Rock Your Palate

Winter in the Northeast, sometimes you will find various berries in your favorite food store in abundance. Typically they are coming from California and on sale as buy one get one free.  I stock up and freeze into a portions. This simple freeze method to will carry you through until you can buy local a [...]

This is a simple, quick and yummy way to enjoy fresh fruit in a beverage. You can substitute all the listed ingredients as this is a good starter base! Strawberries and bananas are my favorite fruit. Yogurt or sour cream will work depending on your taste. You can also double the vanilla extract as this flavor will compliment the fruits. Try almond or soy milk.
I would love to hear variations as they are limitless… Enjoy!

Holiday cookie baking is especially fun with kids. This recipe is simple enough for preteens to make unsupervised. Or, if you have wee ones you can bake the cookies ahead, cool and then frost letting everyone design ever own cookies.
My friend Doreen has made these cookies for years with her kids when they were younger and now with her husband.

Many years back I found, made theses ornaments; I even decorated then onto a homemade wreath. In his defense, my the ornaments did resemble cookies. He loved the wreath but tried to eat one off the wreath. Almost broke his tooth. That was my dad!

Thanksgiving Day is a celebration or gathering of family, friends and communities dating back to 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This feast was held to show gratitude for a bountiful harvest and all the good things in the new Settlers lives. During the 18th century the date of this celebration varied throughout the colonies.
In the early 1880s Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor solicited many politicians to declare a formal date for Thanksgiving day; she believed this effort would unite the nation entering the civil war. In 1883 Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving day. Football followed as did Parades in the 1920s.
The traditionally feast include a turkey, corn, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and other traditional delights.

Sustainable food – What does this really mean? Reducing energy consumption, respect for animal health and welfare and support rural economies are all concepts that promote sustainable food. It is also important for the food to be safe, healthy and nutritious for consumers and can meet the needs of all socioeconomic groups. The production of [...]