My Recession Kitchen...and garden

Patri of the blog, Asi Son Los Cosas, was our September 2012 Daring Bakers' hostess and she decided to tempt us with one of her famil...

We went on a late summer vacation to a warm climate with palm lined beaches to take some much needed time off.  Right before we left, I h...

This is our adorable new neighbor Koa.  He moved in next door about a month ago and already he's grown several inches.

Today is Mr. RK's birthday.  Our family tradition is that you get the dinner and dessert of your choosing and he chose tamale pie (n...

I saw this recipe on a blog, The Best Remedy, and thought it was a wonderful combination of flavors.  Since I had all of the ingredient...

I picked our first ripe tomatoes of the season.  Just a handful of cherry tomatoes and one little Roma, but still it's exciting, at l...

This is a thieving squirrel.  He wasn't always bad.  Two years ago he lived across the street in an oak tree with his friends and rel...