Traditional Recipes

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes

My son decided to try his hand at gardening this year. While I usually maintain a flower and herb garden, he wanted vegetables. Instead of picking out “normal” vegetables, he went for the exotic breeds. We’ve had a delicate French squash that’s not sold in any grocery store, a new […]

Sour Cream Pickled Cucumbers

Sour Cream Pickled Cucumbers and Onions

When I was a kid we had a large garden. One of the crops my parents loved was cucumbers. We had so many! Sometimes we’d have four 5-gallon buckets sitting on the back porch just waiting to be used. My mom made them into pickles-dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, […]