This time of year in my neighborhood, the streets are lined with piles of leaves, waiting for the city trucks to remove them. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, over 15,000 tons of leaves are picked up and composted by a local company, Purple Cow Organics, and sold back to the...

Annie Organie’s Sunday Loaves
I have been making bread for over 40 years. There were times when I didn’t make bread and would buy it — but have you seen the cost for good bread these days? Ridiculous. In my work with Moms Across America I know that unless you are buying organic the...
Fresh Garden Tomato Soup
When your garden harvests are coming in, usually fast and furious, sometimes it can get overwhelming. I have 80 tomato plants in my garden and eat as much fresh as I can. I use the cherry tomatoes to make delicious Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce and freeze most of...
Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce
This has become my go-to recipe for pasta sauce. I had several cherry tomato plants that went crazy last year and I was harvesting enough cherry tomatoes to make this sauce every 2-3 days. You can freeze this or can it. Either way, you are going to love opening one of...