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Gluten Free Banana Oat Muffins

I had some ripe bananas on hand and wanted to bake some muffins with them.  I was craving something healthy, quick, and easy to go with my morning coffee.  When I started looking for recipe ideas, I came across this recipe on wellplated.com I was intrigued by the gluten-free and sugar free aspects of the

DCFM Local Food Pickup Pilot

Dane County Farmer’s Market Pilots Local Food Pickup Pilot Program During this time of social distancing the Dane County Farmer’s Market Late Winter Market at Garver Feed Mill has found a way to help support local farmers and provide consumers with an opportunity to still purchase local food direct from the farmers. Wednesday April 8

Bagelicious

Weekend Baking Project: Bagels I have been making my own bagels at home for years.  They are super easy and fun to make.  If you have kids, get them in on the project, and they can learn a little about creativity, math and the science of baking at the same time.  They will love shaping

Winter Farmer’s Market

The “Late Winter” Dane County Farmer’s Market started out 2020 in a new location, at Garver Feed Mill today.  The beautifully renovated space is a great new home for the winter market and it was packed with interested shoppers this morning.   I love that we can get fresh, local greens and other goodies year round at the Dane County

Outdoorsy Van Adventures

About this time last year my husband, Tim, came up with an idea and pitched it to me with the caveat that if he was completely off his rocker I should just say NO.  His idea was that we should consider selling our house, purchasing and building out a van and travelling full time.  Not

DreamVanTirement Beginnings

DreamVanTirement beginnings 8/9/2019 Every story has a beginning…this is the beginning of our retirement story…on Friday we went to the Mercedes Benz Sprinter Store to find out how soon we can purchase our van to begin building our dreamvan for retirement.  What we learned was a little disheartening but we were happy to have given

Cherry Bounce

It’s Cherry Bounce Time It’s that time of year in Wisconsin when the Door County cherries are ripe and ready for savoring, baking, freezing and making into Wisconsin traditions like Cherry Bounce! Cherry Bounce is said to go back to the time of George Washington, who reportedly carried it along on his travels.  Whether that