Shalom Y’all! I’m writing this on New Year’s Eve – 2008 (December 31, 2007) What are y’all doing tonight? Well, we are going CAMPING. Yup, that’s what we’re doing, in the middle of Winter. Actually, it’s something that I came up with the other day just to have some fun (and if you have “Cabin […]

Photo by Melinda Stuart, all rights reserved. In the picturesque mountains of North Carolina where the fluffy clouds kiss the mountaintops, a young wife and homemaker was busy in her tiny country kitchen. The bright sun streamed in the open window framed with tied-back curtains accented with flowers. It was a peaceful and quiet time […]

Shalom, In my upcoming Baking With Whole Grains class, I am making some of these Laced Loaves. We enjoyed them last night. They taste as good as they look. Use your imagination for varied fillings. Anything you can put on a sandwich, try stuffing it into a loaf! Turkey Reuben Loaf Horseradish brown mustard, natural […]

THE GARDEN LESSON As I lay in the hospital bed in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, my body torn by such pain as I have never known and the prognosis so grim – Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia – my thoughts continually went to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. In fact, as I went in and […]

Shalom! Our 12 year old son wants to learn how to play guitar. The guitar teacher is a lovely single woman who doesn’t have time to cook for herself. So, we bartered for half of the teaching fee. Every week I bake Cary something wonderful! This week, it was small whole wheat, spinach, herb and […]

Shalom, In my efforts to keep my Diabetes under control, I am trying to change my diet yet again. This time I am using the Low Glycemic Load (Dr. Thompson) and Dr. Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution. Both are lower carb and both limit grains. Now, being the pizza-lover than I am, I was thrilled to find […]

Shalom Y’all! OK, we’re finally underway on the Real Food Diet. Here’s a dish that I enjoyed today; ZOODLES and MEATBALLS.

Shalom Y’all! My husband and I have been trying for years to get an organic garden going. When we had our 5-acre homestead in West Virginia, we tried but found our homestead was built on rock and the only place we could till up for a garden was near the pond – where deer would […]

BAKING CENTER Shalom, When we moved into this house, I was dismayed at the lack of space in the kitchen. Now, I’ve lived in places with tiny kitchens, but I am happiest when my kitchen has enough room for me, my machines and at least one other person. My new kitchen is a narrow Galley-style […]