Honey Lemon Winter Squash has wonderful flavor! This is the best time of year to grab some winter squash. Properly stored, it will be at its peak of flavor right about now - fully ripened and nicely sweet. It is just perfect with the flavors of honey and lemon too - a little sweet, a little acidity. Those flavors enhance the background richness of the squash itself immeasurably. I know, I already did a recipe with Lemon this week, but maybe you bought a bag of lemons and now you need ... Read More about Honey Lemon Winter Squash
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Lemon Spice Brownies
Lemon Spice Brownies are amazing This is one of those recipes that was a niggling thought in the back of my mind for a while. Brownies are kind of a big deal for me. I love the crispy edges, the chewy centers, the richness, and the texture. And usually, the chocolate. But what if I could make a bar-type cookie that kept all the best things about brownies, but with a different flavor? There are lots of recipes for Blondies on here too, but none of them were quite what I wanted either. Only ... Read More about Lemon Spice Brownies
Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
A fast fall side dish - Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower One of our favorite fall vegetables is cauliflower. It's especially well priced this time of year, which makes this Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower a great dinner idea. It's in your supermarket, I'm sure, but try your local Farmer's Market for super fresh local cauliflower. You can gab some fresh garlic too and maybe a pumpkin or two for roasting. Being a low-carber most of the time, I love this recipe as a sort of potato ... Read More about Lemon Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
Orange Cardamom Muffins
Rewind: Orange Cardamom Muffins This is a re-post of an old recipe that never got enough love the first time around. I am working on moving content around to make it easier to find, and this is the start of the project - so enjoy! We are drunk on oranges around here these days. I just can't resist the huge bags of them in the supermarket, and once they are in the house, we go through them like wildfire. Hey - you need that extra vitamin C this time of year, to ward off the multitude of ... Read More about Orange Cardamom Muffins
Macadamia Lime Blondies
I am still pretty caught up in fall - in getting everything put up, and in enjoying stuff like winter squash and apples. But fall also means that citrus starts showing up in the stores more, and for better prices, which got me thinking about making these Macadamia Lime Blondies again - and this time, shooting a few photos and getting the post out here on the blog. I think you will be glad. Not only do these blondies have lots of bright lime flavor, but there are also crunchy, buttery macadamias ... Read More about Macadamia Lime Blondies
Lemon Garlic Salt
It has been a busy couple of weeks here at home. Larry retired at the end of August, and though you might think that would mean we have more time, we actually seem to have less than ever. A lot of things got put off all summer, because we kept saying "We'll have more time in September." Well September is here, and we have to get it all done now. Then the influx of family began, as it does every two years or so, when we try to get as many people together as possible for a nice long visit. That ... Read More about Lemon Garlic Salt
Lime Buttermilk Bars
Happy Thursday! Wait - you say you aren't having a happy day? I think I know why. It's because you don't have any of these Lime Buttermilk Bars at your house. We can fix that! You will feel like spring has come to stay when you bite into one of these delightful, citrusy, creamy-on-the-top, crunchy-on-the-bottom bars. Trust me when I tell you this, because I am always truthful when it comes to dessert I have to tell you a story about the making of these bars. Well, more about the photographing of ... Read More about Lime Buttermilk Bars
Brown Sugar Lemon Crinkles
I have to admit that I am really tired of seeing nothing but snow outdoors. Good golly we've had a lot of snow this winter! With the exception of places we have plowed or shoveled, there is still not a single bare spot anywhere on our property. That was a good thing this past weekend, when our older daughter and her family finally made it down here for our annual sledding weekend - we certainly had no shortage of snow for that! But now, I am losing patience with all of this whiteness - I want to ... Read More about Brown Sugar Lemon Crinkles
Classic Margarita
Happy National Margarita Day! I bet you didn't know it was Margarita Day, did you? Well, that is why I am here - to help you out on occasions such as this, where you might otherwise miss an important event. I mean, you don't want to get to work on Monday morning and have someone ask you "What did you do for National Margarita Day this year?", and have nothing to tell them, do you? Dios mío, no! I could not let that happen to you! But, here is the thing about Margaritas - it is very easy to mess ... Read More about Classic Margarita
Blueberry Lime Coolers
Lawsie mercy, it has been hot here! Hot and humid and sticky. The garden is loving this weather, even if the people are just a mite tired of it. But, being of a resourceful bent, we try to find ways to feel a little less miserable, or at least not care quite so much. Enter the Blueberry Lime Cooler. Our nightly meetings on the porch are often accompanied by some kind of snack, plus a refreshing beverage of one sort or another. I admit I have a tendency to become entangled in a rut, where I have ... Read More about Blueberry Lime Coolers
Lime Butter Cookies
It's getting to the time of year when I pretty much stop baking. We don't have AC, because for the most part, we don't really need it. Our summer temps do sometimes climb into the 90s and a couple years ago we had more than a week of over 100 temps, that is not common here. And usually, it cools down enough at night to get the house down to a comfy sleeping temperature - we have a few kind of miserable nights sometimes, but not enough to make us willing to invest in air conditioning. What ... Read More about Lime Butter Cookies
Chewy Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
Why, I wonder do we associate lemons with spring? Like all citrus, lemons are freshest and most plentiful in the winter months, right? Not here of course - lemons are never fresh here, unless you own a greenhouse or have a conservatory or something. Here, all the lemons are in the grocery store. Boo! But, they are there all year long. Yay! 'Cause we love our lemons and even if they are grown very very far away and have to be carried to us on the backs of baby seals, we aren't giving them up. You ... Read More about Chewy Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies