback of cooking with my grandchild who is the next generation learning tried and true recipes. What a joy it is growing, gathering, and preparing ingredients together. You can see the smile on his face—he knows that all of our efforts lead to good cookin’ (and eating!). Flashforward and Sam and two-year-old Liam are having a blast making the same baked spaghetti. It’s a family favorite and will be in the cookbook for generations to come.