In my humble opinion, of course.  Truthfully, I am a pie lover, and I have eaten and baked many a pie.  I think I found, at last, my holy grail of squash pies, and Zillah so nicely asked for the recipe a while back, so here it is.
The first thing to note is that this ...
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(sausage gravy and pumpkin biscuits – when I was pregnant my idea of breakfast was, apparently, meat meat and more meat)
After I started planning our dinners last winter, I was really excited about how well it went. How much calm it brought to my life. (Seriously, every bit helps!) So over the ...
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More favorites from here. Outside, winter doesn’t seem to know yet that its last days are here. The freezing rain and mud puddles have their own beauty, as my little girl in rain boots would happily tell you. Inside, I finished this applique for our down comforter cover.  I cut out the pieces ...
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Malting barley to brew our first batch of beer (no, this isn’t barley we grew – I knew you’d ask – but we do have some planted, so perhaps next year we’ll have homegrown homebrew!)

Insulating, insulating, insulating. (Yes, that’s wool I’m stuffing into the crack, and we’re covering it with caulk.) Our little helper ...
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Every now and again, I like to make my weekly menu from a single cookbook. (You may remember last winter’s week of Ad Hoc – oh so yummy). Of course, you can’t do this with just any ol’ cookbook. I picked up a used copy of Cooking from Quilt Country at our ...
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Here in New England, we’re having a snow day!  I’m hoping for lots of playing in the snow outside, and lots of knitting inside.  Nothing like a blizzard to make you feel woefully unprepared with handknit goodness.  Hoping you all had a wonderful holiday, and are enjoying this special quiet time before the new year ...
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Hello everyone, here are two of the past week’s menus at our house, and I didn’t forget my promise for a nourishing vegetarian soup – Potato Leek is here to rock your tastebuds and soul.
Monday:  “Pasta” Cheesy Emmer, Roasted Cauliflower & Beets, Pan-fried Hamsteak
Tuesday: Soup with Meat Split Pea Soup with carrots, onion, and ham ...
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Today, I’m so excited to bring you an interview with Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA member and wonderful foodie blogger Elspeth, who can be found at Diary of a Locavore.  Elspeth, you may remember, did a really sweet interview with me last winter when she came out to get her share for her radio show, ...
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I never, ever used to plan my menus before last year.  I was way too creative, too talented, too cool to be hemmed in by something as fuddy duddy as a menu plan.  Right?
Before having a baby, this non-plan worked out sort of well.  Running to the grocery store to get ingredients in the midst ...
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