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Taste on Melrose: Round 2

posted August 14, 2010 in Dishful Thinking

It’s been a while since my last visit to Taste.  The timing was impeccable, with the brother and sis-in-law in town last weekend, and the second Groupon I had to Taste was about to expire.  That helped narrow down our restaurant choices prett (read full article)

Casey's Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake

posted August 13, 2010 in Confessions of a Serial Baker

I was having a vanilla shake with frozen raspberries added to it, and Casey decided he wanted a shake, too. This is the result...Casey's Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake1 scoop chocolate protein powder1 c. milk2 t. peanut butter7-8 ice cubesPut (read full article)

STRAWBERRY SWIRL TARTS & CUPCAKES

posted August 13, 2010 in GET OFF YOUR BUTT and BAKE!

YUM! SCRUMPTIOUS! SINFUL!                                              This . . .                                             and That . . . and these . . . mini&# (read full article)

Peaches and Cream Russian Gratin

posted August 12, 2010 in Savour Fare

This is not, as you may have divined, one of those recipes that yields beautiful food. Each bit is not an aesthetic delight, and this is not going to grace the cover of any food publication that I know. But what it is is this: deeply, deeply del (read full article)

Parfaits On The Bay: A Free Restaurant For Two That’s Open Any Time.

posted August 12, 2010 in Nibbles of Tidbits

Thanks for the Parfaits on the Bay!  It may have been my first.  I’d enjoyed a Trifle or two, but not yet a Parfait, which I believe is roughly similar minus the Cake, as explained by my personal headless Chef. He made these with layerin (read full article)

Red Delicious Fruit Shake

posted August 09, 2010 in Raw Food Recipes

a 15min., 75 calorie  recipe from Fresh Food Recipes Fight free radicals and stimulate circulation with this berry tasty drink Ingredients: 56 blueberries 6 raspberries 3 strawberries 18 black grapes a banana 1/2 slices 1/2  orange Directions: Ch (read full article)

Homemade Raspberry Sauce

posted August 09, 2010 in Food, Fun & Farm Life In East Africa !

The raspberries as they start to cook & slowly disintegrate ..... The (almost) finished sauce, with raspberries now completely disintegrated and ready to be strainedThe finished sauce after straining - such a gorgeous, deep red colour - and compl (read full article)

Blueberry and Raspberry Tofu Smoothie

posted August 08, 2010 in Food: Cooking and Capturing

Let's go back to healthy drink, this time high protein and low in fat using tofu and soy milk. Another simple way to quench your thirst! I didn't add much honey since the raspberries are already sweet.1 cup silk tofu (Japanese tofu)1 cup soy milk (I (read full article)

CSA Share Week 11 and Parmesan Squash Sticks

posted August 05, 2010 in The Good Cook

I'm going to need a larger car.Maybe even a pickup truck.Every week my farm share keeps getting bigger and bigger.I may need to get a life to boot.Every week I find myself getting more and more excited to see what the share is going to bring me. I'm (read full article)

All About Pectin and Naturally Sweetening your Jam or Jelly

posted August 05, 2010 in A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa

The beauty of summers fruit can be preserved and enjoyed throughout the entire year by putting up jam, jelly and preserves.  I feel that most people's gateway to canning starts with homemade jam or jelly.  Who can resist the luscious colors of stra (read full article)

Blackberry-Almond Shortbread Squares

posted August 04, 2010 in La Mia Vita Dolce

I really need to start exercising some restraint at the farmer’s market.  If you could only see my fridge during the summer months.  I have bowls and bowls of juicy berries and fresh fruit of all kinds.  I always way over buy.  The three of (read full article)

5 Days of Fruit: Berries

It's Day 3 of 5 Days of Fruit and today's feature is berries. Browse through our picks below for all you ever wanted to know about berries!StrawberriesSelection: The smaller, the sweeter. Choose bright red berries with their caps intact. Caps should (read full article)

RASPBERRY BLUEBERRY CREAM TART

posted August 04, 2010 in GET OFF YOUR BUTT and BAKE!

Hallelujah! I had a great day today. I didn’t touch the garden, pull weeds or anything close to it. Well . . . I take that back.  I did pick some fresh Raspberries to top this delicious tart. see . . .  You better get a bit closer . This reci (read full article)

Blueberry Muffins and Disaster

posted August 03, 2010 in The Skinny Fight

I hope you took advantage of the in season prices of blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries because the featured food for August are berries. Each Tuesday there will be a recipe featuring one, two or all three berries. The recipe kicking off the (read full article)

Raspberry Huckleberry Freezer Jam

posted August 02, 2010 in GET OFF YOUR BUTT and BAKE!

~ Kitchen Conversations ~ about jam . . . Husband to Wife:  “You should show them how to make jam.” Wife to Husband:  “Everyone knows how to make jam.” Husband to Wife:  “I don’t think so!” Wifes Excuses t (read full article)

Jamies Italian restaurant in Glasgow

posted August 02, 2010 in Petite Bouchee - small bites of food

As you can see, I did a bit of a roundtrip in Scotland recently and tried wonderful places. So, I came across Jamie Oliver's Glasgow restaurant and gave it a try. It was incredibly busy which is not suprising as everyone wants a piece of Jamie, or at (read full article)

What You Missed In July & August Preview

posted July 31, 2010 in The Skinny Fight

Thank you for voting in my "Point Me in the Right Direction" poll. I'll spend August tweaking The Skinny Fight based on your votes. You can see the results here. Highlights from July I was a Featured Veggie on The Reluctant Vegetarian. The intervie (read full article)

Baked Grand Marnier and Raspberry, Vanilla Custard Cups

posted July 30, 2010 in La Mia Vita Dolce

Lately I’ve been on a Donna Hay kick.  She was one of the judges on MasterChef Australia this year and I’ve come to really like her and her philosophy on food.  She is a beautiful food stylist, I think she could make any dish look spect (read full article)

Spinach Salad with Fruit, Almonds, and Feta Cheese

posted July 30, 2010 in Two Peas and Their Pod

Josh is out of town this week, he went on a hiking trip with the guys. I miss him like mad, but I am enjoying the silence. We put the kitchen remodel on hold for a week. I wasn’t about to work all by myself while Josh is on vacation…ha! L (read full article)

It's National Cheesecake Day!!!

posted July 30, 2010 in Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker

Did you know that July 30th is National Cheesecake Day?  Well, neither did I until the folks at Driscoll's Berries pointed it out to me.  They sent me some fabulous coupons for raspberries and Albertsons kindly cooperated by putting them on (read full article)

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