cheese ball

Classic Wisconsin Cheese Ball

Serve up this cheese ball as an appetizer at your next gathering, or mix up a custom spread of your own.

Pumpkin Granola

Granola is a cozy breakfast classic that can be eaten a number of ways: With warm milk or cold yogurt. Mixed dried apricots or fresh apple chunks. Chock full of roasted almonds and sunflower seeds or nut-less. Granola is so quick and easy to make that it’s fun to create a custom seasonal blend or […]

egg custard

Egg Custard

Custard is a delicious addition to fruits and pies.

Spicy Beet Salad

Beets are generous vegetables—they gift us twice. The sweet healthy greens become part of the mixed sauté I cook up with chard, Asian greens and softer kales. When I dig up the roots, I keep the greens handy for a variety of recipes and salads. I roast the beautiful beet roots almost routinely. If the […]

Raspberry Biscuits Supreme

I hereby declare that biscuits and scones are different breeds of the same animal. While biscuits are often less sweet and typically made with shortening or lard, scones are often more sweeten and typically made with cream—yet the preparation technique is the same. There are cream biscuits made with butter and savory scones made with […]

Pumpkin Muffins

Goat Cheese Pumpkin Muffins

The Confluence House Bed-and-Breakfast in Pennsylvania serves up hot, healthy breakfasts to bicyclists pass through town.