Bacon and Eggs… and Kale? Plus Summer Only Dinners: August 29-September 2

If you’re only here for the bacon, please skip down immediately to Friday. Otherwise read on for eggs, kale and lots of late summer deliciousness. Monday I covered Monday’s meals in two separate posts: hot cereal and pasta. My lunch salad was the cabbage and chickpeas I couldn’t fit into last Friday’s casserole. Tuesday On… Continue reading “Bacon and Eggs… and Kale? Plus Summer Only Dinners: August 29-September 2”

Cranberry Beans, Corn & Tomatoes: A Recipe for a Summer Soup Medley

Both shelled and unshelled, fresh cranberry beans are a thing of beauty. (So gorgeous, in fact, that we decided to use their photo for our homepage.) Theoretically, any dried or canned bean is a fresh shelling bean in late summer and early fall. But cranberry beans seem to be the most common. Yet, the word… Continue reading “Cranberry Beans, Corn & Tomatoes: A Recipe for a Summer Soup Medley”

Kale Soup from Sausage Sandwiches, Or How to Use Leftovers

Kale soup from sandwiches? Well, not quite. From sandwich filling to be more exact. In my first post, I wrote about making sausage sandwiches for dinner. What I didn’t mention was the leftover filling (and fruit salad for that matter). Of course, I saved it. You’ll soon learn that about me. I save almost everything…. Continue reading “Kale Soup from Sausage Sandwiches, Or How to Use Leftovers”