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Coloring Eggs Naturally

Celebrating all the festivities around Easter is a big tradition on the ranch. For decades we’ve invited friends from neighboring ranches, towns, and from afar to join us for a large potluck lunch under the Casa’s old...

Different Onions, Different Tastes

If you ever want a guest to come into your kitchen and immediately say, “Wow, it smells so good!”, here is how you can get that done. Cut up an onion, put it in a...

Decrystallize your Honey

All pure honey will at some point crystallize. It means you have the good stuff! So you are not alone if your honey ever hardens a bit or gets a little "crystalized" look.  You might...

A Field to Remember

  There is a spot in the back of the ranch where every year around this time, a field of narcissus blooms. It almost feels unreal, if not magical, since this field is in such...

Edible Flowers

If you know me, you know I love food and flowers. Put them together and you get my kind of heaven. Here is a list of flowers that I love adding to my cakes, breads,...

Lettuce: So Fresh and So Clean

You know when you get a head of lettuce from the market and within a day or two it looks wilted and so sad? Let’s not do that anymore! Here is a trick that helps...

Lining the Pan

Do you ever feel like lining your cake or your brownie pan with parchment paper is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole? I did for years until I figured out...

How to Clean a Cast Iron Pan

The most frequently used items in my kitchen are my cast iron pans! While cast irons are great to cook with and I could not imagine life without them, they can also be considered intimidating...

Calving Season

Starting from mid August until about mid November, our mother cows are calving. It is a busy time on the ranch, and we are out most mornings and evenings checking on the cows to make...