RECIPES
Best Ever Easy Pumpkin Pancakes
One of the most delicious warm and satisfying breakfast dishes in Autumn is Pumpkin Pancakes. I created this recipe one Autumn weekend a few years ago and shared it on my Facebook page. It was a huge hit and was shared nearly 300,000 times. Turns out, you all love...
Spiced Peach Shortcakes Recipe
I came up with this recipe for Spiced Peach Shortcakes after picking fresh peaches at the orchard last week. It happened to be Colin and my anniversary so on my way home I started thinking about what I could make with the peaches for dessert that night and these...
Mini Strawberry Rhubarb Crumble Pies Recipe
These mini pies are strawberry rhubarb pie meets rhubarb crumble with the crumble topping adding the perfect sweet, crumbly addition. It's a favorite recipe of mine. To make them extra special, serve still slightly warm with a scoop of old-fashioned vanilla ice cream....
Plans and Recipes for a Strawberry Picking Picnic
There's high anticipation on the bluff for strawberry season, with it kind of being the kickoff to the fruitful season that lies ahead for the farms here each summer. Strawberries are such a good crop to get your kids hooked on picking too, because the berries are big...
Tips for Baking Fresh Peach Pies
With summer, come the most delicious tree-ripened peaches that make for heavenly pies. And it's true that tree-ripened peaches are the juiciest there are, so how do you avoid a pie that's runny or soupy? Here are my tips: A lot of pie recipes out there don't account...
Herb Olive Oil Recipe
My friend Cheri made a version of this oil one weekend as a delicious part of a girls weekend breakfast. It's herbaceousness with just a touch of saltiness is so incredibly tasty. It's perfect drizzled atop a plate of toast, fresh greens, and a fried egg, but it's...
Huckleberry Peach Pie Recipe
My favorite summertime pie, full of juicy fresh-picked GreenBluff orchard peaches and wild huckleberries from Mount Spokane. Ingredients 2 Discs Grandma's Pie Dough (You can find my recipe here) 5 cups peaches, sliced (about 5 medium peaches) 1/2 cup...
Grandma’s Pie Dough Recipe
You can't judge a book by its cover, but you can judge a pie by its crust. This is hands-down the best pie crust ever, adapted from my mother-in-law Mary Jane's recipe. It's buttery, rich, flaky and unforgettable. You can make the dough, wrap it, and freeze for baking...
Asian Quinoa Lettuce Wraps Recipe
I'm always looking for healthy ways to add proteins into my meal making and quinoa is a big favorite of mine. I like how it can sort of mimic ground meat, when flavored well. I first created this Asian Quinoa Lettuce Wraps recipe as an appetizer for a friend's...
IT'S ME, SERENA!
I bounced through the first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon, hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods on property that was once inhabited by Native American Indians.
I spent my childhood days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home. My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity and turning ordinary objects into something useful. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.
Now I’m married to my husband, Colin, and our children are all grown. After 24 years of producing The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair, I'm spending time visiting other markets around the world. You can watch episodes of Serena Goes to Market here.
I share more about my life story from time to time, here on my blog. You can also find me on Instagram, and Facebook.
