In 2009 we published “The Holm Family Cookbook” with our mother, an aunt, and a cousin. We started this blog at that time and maintained it for a few years, so many of the posts are a bit dated, but the recipes are still good!
Every Tuesday I receive a box of fresh fruit and veggies from FarmBox California. They actually delivered on the 4th of July and my box that day included green beans. So, I took a green bean salad to our family's annual 4th of July get together and a few family...
With the gray cloudy weather recently, a nice hot bowl of soup has definitely been top-of-mind. We have a French bakery close to work, Casse Croute, and they make homemade soup every day, with 3 to 4 choices on the menu any given day. One of our recent favorites...
Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes Yesterday I finally used up almost all of the leftovers from Thanksgiving. All that's left are two types of stuffing: the Brizee family recipe with sausage and the cornbread stuffing made by cousin Lisa. I didn't host...
Recently the Brew Angels, the home brew club my husband Troy and I belong to, had a BBQ potluck meeting. Knowing there was sausage and ribs on the menu, my mind wandered to vegetables and then to the pea salad I had at Skates on the Bay many years ago. I...
Some of the neighboring cabins at Hebgen Lake When my daughters and I went to Montana in July we stayed at the log cabin my uncle Ken and his wife Vivian built about 20 years ago at Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. There are other cabins nearby and the cabin owners...
I'm Hooked! I used to subscribe to a lot of magazines. They would often pile up and to reduce the piles I would take a stack of them with me on a business trip to read on the plane, I'd take the months-old magazines to read on vacation, or I'd spend a weekend flipping...
Pickled asparagus During May a small group of friends and relatives reserved a Saturday to pickle asparagus. My sister Nancy's sister-in-law bought three cases of asparagus from Victoria Island Farms near Stockton and shared her knowledge and family recipe...
Here in California we already have fresh sweet corn showing up in grocery stores. It hasn't hit the farmer's markets yet, so it must be coming up from Southern California. We've already had it a few times for dinner. When it comes to cooking, I will take shortcuts to...
Asian style green beans with sautéed garlic, soy sauce, and sesame oil If you've been reading our blog for a while, you know that I serve a lot of green vegetables at my house. Another trend that you might notice is that the vegetables are not covered in butter,...
My favorite summer squash dish Many years ago, my best friend's family farmed along Stanley Boulevard, which is a thoroughfare between the California cities of Livermore and Pleasanton. Taking advantage of the high volume of traffic along Stanley, they opened Hagemann...