I didn’t think that this blog post was going to happen today. I spent most of the day yesterday dealing with the immense amount of rain that has fallen… The creek behind our house flash flooded and then we started getting water in our basement because the ground is so saturated. Needless to say, writing…
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Labor Day weekend has arrived! To me, Labor Day means two things… It’s time for a picnic (one of the few redeeming qualities of summer… yay!) and fall is right around the corner (double yay!). So, for summer last hurrah, I thought I’d feature some fun picnic-friendly dishes in this week’s Friday Favorites. Enjoy the summer…
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Tags: blueberry, cake, cobbler, cookies, cookout, Labor Day, macaroni, peach, picnic, s'mores, salad, truffles
Oh my how time flies! It seems like just yesterday that I was contemplating starting a little blog to keep track of my recipes online (and spare myself the hassle of constantly hand writing recipe cards for friends and family!). Yet somehow I’ve now managed to write a few blog posts (oh, 600 or so)…
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Tags: almond, banana, blackberry, blueberry, cheesecake, chocolate, cobbler, coffeecake, earl grey, frozen, ice cream, Italian ice, muffins, pineapple
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home. If you read the…
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Tags: baking, blueberry, Daring Bakers, ice cream, infuse, jelly roll, lemon, lemon verbena, ricotta, simple syrup, sponge cake
This recipe began last week when we were having a friend over for dinner. I had my hands full in the kitchen and was searching for a quick dessert that I could throw together with little effort. As I paged through the Pioneer Woman Cookbook, I came across her cobbler recipe that consisted of a…
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We’ve been eating a lot of salads lately because our CSA has been providing us with lots of greens and giant heads of lettuce. I don’t mind eating salads for dinner, but I need something to go with them – bread, muffins, quesadillas, etc. So, this week when salad night rolled around, I decided to…
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