For once I’m actually on top of things, and in time for all your 4th of July celebrations, I wanted to share my recipe for my favorite cold treat. A granita is a little bit like a shaved ice, but…
Bear’s Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
Bear has been like a kid in a candy store with all this fresh fruit around, and the thing he keeps coming back to is fresh blueberry muffins. It’s easy to see why. Talk about the biggest reward for the…
Canning, Round 1
I made a lot of mistakes this first time around, but overall, I’m pretty dang proud of myself. Over four days I managed to can: 6 pints of strawberry lemonade concentrate1 pint of limeade concentrate2 pints of nectarineade concentrate3 qts…
Strawberry Apricot Cobbler
So with all that fruit we’ve been bringing home, we have been learning the hard way that we have to use it up fast. Tree-ripened, farm stand fruit can not sit around for a week like the stuff you get…
2010 Year of Pleasures #20
I bought this sampler of oils and vinegar at the chocolate festival over the weekend, and it’s embarrassing how much of it I’ve already eaten. Particularly that sundried tomato bistro oil. It’s essentially a combination of olive oil and balsamic…
Parsley Oregano Vinaigrette
Every day last summer, I made a salad from the bumper crop of cherry tomatoes from my garden, some feta cheese, a cucumber, and a vinaigrette I made up from some fresh herbs in my garden. The vinaigrette keeps nicely…
Tangy Meatloaf Crumble
I’m not fully sold on the name, but I just can’t call this meatloaf. It’s too misleading. This has very little in common with regular old meatloaf. When Bear and I first got married, I was a vegetarian and he…
Roasted sweet potato fries and homemade ranch dressing
This was one of the little snacky dishes I made for my vegetarian dinner party a few weeks ago, and I’ve probably made it every other week since. It couldn’t be easier and SOOOOO yummy. To make the sweet potato…
Orange and Cranberry Almonds
I’ve been working really hard lately to make good exercise and eating choices, and it has not been easy. The medication I’m on will give me days where I want to eat anything that crosses my eye-line, so I had…
Spinach Artichoke Puffs
We spent Thanksgiving with the big extended family, and with so many of us getting together, we all get assignments for food responsibilities. One of my jobs this year was to bring an appetizer, so I wanted to make something…