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Strawberry Soup When NYC experiences heat waves, I crave this chilled Strawberry Soup! With the temperature near 100 degrees the last thing I want to do is cook in the kitchen, so I came up with this cold strawberry soup that is easy to make and delicious! How to Make Chilled Strawberry Soup It’s a perfect time to be picking fresh strawberries from your garden or buying them at the farmers market, so I am using 8 cups of fresh berries for this tasty strawberry soup....

As some of you know, we’ve had a tough time growing our family, so we’re thrilled to finally have this girl in our arms and hearts. It almost doesn’t feel real, considering the journey we had. Thanks to everyone who personally reached out to let me know they were rooting for my family, those messages really helped me stay positive. Enceladus, has been knocking the “big sister” role out of the park....

Being a part of a Community Garden is lots of fun, especially when you get to share a overabundance of a vegetable that’s growing well. A perk of being a Community Garden member is when you get gifted beautiful, fresh mint from a fellow gardener. Is there anything better smelling than mint that’s just been picked? Yum! So with a large pile of mint sitting in my kitchen, I wanted to come up with a recipe that would showcase it....

What is Cosmic Camp? Cosmic CAMP is an immersive, interactive experience for anyone who loves space. My 4-year-old described it as a “cool space play place”. There are games to collect points (and win prizes), physical challenges and immersive environments to play in that just make you feel like you’re in space. Everything is built for kids to interact with, so they can touch everything (adults too!). When does Cosmic CAMP run until?...

If you haven’t made crustless quiche recipes before, you’ll see just how easy they are to make. Not only is it low carb and healthy but it’s super delicious and full of flavor—and all you need are a few simple ingredients! Your kids won’t even realize how many servings of vegetables you’re sneaking in! If they ask for seconds? Even better! The Best Broccoli and Cheese Quiche This crustless broccoli quiche with cheese is full of flavor and fun!...

Gardeners love their vegetables – but we also love our sweets! Enjoy this collection of pretty garden cupcakes! Flower and Vegetable Garden Cupcakes! Aren’t these succulent garden cupcakes beautiful? Wouldn’t they look extra great with cupcake liners that look like fences? Check out Jin Cho’s Instagram page for more beautiful creations! Sometimes I wish my house plants looked this good! They use icing tip 352, 21 and 102 to get the leaves!...

Taco Black Bean Burger recipe Can you guys believe it’s August already? Even though Fall is my favorite Season and I’m ready for the months to leap ahead and the leaves to change, there is still something romantic about the Summertime. There’s the gathering of friends in a park for a picnic, there’s barbecues on a rooftop, there’s farmers market stands bursting with the most tasty plums and peaches and there’s full force ahead garden season happening on the roof....

General Tso chicken recipe I really can’t get enough of Chinese takeout. Chicken and broccoli, wonton soup, chow mein… it’s all just so good! If you’re like me and could recreate your favorite takeout menu every night, add this General Tso’s Chicken to the line up. General Tso’s Chicken is a sticky, saucy, and slightly spicy meal you can almost always find on the menu as westernized Chinese restaurants. Bite-size pieces of chicken breasts are battered and fried before being glazed in a delicious savory sauce....

Who doesn’t like a good meatball sub? It’s quick, it’s hearty, it’s sloppy, you get to eat it with your fingers. It’s meat, cheese and tomato sauce – how can you go wrong? But with this one we’re going to mix it up a little bit and add some kale to get your greens in! Don’t be alarmed by the combination of kale and meat together in this sub – once everything is mixed together, it just works....

Glazed carrot donut recipe Some of my all-time favorite homemade donuts are lightly spiced, bright, and tangy. Just take my Baked Sugar Donuts, Chocolate Chip Frosted Donuts, and Baked Strawberry Donuts for example! Each of these desserts has punchy flavors and light and fluffy textures. These Baked Carrot Cake Donuts are no different, as they’re made with the flavors of fall and fresh and sweet carrots. I find they’re the perfect middle ground between carrot muffins and carrot cake....

