Wendy's Favorite Place

For those of you, not in the know, ratatouille is actually the name of a French Provencal stew.  It's what you do when the zucchin...

Now that my vegetable garden has been planted it's time to sit back and watch it grow.  I wish it was that easy.  Usually, this is a ...

Pesto is traditionally made with fresh basil and a bit of lemon to go along with the other ingredients.  Let's break the tradition a...

In my recent post about the Margarita Shrimp Scampi, I listed one of the ingredients as lemon balm, which was wrong.  I used lemon verben...

Not yet!  One of my favorite movies is "Field of Dreams", not because Kevin Costner is in it, although it helps the storyline...

A few years ago I wanted to try my hand at berry growing.  I went to the local home/gardening store and picked up a small black raspberr...

For lunch the other day I was craving veggies from the garden.  My beets are growing nicely and now that a proper wire fence to keep the cr...

In my book, you should always take the time to smell the flowers and relax with a mojito!  First you have to have flowers to smell.  Our ba...

This last week I had my first Summer salad with fixings from my garden!  The butter lettuce has been flourishing along with the spinach and ...

Who will win the war of the rabbits this year?  As I sat in the family room yesterday enjoying my first cup of coffee, I watched my backyar...

I'm taking a bit of a "Spring Break" from the chocolate recipes.  I hope you don't mind..    Woman don't live by choc...

I'm so fortunate to have my parents living so close by for many reasons. Although I don't see them enough I always try to visit them...

Our yard is now a grand spa for animals! While out watering this morning I came across a lizard nibbling on my cherry tomatoes! I always tho...

Okay, there will be no green bean recipes! Could it be that this lovely creature feasted on them while I was asleep? One of my early morning...