Snow goddess sings in mallard wings through frosted dawn. Wink of another moon she paints across eastern skies and a new season rises. Reflected in whirled ice she lounges by creek bank in snowdrifts, coaxing, teasing water with old stories until it gurgles, chortling beneath solid surface. Snow goddess ecstatic in blizzard becomes the oak…
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Plums – under a rain soaked sky
I have been eating. Truly. I have been thinking about recipes, and making them, and then sitting down somewhere and actually eating them. But my recent move – back to the countryside ’round Paonia, Colorado from the city, has added fullness and textures and people that are being juggled, and huggled, sifted and arranged. I…
Covered with Flowers
On a magical plain in Wyoming flowers are blooming like wands. Their white flames touch my heart as I watch them swaying in morning sun, and there is a part of me that will stay here motionless outside of time in a slow dance cheek to cheek with the earth, Pachamama covered with flowers, with…
Roast Pepper Potato Salad with Basil and Pearl Mozzarella
Where I live, we may have in no uncertain terms, officially reached the Dog Days of Summer some steamy afternoon during the last couple of weeks. But the garden is mightily loving the heat. I was out of town for 6 days, and came back to huge changes – a few dozen Japanese eggplants popping forth from…
Summer Crepe Taco Stack with Bing Cherry Salsa
Excitement on a plate! Unique dessert crepe tacos – stacked in an irresistible tower for summer picnics, a lovely buffet, or just anytime… These light, gluten free crepes can be held in the hand to eat! Arrange your stack as tall as you like in an alternating pattern of fruit and whipped cream filled tacos. Then…
Spuds of Joy!
Big smile. The first potatoes of the season are here! I decided to cheer up and dig a little. The hail storm I wrote about a few weeks ago TRULY pummeled the potato plants, their big dark leaves ripped and stems scarred all over. Five of them continued to wither, then finally dried up. I…
Perfect Picnic Thai Green Curry Pasta Salad
Thai green curry is an ongoing passion of mine. The herb-iness, the spice, the HOT, the coconut…… And, when I started to think about it, how perfect it is for outdoor summer eating adventures. Picnics. Instead of pesto in a salad. We grew a ton of basil last year as well as mint, and I…
Quick Bites: Gingersnap Ginger Ice Cream Sandwiches
Summer time. It’s so lovely. Lovely – and hot. I was thinking of quick bites for tomorrow’s gathering with my Colorado family, and the inspiration for homemade ice cream sandwiches popped into my head. Well, not quite homemade. I love Mi Del brand gluten free gingersnap cookies, and if you’ve ever had them, I’ll bet you do…
Hail Soup and Summer 2014, Day 2
Hail yeah? There was a whopper of a storm today. “A TERRIFIC storm,” some might say. Heads nearly rolled! Tattered tomato plants, the potatoes even worse. Battered squash. Shredded corn leaves. Some carnage. Matter of factly, Pachamama served up a sumptuous bowl of hail soup, as the garden reeked of decimated dill and mint and onion….
WordPress Photo Challenge – Extra Extra “Blue flag in the morning light”
This week (or on the tail end of last week!) “share a photo that has a little something extra: an unexpected visitor, or a tranquil landscape with a splash of color. A lone carrot in a sea of peas. Draw us in with a humorous detail, or find a photo with an added element that makes it an image only…
Watermelon Blueberry Gazpacho
Happy summer! I cannot even believe it has been over a month since my last post. My writing life recently veered off onto a photographing curve, (the flowers have been stunning in the morning light!) and I’ve been eating so simply (but deliciously) that recipe blog posts have really not been warranted. I first tasted…
Diving into Flowers
I’ve been headfirst, head over heels, diving, diving into flowers. Sometimes, beautiful food-for-thought, or maybe more accurately food-for-the-heart is so delicious I forget about what’s for dinner. Like today. I am totally engulfed by their beauty! and diving in…completely… immersed and saturated, floating in light and color.
Weekly Photo Challenge – On Top – at the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Deep breath. Pine. That earthy scent of hot granite. And sage brush, cleansing down through your lungs like a ceremony. It could be a miracle. Your life! Standing here. Space all around you – reminding you of freedoms you may have forgotten.
Fresh Pea Dreaming ~ Spring Pea, Fennel and Orange Soup with Pernod Whipped Cream
Do you love fresh peas as much as I do? Maybe it’s their sweet flavor, or their ability to grow all cozied up, side by side in their beautiful pods… all I can say, in excitement of the new growing season is Bring them on! I’m testing out recipes now, (with frozen peas – still…
Pachamama's Beautiful Food 