Steph and I have been getting into the holiday spirit these last few days. For both of us, that has involved MAKING Christmas gifts for the special peeps in our lives. I opted for a BIG batch of Maple & Honey Granola. Steph went with Homemade Almond Butter. It got me thinking about other fun DIY holiday treats – little [...]
Persimmons
We have been knee-deep in persimmons these last couple weeks. Certainly, a delicious problem to have. Good friends recently gifted us with a bag full, straight off the tree at their family home in Santa Cruz. And the very next day, our CSA delivery included four more. Needless to say, I didn’t have a lot of persimmon growing up in [...]
How to Peel a Pomegranate
For years, I avoided pomegranates. It’s not that I didn’t like them because I did. And do still. It’s just that I had NO IDEA what to do with them. There was something incredibly intimidating about whole pomegranates. Something that scared me away. Getting to those delicious seeds seemed like a near impossible task. It was much easier to settle [...]











