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10/12/2026

I'm back home and the weeks are ticking down until the end of the market. I'm soaking up all the local goodness I can! This weekend was also our annual apple picking excursion, and we had a blast, as always. As we get closer to the end of our IYKYKS, I think I'll swap to some sort of "Restock Review" so you can see what kind of chaos we're cooking up week after week- and keep up on our weekly missions.

Our beautiful lineup for this week:
-carrots, peppers, onions, pinto potatoes, celery, & winter squash (I believe it's an acorn varietal)
-plums from
-corn & purple cauliflower from
-a whole bushel of apples (empire, crispins, jonagolds, macouns, honey crisp, and golden delicious), pie pumpkins & a carving pumpkin from

Get your mission and read about what we've got cooking this week at the kitchen table!

10/02/2026

It's once again time for the newsletter- if you haven't yet, come check out the kitchen table! We got group chats, we got recipes, we got guides, activities, and weekly missions. Plus, every month you get to enjoy me yapping at you about what we've got cookin'.

Join in on the fun! 💚🥧🎃🍿

09/28/2026

We have another mini haul this week, B and I stopped by the market for some staples and snacking produce to enjoy.

Our fabulous lineup:
-eggs, pickled onions, peppers, & kale
-cucumbers, zestar apples, golden delicious apples, & nectarines from
-concord grapes from

Unfortunately, no kitchen magic this week as I'm heading out of town to attend a wedding celebration. The boys are stocked up on meal prep!

I won't have a recipe for you this week since I don't want to shoehorn one in before I leave, but the newsletter will be coming out later this week. Your mission for this week: enjoy a nice hot mug of something (tea, cocoa, coffee, hot toddy, etc) and sip it slow while you watch cars, critters, and people go by on your street. Bonus points if you do this with a friend or loved one. I'll catch you on the flipside- gotta go explore this great big world, and cherish the time with my friends.💚

09/25/2026

The weather is starting to cool down and we find ourselves craving cozy meals- stews, soups, anything warm and hearty. The hubs requested a mushroom stroganoff this week, and that checks all the boxes! Warm creamy pasta stuffed with local mushrooms and savory sauce? Sign me up. The recipe is now live!

(Even the pup wanted in! Don't worry, the puppy guy was not fed any mushroom stroganoff, but he is very spoiled and did get extra snuggles and treats.)

09/21/2026

Another busy bee week/end in the books- appointments and cleaning and cooking and crafting and supporting our local library and washing the dog and and..... 🐝.... Back to my kitchen groove today.

Our beautiful lineup:
-spinach, this BEAUTIFUL purple corn, eggs, angel hair squash, sweet peppers & celery from
-gala apples & peaches from
-corn, carrots & onions from
-a mixed box of mushrooms (shiitake, lions mane, and blue oyster) from

That burger was a boon to my tired bones this week. One friend raised the beef and grew the lettuce, another grew and made the pickles, and I grew the tomato and made the buns. Just... what cooking should be. This week's mission(s)- hug a loved one tight, and/or put on your comfiest sweater. Highly suggest both. 💚

Read about what I've got on the docket for kitchen magic this week at the table. 🍲

09/18/2026

That's TWO, count em'- 2 squares marked off my bingo board this week! This one covers "use pie spice in a new way". We love popcorn, especially for movie nights- and this sweet and salty blend was a nice change from our go-to recipe (which you can also find you-know-where!). It's a ridiculously easy way to sprinkle a little pizzazz into your popcorn.

The recipe for Pumpkin Spice Popcorn Dust is now available at the kitchen table! 🍿🎃

09/16/2026

If you've been following along, I posted the Autumn Kitchen Bingo for some fun cooking inspiration as we head into the fall. I LOVE a randomly rolled/mystery basket/chaos idea challenge so for my first square, I went with Pie Roulette! I whipped up a list of random crusts, fillings, and toppings and let a die decide my fate.

Check out the kitchen table to see what chaos I created, and get the Roll for Pie list to try out yourself. 🥧

09/14/2026

We had a busy weekend so unfortunately taking a haul picture slipped my mind, but we enjoyed our weekly excursions and love our farmers and artisans all the same! Check out the full post at the kitchen table to read about this week's kitchen magic and your mission (should you choose to accept it). 🍂🍁

Our beautiful lineup:
-sweet green lettuce, onions, ground beef, broccoli & cucumbers from
-honeycrisp apples, white nectarines, & apple c***r from
-plain croissants & a pandan croissant from
-potatoes (my first ever harvest!), peppers, & roma tomatoes from the Mack's garden

Some honorable mentions from other artisans I've shopped lately, you can find them at markets or online:
-some new bowls from .of.cups.ceramics - custom made, they're absolutely beautiful!!
-fire c***r from - I use this for digestion, ya girl has a wonky stomach with low acid to I need to supplement when I eat! It has many benefits, check out the Raindrop Remedies website to read all about it!
-some gorgeous hand-poured beeswax candles from

09/13/2026

Huge shout out to Walnut Hill , thank you so much for the beautiful candle haul!! These are some of my favorite candles and I burn them nearly every day. They're an integral part of my work routine and creative process- whether I'm writing, developing recipes, cooking, designing, or some combination of all of the above. Try to catch her at a market or event (check out their website if you can't make it out) and support local farms and the bees! 🐝🕯💚

09/07/2026

IYKYK Week 17- Between restocking the fridge and putting up some food for the winter, we got a HAUL this week.

Our beautiful lineup:

-romaine lettuce, sweet peppers, onions, eggs, & cilantro from Plato Dale Farm
-watermelon, zestar apples, and bartlett pears from
-zucchini, yellow squash, CORN (the big box in the back), and hot peppers from
-lion's mane & shiitake mushrooms from Flat #12 Mushrooms
-mild chicken Italian sausage and hot chicken Italian sausage from Hanzlian Sausage Inc. (not at our market this year, but local and they attend other markets)

Friendly reminder to ask your farmers about half bushel/bushel amounts of veggies to freeze or can (pressure or water bath canning depending on the food) yourself! It's the time of year for bushels of corn, apples, tomatoes, so on and so forth! I got an insane deal for 3 dozen ears of corn (which should last us the winter) and was able to support local farming in the meantime.

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