Eat to the beat of your own drum
MORE strawberry recipes? But of course! I cannot get enough of them right now, and luckily I cannot run out of ideas for them, either. While I do have an excuse (May is National Salad Month), I’m so in love with strawberries that I’ll shout it to the world! Have you ever tried adding strawberries [...]
Carrots are just starting to appear at the farmer’s market, and I’m grabbing them up as fast as I can! But carrots can be tough to use in sandwiches. They’re rigid and crunchy, not necessarily the best things for sandwiches. Pickling them is key – it softens the carrot and leaves them tangy (and in [...]
I don’t know what season it is anymore, because apparently it’s OK to be 37 degrees when you wake up in the middle of MAY. MAY, Indiana, May. And what is this? It’s going to go from 60 one day to 83 the next? SURE. Why not. Obviously I have a few issues with the [...]
Kale, my favorite leafy green at the moment. It’s great for your health and can be used in so many ways (hence me never telling you to make kale chips, because there’s so much more out there people!). But kale, in burgers? BEAN burger? Yes, it can happen! These burgers are very filling and you [...]
You may remember me saying that 2013 was going to be my year to learn about wine. While I’m definitely a craft beer person, wine interests me a lot, and at the beginning of the year I decided I was going to know more than just saying “there’s white, and red, right?” There’s a festival [...]
Saturday, May 11 was Stamp Out Hunger, a food drive coordinated by the National Association of Letter Carriers. You may have received a post card or a plastic bag in your mailbox asking you to leave a bag of non-perishable food items by your mailbox. It would be picked up by your letter carrier and [...]
Last week totally got away from me. I’m sorry that I’ve been absent from my blog. With after work events and weekend outings, I’ve still been eating (duh) but I haven’t had the time to compile the photos and words to share with you. So what’s been going on? John has received a few Indianapolis [...]
Polenta. Yeah, I said it. The first time I cooked it, I failed. I used the instant roll of polenta and simply cut and grilled it. I’m sure some people would enjoy polenta like that, but without any seasoning, it really failed. It’s been a long time since I considered bringing polenta back, and I [...]
I have canning fever, for real. The Broad Ripple Farmers Market opens on Saturday, and I couldn’t be more excited! It was my main source of produce for my canning projects last year. As I start to realize that the season is approaching again, I decided to put together an inventory list, and then I [...]
We’ve eaten Sloppy Joes many times, but only recently have we strayed away from the ground beef and tomato combination for something with a bit more spunk. These Joes are made with ground turkey. Why? Because I said so! Sorry, I get a little defensive about ground turkey. I get that it’s not the same [...]
I’m back on the Foodie Pen Pals bandwagon! I had to take a break for a bit, with work being busy early in the year and lots of other things going on, I just couldn’t give a pen pal the box they really deserve. What is Foodie Pen Pals, you ask? Foodie Penpal was created [...]
Roasted potatoes are fast and filling, but far too often we leave them untouched and boring. In this recipe, citrus and dill come to the rescue. Dill is one of my favorite herbs. I always use it in tuna salad, because my mom used it. That’s how I discovered it. Now I use dill on [...]
My name is Sara - welcome to my small blue kitchen and all of its creations. Here you'll find one-pot meals, my adventures in baking, canning and preserving methods, and a photo or two of my two pups and my loving boyfriend John. These recipes are about my life, and I can't wait to share it all with you!
