Category Archives: Food and Drink

More Yum

Posted on September 26, 2011 by cheryl

I  bought some local peaches last week, and I suspect they were refrigerated before they were sold. I set them out to ripen, since they were still pretty firm – but the next day, they had sort of a spongy … Continue reading →

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Food Friday

Posted on September 23, 2011 by cheryl

Any guesses as to what this is? I won’t keep you in suspense. It’s Fennel Pesto in the making. I harvested a fennel bulb from the back yard, and wondered what I might do with the fennel fronds – the … Continue reading →

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Gluten-Free Goodness

Posted on September 20, 2011 by cheryl

I made these yummy Gluten-Free Chocolate Financiers over the weekend for Margene. I used vanilla extract instead of almond extract since I know she doesn’t care for almond extract, but that was the only change. The light-colored speckles on the … Continue reading →

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‘Maters!

Posted on September 13, 2011 by cheryl

I grew all of my tomato plants from seed this year. Except for the cherry tomatoes, all of seeds were purchased from Amishland Heirloom seeds. I never grew tomatoes from seed before, so it was exciting to get such good … Continue reading →

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With A Little Help From My Friends

Posted on September 11, 2011 by cheryl

Since it was noted that there was a “Yum” theme for the last couple of posts, I decided to continue it. Tonight’s dinner was provided, in part, by good friends Margene and her gardening-guru Smith, also known around here as … Continue reading →

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