Scones for your Valentine or Tea!

Chocolate Blueberry is my favorite but

the Triple Cherry Chocolate Scone Mix

flew off the shelves this weekend and I am

sure by Valentine's Day all of the shops I am

supplying will be out!

If you need a nice food gift for a homemade gift basket

or need something sweet to make in a pinch, these

mixes are quick, easy and you'll be sure

to get a healthy chocolate fix!

I'll be restocking for this weekend for

Beeker's General Store in Pemberville,OH.

They are having a Progressive Tea.

I will be at Kitchen Tools and Skills in Perrysburg, OH

(free Cooking Demo with food samples!)

teaching how to make the perfect cheesecake and how to

infuse teas into scones. I will have

mini raspberry swirled cheesecakes

for sale after the class.

Our shop has a large selection of scone mixes as well as

lots of other baked goodies.

Summer Kitchen Girls have a nice selection and

you can get a free 'happy brownie' with any purchase in their store.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Brownie Giveaway!

The Summer Kitchen Girls are at it again!

They love the Happy Brownie and they want to

share some love with you.

Everytime you shop in their store this month

you will receive a card redeemable at my shop for a free

Happy Brownie of your choice.

The more you shop the more "Happy" you get!

Try a Peanut Butter Happy Brownie

I like to call this picture 'Swirls of Love'

if your nuts about nuts, try the Walnut Happy Brownie
If your feeling the winter blues then the Blueberry
Happy Browine will perk you right up!


Share this one with your significant other and
get anything your heart desires!
(It is really hard to share these!)

Collect 6 or more cards and I will give you one more on me!

Souper Bowl Recipe

Here is the recipe for the wonderfully warm

vegetarian soup we had at the Summer Kitchen

last Thursday night. I served this up with some

sundried tomato & basil focaccia bread topped with

a spinach and basil pesto.

This meal was so low in calories and fat that we had to

finish it all off with a little dessert.......Happy Brownies!

1 head of garlic, unpeeled

1 TBSP olive oil +

1 lrg yellow onion chopped

1 32 oz container of vegetable broth

1 1/2 cup leftover boiled potatoes

or mashed potatoes

2 cups thinly sliced carrots

1 TBSP fresh Rosemary

1 tsp dried basil

1 TBSP fresh parsley or 1 tsp dried

4 cups fresh spinach leaves or swiss chard

1 can (15oz) cannellini beans, rinsed Serves 8

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Slice off the top 1/3 of garlic & discard. Drizzle with a few drops of olive oil & wrap in foil & roast for 30 -40 minutes. Let cool. Squeeze roasted garlic from the papery skin into a small bowl and discard the skin.

2. Heat oil in a large saucepan over med-high heat. Add onion & cook 5 minutes or until translucent. Add broth and one third or the garlic. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.

3. Working in batches, puree potatoes and onion -broth mixture in blender until smooth. Return to pan.

4. Stir in carrots, rosemary, basil, parsley and remaining garlic and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.

5. Add Spinach or chard, return to a simmer, and cook, stirring 5 minutes. Add beans and cook 5 minutes longer. Enjoy!

130 cal, 5 gr protein, 23 carbs, 3 gr fat, 0.5 gr sat. fat, 0 mg chol, 4 gr. fiber, 500 mg sodium

Flavorful Herbal Soup

This is the soup for the Souper Bowl at

the Summer Kitchen in Helena Ohio.

This soup is of course vegetarian/vegan

and uses 4 of my favorite herbs.

I will also have some herbed butters

and fresh baked wholesome baguettes to

feed you!

Get fed while having fun! And the shopping experience....

it doesn't get any better than this!

This soup takes no time at all to make

and tastes amazing!

I actually got some things done while making it!

Roasted Garlic takes 1/2 hour. You can do some
chopping or other stuff while that's in the oven!

Boil some small potatoes while helping with homework.
(I used our organic home grown yukon gold babies!)

This is one of my favorite suppers, it's nutritious

and packed with flavor. It's also a great soup for people

trying to cut back on their sodium intake.

I'll post the recipe after the class.

Sign up by calling the Summer Kitchen

New Sign of the Thymes

This is our new sign for our new year and our

up and coming bakery/garden shop and down the

road, cooking school. My husband is

constructing the post as I write this and I can't

wait until it is out front surrounded by new

seasonal edible(herbs) landscaping, some enchanted

garden art and maybe a hidden garden troll for luck!

And the lost will be lost no more!

I will be adding a few hand painted embellishments

to this sign before it goes up. Stop by to see!

New Scone Mixes Line Up!

Coming soon to the Summer Kitchen

New ways to use up apples and

pumpkin for the fall and winter season!

We are still in the taste testing stage for these

scrumptioso treats, and

have one picked out for sure.

Sorry, can't reveal until the final okay!

We will keep everyone posted!

In the mean time you can still get other great

scone mixes at either of our shops.

Don't forget the Tea!

Gluten Free Pancakes are on the Way!

Blueberry, Spiced Pecan,

Cherry Chocolate Walnut,

Carrot Cake?

These sound like muffins not pancakes!

Well why not! We all love muffins and pancakes for breakfast but

only if they have wholesome ingredients and are low in fat and

calories and they must contain whole grain and flaxseed meal! Right!

Top these babies with low glycemic Agave nectar and a side of fresh fruit

and you'll scarf these down (slowly) faster than you can say "More Please!"

I will be carrying these in my shop this fall and in my Etsy shop as well.