Over the weekend, my mom and I went peach picking at a local orchard. There's just something very satisfying about picking your own fruit, and it definitely couldn't be any fresher! I managed to pick 20 pounds of peaches in no time at all, knowing that I wanted to do ...
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Pomegranate Iced Tea
Not long ago, the great people over at POM Wonderful sent me another case of their 100% pomegranate juice. I have tried it before, and really enjoyed it, so I was thrilled to have another chance to develop some new recipes. The thing is, while I enjoy developing ...
100% Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
You may be wondering why I specified that this is 100% homemade ice cream. After all, I usually make everything from fresh ingredients and bake from scratch... That's nothing new. Well, here is something that is new... Sundays with Sandy! Earlier this afternoon, I jumped in on a Twitter conversation ...
Tropical Mahi Mahi
Let me just be honest and say that I'm slightly afraid of seafood. I generally prefer to have others prepare it for me (and by others, I mean upscale seafood restaurants). I have found a few things that I trust myself to make on my own, though, and mahi ...
Frozen Verbena Mojitos
I'm not usually a big fan of cocktails... In fact, I rarely order them anymore because I often take one sip and end up leaving the rest because I don't really like the flavor. It's not that I haven't tried! The one cocktail that I absolutely love, though, is ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 17
It's Friday again, which means it's time for me to pick my favorite blog posts of the week. I enjoy settling in each evening to read all of the new blog posts in my RSS reader. I start to feel sad when I run out of new posts. This week, ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 13
This week I hit my 100th blog post... and I'm already on my 13th edition of my Friday Favorites! It seems like just yesterday that I was pondering starting a food blog. Originally, I just wanted to work on a few original recipes to put together a cookbook for my ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 1
One of my favorite parts of the day is sitting down at the computer and reading through all of the day's blog posts in my Google RSS reader. I subscribe to quite a few cooking and kitchen blogs, and the list is always growing. I am always amazed by ...
