Fall gourd season is one of my favorite times of year. It conjures belly-warming thoughts of comfort and home. This versatile butternut squash recipe works as a main meal side dish, accompanying a salad, dessert, and at my home, it has even filled in as a weekend breakfast treat. It uses no oil, following the […]
Tea Cakes: My Grandmother’s Recipe
When I was a child growing up, I could walk to my Grandmother’s house. I called her Memaw. She lived in a two-story, prairie house that as of now has been in the Phillips’ Family for over 100 years. It still sits on seven acres of land with a bubbling, spring-fed stream and a pond […]
Summer Corn & Squash Soup Recipe
My recipe for Summer Corn & Squash Soup that I shared in an interview with Edible Magazine: Serves 1-2 (16 ounces) Vegan & Dairy Free 1½ cups fresh corn ¾-1 cup yellow squash, rough chop 1 tablespoon olive oil ¾-1 teaspoon sea salt 2 teaspoons local honey ½ teaspoon jalapeño, diced 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro leaves […]
A Morning In May In The Garden
I’ve never really had a garden before. It has been the missing connection to my knowledge of food…what grows, what dies, what fights to live and what just gives up. It is an interesting observation and humbling to contemplate how trying it must have been to feed your family from the land. How you probably […]