Simple food, present mind, and passionate heart

Simple food, present mind, and passionate heart

Tag: Summer

End of Summer Easy Tomato Ricotta Toast

End of Summer Easy Tomato Ricotta Toast

Anyone else running into extra tomatoes from the garden? I love this time of year, although it definitely takes getting creative with ingredients. I recently made pickled jalapeños and just started throwing ingredients from the fridge in with them so they didn’t go bad! Another […]

Cucumber Tomato Salad and more…

Cucumber Tomato Salad and more…

Every year I plant a small garden. It feels great to eat from what we’ve grown and it saves some money when the crop finally comes in. However, it always comes in bulk, so I’m left scrambling for ideas to do with it all!! Here […]

Strawberry Caprese Salad and Sparkling Rose

Strawberry Caprese Salad and Sparkling Rose

Summer is in full force and so is this pregnancy!  My favorite part about summer is having friends and family over on the patio, food and wine pairings with ingredients fresh from the garden, or a nice glass of wine on a hot summer night, […]

Summer Vegetable Soup paired with ONEHOPE Italian Presecco

Summer Vegetable Soup paired with ONEHOPE Italian Presecco

Food and wine pairing is not something I was always great at, or even worried about.  Truth be told, I really became the most educated after I started with ONEHOPE Wine.  I have always been a huge foodie, meaning I love to try new foods […]