There’s a Strawberry on my Back
I grew up wanting to work in the fields, a dream my parents deferred my entire childhood.
Every elementary kid did it, or so it seemed. Each summer a chartered school bus would haul sleepy-eyed kids from their homes to the sprawling strawberry fields just a short 15-minute drive into the county. While I lazed around watching “Tom and Jerry” and lapping up “toasted rice” cereal, I imagined my schoolmates singing songs and forging friendships in my absence.
Inspired by Strawberries
Succulent, sensual and a showy shade of red peeking through a garden of green. The heady aroma of a woven basket filled with those from a pick-your-own roadside farm. Our muse this week is a fresh strawberry.
Simmer Down: Bunny Tales and Recipes
This week Libbie and Brenda tell Easter stories of eggs in the snow and tar on a log… What they love to cook for Easter dinner, like a beautiful leg of lamb, pork crown roast and of course baked ham. Sound interesting? Well settle in and listen as Libbie and Brenda talk Easter memories and new recipes!
Inspired by Carrots
Straight green hair with short bangs and legs that go on for days. The midnight cravings of a furry mammal mother. A perfect carrot. This week on Salted and Styled we celebrate the simplicity and complexity of a simple carrot and all it signifies this time of year.
Quick Green Apple and Tomatillo Soup
Somedays a girl just has to say no to meat. Luckily those days don’t come often.
The Unredeemed Radish
I’ve never met a vegetable I didn’t like, at least not one I couldn’t make more palatable by bathing in butter, showering in salt or layering in liquid cheese. That is, until I met the radish. She came into my life somewhat unexpectedly, showing up in my dinner salad—her dusty, magenta skin and bright white meat a stark contrast to the sickly green manger of iceberg lettuce and sliced celery on which she rested.
Inspired by Radishes
Simple and subdued at first glance –a fan of green at dirt level. Really nothing to make you turn your head, but, beneath a blanket of soil lies the showy colors of a spring radish. Reds, purples, pinks and whites –painted with the same brush used by a celebrity rabbit. This week on Salted and Styled, we celebrate the peppered beauty of a simple radish.
Dandelion Greens and Ginger Tea
Health Benefits of Dandelion Tea
Helps eliminate stress to liver
Helps cleanse the blood and liver
Helps with fluid retention
Improves skin clarity
Nutrients include: calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, selenium, zinc, B1, B2, vitamin C and the tannins boost the antioxidants.
Smoked Salt-Crusted Beets
My first foray into salt-crusted baking involved a just caught fish, a cold night and a cozy boat anchorage in Nova Scotia…
Spring Onions and White Lace
Food is our trigger to all design. Its color may inform our fashion, its texture may inform our artwork. Its shape may inform our interiors and its flavor will always inform our table. This week the diaphanous lacy layers of a spring onion just pulled from the ground inspires our lives. Today we introduce you to their overall beauty.
