UPDATE: This post was written many years ago – pre-COVID- but hopefully you can still enjoy during a socially distancing picnic or trip to the beach! ——- PICNIC WEEK on Teaspoon of Spice continues! (Check out Serena’s post on Packing the Perfect Picnic, her Pickled Radishes and her even easier 1-Step Pickle Recipe from earlier in …
The ultimate summer salad – Insalata Caprese – with a refreshing fruit twist of watermelon and cantaloupe. School officially ended on Tuesday at noon, the husband is out of town, the 8 year old doesn’t start camp until next week and you could pretty much fry an egg on the sidewalk for the past 10 …
A spring twist on a classic Italian salad: roasted asparagus meets Caprese salad and pasta. What I am craving this time of year: asparagus and rhubarb. Interesting fact: both of them are perennial vegetables meaning after being planted, they come back every year —>a rare thing here in North America. Side bar: it is slightly …