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After listening to my neighbor Girly Girl go on and on about how wonderful her $12 jar of gourmet cherry jam was, I thought I would try whipping up a batch for myself. So this morning before The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird left for practice, I made her pit 3 pounds of cherries Read More >>
After we dug up those purple potatoes yesterday, I quickly hopped online to find some sort of salad recipe to use the techno colored spuds in. I was originally thinking about making a cold potato salad, but in the end I chose to make another roasted vegetable salad. This time with blue potatoes, beets and walnuts. Not only did Read More >>
One of my local grocery stores {Safeway} has cherries on sale this week for $1.29 a pound. So I got up bright and early and headed down to pick up 10 pounds so I could can some cherries to use later this winter. Have you ever tried home canned cherries before? Holy cats, they are Read More >>
I am re- posting this strawberry bruschetta recipe tonight because The Girl and I picked a few handfuls of strawberries this afternoon and are planning on making this to go with dinner tonight. If you have some strawberries on hand, and have not tried this recipe yet, give it a go. It’s delicious! Have you ever made Read More >>
Carrots? In pancakes? Are you kidding me? If you’re like me and have carrots coming out of your ears, you’ll totally want to give this carrot cake pancakes recipe a try. These hearty {and wholesome} pancakes are made with whole wheat flour, buttermilk and you guessed it, plenty of carrots. This recipe makes about {12} Read More >>
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