Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Tuna Casserole, with home-made mushroom sauce, celery and peas; easy comfort food from scratch

Ham and Ricotta Ravioli, home-made pasta filled with a mix of prosciutto, ricotta, mozzarella and pesto with a simple tomato sauce

Slow Cooker Pork & Butternut Squash Stew - an easy, complete dinner from the slow cooker with very little prep work.

You can use fresh, cooked beets, or canned or frozen with no seasoning for this easy soup.

When we lived in Andorra, one of our favorite day trips was to La Bisbal d’Empordà on the Costa Brava, Spain, to buy pottery.

We’re in Italy – but here is the final bit on gardens – maintenance.

Like the dreaded green garden monsters lurking under the giant leaves (zucchini), tomatoes can go from “Are they ever going to be ripe enough to eat?” to “What am I going to do with them all!” in what seems to be, a matter of seconds.

This is an easy dinner for 2 that is ready in under 30 minutes.

A bit of salty bacon and sweet red onion adds big flavor to simple, sautéed summer squash.

Pumpkin Cornmeal Bread, a lovely, soft, moist bread that could be the perfect pull-apart rolls on your Thanksgiving of holiday table