Since the carbonara went so well, when I replaced the cream with green chile sauce, I decided to try it with mashed potatoes. It’s a delicious and interesting way to cut calories. This will be one of my new recipes for the lodge. The guys will love them. Of course, I can see me adding…
We Are the World Carbonara
I can go just so long without a great dish of pasta. After all, I ate it at least once a week when I was growing up, and I love it. This is Mexican, meets Italian, meets Greek pasta and it’s so good, my mouth is watering thinking about it!! For this recipe, I used…
The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly
I finally got around to reading my latest Mother Earth News, and there was a short article about using a racquet-type bug zapper to kill the destructive bugs in the garden and yard. I’ve had one of the racquet zappers for years, and I don’t know why I wasn’t smart enough to think of this…
Tomato Update
The tomatoes in the large garden I started from seed. I wanted to try some new varieties this year, that might be more productive in our climate. Plainsman are the only heirloom Texas tomato I could find. They have medium size tomatoes, some round, some more Roma shaped, but all very delicious. Then there are…
Bye Bye Bambi
I thought the deer and I had reached a truce, but now I see all bets are off. They’ve breached the garden barrier, and feasted on okra, some Italian green beans, and crowder peas. The sad part is that while I concentrate on fortifying the garden against them, other predators will appear – squash bugs,…