Chad GroetschDuring the fall apple trees are heavy laden with the beautiful fruits of the summer. One of the simplest, quickest, and desired deserts around here is apple crisp. Use your own judgement on how many …
Pineapple Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
In our eternal search for finding enough recipes to keep from throwing out a single zucchini from our garden due to spoilage, we came up with this nice cake because of the overwhelmingly positive response …
Quick Dill Pickle Spears or Slices
A healthy cucumber plant is a prolific producer. You know you can’t eat all of them, right? That means you need to do one of two things. Either sneak over to your neighbors and leave …
Glazed Lemon Zucchini Bread
A favorite of spring and summer in our house is this lemony treat. It’s lighter and fluffier than the traditional zucchini breads we usually bake and the lemon gives it a citrus freshness complimented by …
Apple Kolaches
My mother was a third generation American but a full blooded Czech. Growing up with subtle reminders of your own ethnic subset is common and even endearing as you get older. As a child, it …
History in a Can
Just on the other side of the farm field next to our property is an old abandoned farmstead. All but the silo are either completely leveled through time or very near that state. All things …