This is a meatball recipe full of flavor! It’s perfect for pasta and meatball subs! With our big lettuce harvest, you might have heard me on Twitter exclaiming it was a Meatball Date in the kitchen! There’s Matthew, Me, 16 pounds of ground meat, dozens of eggs and a entire sink full of lettuce that was just washed. If that doesn’t sound like a romantic evening then I don’t know what is!...

Canning Jam Recipes It’s that time of the year again, canning season is here. It’s time to can vegetables and fruits to last us all year! Do you have a overabundance of tomatoes, cucumbers or strawberries in the garden right now? Are you picking them by the pound and then nervously staring at them in the kitchen? We’ve all been there. During the Summer my once empty countertops become home to bowls of tomatoes, tomatillos, peppers and watermelon....

Mozzarella cauliflower casserole Looking for a fun and tasty way to sneak some extra veggies into your meals? Then you have to try this rich and cheesy Cauliflower Casserole with Mozzarella Cheese! Naturally vegetarian and easy to make keto and gluten free, this mix-and-bake casserole is sure to be enjoyed by everyone. Just like my cheesy cauliflower casserole and cheddar cheese cauliflower casserole, the best part of this mozzarella cauliflower casserole are the layers of baked cheese and vegetables....

This rich hot chocolate is perfect for a cold day during the winter months. This creamy hot chocolate uses real chocolate which provides a richer chocolate flavor with a hint of vanilla. It’s much richer than the hot cocoa packets you will find at the store, and it couldn’t be an easier recipe to make. On snow days, we make this in the crockpot, go outside and play and then when we come back in we have the best hot chocolate waiting for us!...

A few days ago I was craving brownies (when aren’t I)? Because I always love some adding some vegetables to sweets, I went into the cabinet to grab a can of black beans to make my favorite black bean brownies but sadness hit, I was all out of black beans. So then I sat on the floor, pantry door open, and begun to think.. could I use another bean? So I grabbed a can of dark red kidney beans and these Fudgy Kidney Bean Brownies were made!...

Protecting Plants From Frost There’s always a bit of danger involved when you plant your Spring vegetables. In the Spring or Fall we are always trying to extend our growing season (like growing onions in the Winter) and with wildly fluctuating temperatures that can be a dangerous challenge for your plants. This is how it usually always goes: You plant your seedlings into your garden on a beautiful day, you’re so excited for garden season to begin!...

Ok so here’s how this post happened. Enceladus (my daughter for the new folks) has this beautiful Sherpa outfit – pants, sweater, oh gosh, she looks so cool when wears it. Being a kid though, she plays hard, often on the ground. A few hours of play and her Sherpa is covered with fuzzies, lint, dirt, and cat hair! We’re not talking just attached, these fuzzies are embedded in the sherpa....

But for this post, I wanted to celebrate a jalapeno plant. This special jalapeno plant grew all Summer long and somehow as of January 22, in the middle of Winter, it’s still producing jalapeno peppers every single week. How did we do it? Well we didn’t, the plant did it. How did we help it? Well that I an discuss…. First, a little list of dates as you know I love the facts....

Vegan Peanut Butter Cookies These vegan cookies are so soft, tasty, and can you believe they’re vegan? That’s right! There is no milk or butter in these cookies! I’ve been trying to stick with a dairy free diet, and with recipes like dairy free mashed potatoes, vegan donuts and vegan pancakes, it makes it easier. But what I’m craving is a handful of cookies! This is officially one of my favorite vegan cookie recipes!...

Chocolate chip peanut butter cookies Chocolate + peanut butter = love. My recipes for chocolate peanut butter Whoopie Pies, Ice Cream, Peanut Butter Blossoms, and Oatmeal Bars would have to agree that these two together are pure perfection! I wanted to take traditional peanut butter cookies up a notch and the best way to do that is to add in chocolate! My Chunky Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies are sweet, nutty, and seriously addictive....