The Pomegranate Chronicles

Pot roast was on sale this week. Of course, I grabbed one. I wasn’t sure how to cook it. I didn’t feel like the traditional crockpot recipe that I always do. So I decided to look at what was left in my herb garden. It is still going strong. I cut sprigs of rosemary, oregano, [...]

I have found whole chicken to be very affordable lately. This is the easiest way I have found to prepare that chicken. I worked a full day last Wednesday. The night before I took my whole chicken (that cost $3.00) out of the freezer and placed it in the fridge to thaw out. Wednesday morning [...]

It was a fantastic weekend this weekend. I attended the bachelorette party for one of my best friends of over 15 years. We had an amazing time with some amazing women enjoying the spa, food, drinks and more than a few laughs. Now that I am home and feeling completely revived from my 50 min. [...]

Griff has grown to be very fond of picking herbs from my garden. We use his little watering can to collect all of our goodies. This day it was Mint for Mommy’s tea. Once we put the mint somewhere safe, we worked on some more “usable” ingredients for mud pies. Today, clover, johnny jump ups [...]

As you know, I have been working very hard on my herb garden. I am finally starting to see a big return for my hard work. I got to enjoy some of that hard work yesterday. A few weeks ago, I picked some lavender rosemary and mint for tea. I used equal parts of each, [...]

When at Mimi’s house, we tried some simple mint steeped in boiling water then cooled for ice tea. It was so yummy that I decided it was time to cut some herbs from my garden for tea. So me and my QC Director cut some mint and lemon balm. I rinsed all the herbs and [...]

My herbs are in. I still have a few more to add, but this weekend at the farmers market I purchased basil, rosemary, sage, chamomile, lemon balm, and dill. If anyone has recipes for herbal tea using chamomile and lemon balm, I am looking. I got a few pictures of the herbs so that I [...]