Spring

Growing strawberries at home can be relatively easy if you get the 5 key requirements right. This guide will help you successfully grow long-lived berries with that old-fashioned truly sweet flavor. Start with the Right Variety In choosing the strawberry variety to plant, start with researching those that are successful in your particular zone. This …

Roasted, rolled leg of lamb is an impressive dish often reserved for Easter or holiday dinners. It is fairly easy to prepare however and could easily go beyond its holiday status. This recipe spreads the deboned leg of lamb out flat, seasons it with a Mexican spice rub, rolls the lamb back up and roasts …

Meyer lemons taste like a cross between a lemon and an orange, but they are quite expensive. This faux “meyer lemon” pie has a low carb nut crust and a no-bake lemon-orange filling. Perfect for celebrations where there are a variety of lifestyles and tastebuds! How to Modify Pie Recipes to Low Carb The Fruit: …

Successful seed germination for tomatoes and peppers can be ensured by providing optimal conditions of temperature, moisture and light

A Salty Dog cocktail is an easy cocktail to have at home but it is taken to the level of a craft cocktail when you add Grapefruit Cardamom Shrub Syrup

Chicken mole with chayote is a low carb, slow carb and ketogenic Mexican dish that is full of flavor and texture without any sugar.

It’s time to bring out the lighter flavors of Spring (finally), and these low carb chicken patties paired with a snow pea saute is as fresh and easy as it gets.  The lemon and parsley give the chicken patties a lot of the high acid zest and the snow peas with peanuts add a wonderful …

Mother’s Day just seems to call out for champagne…and brunch…and champagne…and marmalade…and champagne!  Since my kids are at college, the hubby took on the Mother’s Day brunch, and it was an awesome feast with fresh salmon omelets, Almond Honey bread with Lemon Ginger Marmalade, and Strawberry Champagne cocktails!  Even though I made the marmalade and …

Recipes for classic Mint Julep and Parmesan Cheese Straws as craft cocktails and appetizers for Kentucky Derby

Recipes for craft cocktails for Earth Day using green tea syrup. Includes a Green tea collins and green tea grasshopper dink and a radish appetizer tray.

This blondie (a non-chocolate brownie) is a lemony, tender bar with a Limoncello-spiked frosting. Perfect for Spring baking, Easter celebrations or the Winter doldrums! Sometimes serendipity hands you a prize, and these blondies are just that…a prize.   While on a phone conversation with my daughter, she interrupted me by saying “Just what are lemonade …

Coconut Cookies with Marmalade Icing. Marmalades used in glazes include: Grapefruit Campari, Blood Orange, Meyer Lemon and Ginger, and Lime and Green Tea.

Low Carb Breakfast Recipe for the weekend with baked eggs and fresh asparagus on a bed of artichoke hearts. Perfect for low carb diets.

Signs of Nutritional Deficiencies in Heirloom Tomato Seedlings and solutions to help prevent a range of tomato diseases

Detailed tips on how to achieve successful tomato & pepper seed germination, especially with heirloom tomatoes