Stevia - A natural sweetener in my herb garden.




Garden Bounty

  1. Lobster Thermidor Recipe a classic returns to the kitchen


  2. Chocolate Mousse White Chocolate Mousse from the Maisonette


  3. Stevia is a great natural sweetener that can be used in all sorts or recipes

  4. How to Make a Mojito With or without alcohol and you can even use Stevia

  5. Grubs: Grubs can be a problem in your lawn - Ron Wilson offers this tip sheet.
  6. How to Control Japanese Beetles Our frient Ron Wilson shares tips to control beetles.
  7. Crystallized Flowers and Sweet Herbs All of my edible flowers are at the height of their beauty right now.
  8. Columbia Restaurant 1905 Salad a friend shares a delicious salad recipe.
  9. Edible Flowers: Next time you stop and smell the roses, pluck a few blossoms for your plate!
  10. Home Made Soap: We've gotten lots of notes lateley from friends looking for home made soaps and bath gels.
  11. Home Spa Recipes: Some of Rita's favorite Home Spa Recipes.
  12. Lobster Tail Recipe Video:A lobster recipe for grilling or the oven.
  13. Container Gardening Video Just in time for spring. Rita shows you how to plant a container garden.
  14. In the Garden Garden tips from our friend Ron Wilson.
  15. Kitchen Knives Video This is our most popular video - learn about kitchen knives.
  16. Salt Video More and more cooks are using specialty salts like sea salt to replace the classic morton salt for the salt shaker on their table.
  17. Omellete Video An omelette can easily be made like the omellets you get in fancy restaurants.
  18. Artichoke Dip Here's one of my recent conversations with Brian Patrick from Sacred Heart Radio about one of my favorite foods of the Bible: artichokes!
  19. Salt: Salt is probably the most common seasoning we use today. Yet it has its roots in the Bible.
  20. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: A delicious treat that is easy to make and delicious.
  21. Rhubarb Strawberry Jam: A simple recipe that is full of the sweet/tart flavor of rhubarb.

Hello from Rita's Kitchen!

Thanks for stopping to visit. As you can see, my interests are varied, but all have the same goal: to create a nurturing and creative environment for you and those you love.

This is a recent picture of me and Lesley Stockton - Martha Stewart associate
food editor. She came to Macy's to do a fun class on entertaining. And, yes, she was
super nice.

On my site you’ll find healthy, delicious meals for family and friends. My motto is “Love starts in the Kitchen – and in the Garden!”. Actually, that motto carries throughout my home. As a certified herbalist, you’ll find wonderful recipes for using herbs both in the kitchen and as medicine. Check my recipes out for making your own spa products, too. You’ll be amazed how common kitchen ingredients and herbs from the garden can transform into trendy, expensive bath and skin products.

 

Let me know your successes and failures (we all have them) in the kitchen and garden. What’s worked for you? What would you like to see here on my web page? Let me know. I have the best web master in the world: my friend John – he’s the brains behind the food, so to speak. John’s the savvy one who makes this web page the best!

Knife Skills 101. One of these knives is a "loser"?

It's the first knife. It's all stainless with a "never needs sharpening" blade which, in most cases, means, once it loses its edge, it's gone

Take care,

Rita Heikenfeld

Interesting Sites

  1. Speaking of Women's Health --Speaking of Women's Health offers woman's health information and women's health topics to educate women to make informed decisions on their health, well-being and personal safety.
  2. Nutrifit Online -- An interesting meal delivery service that is currently available in a number of California locations including LA, Santa Monica and of course, Beverly Hills.

 

Rita Heikenfeld shares recipes from her syndicated column.

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