I just loved this recipe – my second attempt at cooking gnocchi. It was perfect for a 90+ degree light dinner. Awhile ago I made a recipe using gnocchi and it turned out terrible. This happens occasionally but I had never cooked with gnocchi before so it was a little disappointing; I actually threw it … Continue reading
I have always enjoyed rice and have a number of versions (see list below at bottom of post). This rice appealed to me because I wanted a recipe where I could use dill pollen with my Salmon en Papillote (next post) which also uses another pollen, fennel. These pollens were generously gifted to me by … Continue reading
This was a quick and simple salad I made last week. Frost has not hit my herbs yet so my dill was still good and of course parsley is a biannual and can handle frosts. The tomatoes still taste good as well, especially these little Camparis. The addition of ground sumac was a good choice.
This lovely Black Swallowtail Butterfly has been flying around my deck all day long – especially the parsley. This is a female as she has a band of iridescent blue on her hindwings while males have a band of yellow. See how the lower part of her body is curved in as she lays her … Continue reading
My swallowtail caterpillar before becoming a beautiful butterfly. They just love parsley as there were two on this plant. I took this shot on July 23, 2017! Even though I only have a container garden this year I still can enjoy the beauty of nature. Downsizing from an acre to containers was hard but … Continue reading