by Toni | Nov 25, 2020 | Be Simple, Fruits, Let's Eat
I began the month of November with a feel-good activity—I volunteered for a highway cleanup campaign with my local heroes at Bring Your Own Glen-Ed, a community-based volunteer organization devoted to ridding our planet of plastic pollution. Times are risky in many...
by Toni | Jan 26, 2020 | Be Simple, Fruits, Let's Eat
No, this is not my description of the winter months. All regular Green Gal readers know that by January I am already ungratefully counting the days until the pool opens. But, I bet my Frozen “Pear-adise” dessert will make the rest of winter much sweeter. Whatcha...
by Toni | Jul 28, 2019 | Fruits, Let's Eat
Remember when “fruit pizzas” were really popular—I think my daughter was in grade school then. You bought the Slice and Bake Sugar Cookie Dough from the little Pillsbury Dough Boy and rolled the whole log into a big round pizza crust, baked it and then iced it with...
by Toni | Aug 27, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Every year I try to create at least one recipe using ground cherries. From the very beginning of Green Gal of the Midwest, a ground cherry recipe has been on the blog—everything from salad to pie to chutney. Ground cherries are not a familiar fruit—in fact, they are...
by Toni | Mar 19, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Every year the same daunting task awaits: how to make a spectacular gluten-free birthday cake—one that looks and tastes like a real birthday cake—for my daughter Heather. Heather does not suffer from Celiac Disease, so I’ve got some fudge room, if I’m careful. But it...
by Toni | Feb 19, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
I begin as many valentines do… with an apology. Alas, it’s true; over two years ago, I wrote a post about the inspiration for my original Love Muffins and then, some posts later, gave you another recipe and promised you something I never delivered: A Love Muffin...
