Part 2 of the welcome series
I’ve organized the recipes into categories — some are already on the site, some are coming as I keep building. Here’s the lay of the land:
- Appetizers — small bites for entertaining, or for eating solo on the couch. No judgment. Think a bright, kicked-up Avocado Tartare.
- Main Dishes — the Tuesday-night workhorses, plus a few weekend splurges. Shrimp & Apple Kabobs live here.
- One Pan Dishes — for the nights when even my tolerance for dirty dishes has a limit. (Brent approves of this one — less to tidy up around.)
- Side Dishes — including my favorite: vegetables tossed with olive oil, salt, and pepper and roasted in a stone pan until they’re caramelized and a little crispy.
- Salads — green and otherwise.
- Soups — year-round, but especially when the Iowa winter shows up.
- Sauces — because a good sauce does a lot of heavy lifting.
- Breads — including the Ciabatta my granddaughters love stretching into what they call “slime bread.” There’s nothing slimy about the end result.
- Sweets — sometimes you just need dessert.
- Drinks — Friday happy hour lives here. Wine spritzers, mocktails, whatever’s flowing.
- Canning & Fermentation — for when the garden gives you more than you can eat fresh.
- Herbs & Gardening — what I grow and how I use it. The garden feeds the kitchen, so it gets its own spot.
- Delightfully Simple — the recipes that prove good food doesn’t have to be complicated. This is the heart of the whole site.
- This & That — the catch-all for everything that doesn’t fit neatly into a category. More on that one next, because it might be my favorite.
I’ll be adding plenty more recipes and tips frequently. The kitchen is never done, and neither is this site.
— Julie
Next up: Meet Brent — my husband, my support team, and the guy behind the camera.
