Category: CulinaryAdventure
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Father’s Day brunch at Maude
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New Year’s Tea
Finally experienced High Tea at the St Paul Hotel! It was so nice to celebrate my birthday (belatedly-note- make a reservation well in advance to have tea at SPH) with Cobber friends! I’m a tea snob, so the fare at SPH did not meet my expectations, but the companionship elevated the entire experience, so I…
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Yummy New Recipes
Today I had leftover ingredients to use up, so I tried a couple new recipes. Our neighbor went fishing in Lake Superior and caught some huge trout on Saturday. He gave us a lot, maybe 5 pounds or more. So tonight we’re having Trout Dill Chowder, inspired by Ruth Cousineau’s salmon chowder in gourmet magazine.…
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The perfect carrot
Here’s the first carrot, harvested by Hillary, from our little garden. It was so cute that she insisted on a photo before we chopped it up for soup! It was very yummy, too. And here’s to Zaca, my Spanish friend and carrot farmer extraordinaire, who advised sandier soil. Cheers!
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Pizza Night
Lily’s been wanting to make pizzas from scratch (based on an episode of Caillou) so we used up some of out tomatoes and garden herbs and invited the neighbors. Hillary was at football game with a friend, so that night was a good opportunity for Lily to have something special to do. I don’t think…
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In a Pickle!
We have lots of cucumbers and other veggies this year because of all the rain for our garden plus what we get from CSA So we tried refrigerator pickles using cucumbers, onion, garlic, and radishes. The girls helped chop cucumbers and filled the jars with various combinations of the veggies- now we wait a few…
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North Shore Adventures
We went up nort’ to have some fun for 4th of July. Hillary and I did a wood-fired oven baking class at the North Woods Folk House. We made 2 types of bread (flat bread, and focaccia) but I guess I didn’t get the camera out when we were working on the focaccia.…
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Cherry Brown Butter Bars
I’ve had this recipe from Smitten Kitchen waiting for me these last few weeks. I finally got them made yesterday and they are worth the trouble (and calories!) I pitted the cherries with a knife and that was the hardest part. I will have to get a cherry pitter if these are to be repeated.…
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Farmer’s Market in our yard!
Hillary and Lily have been busy playing Pioneer Girls and Farmer’s Market in our back yard. We have a couple of square foot gardens with a trellis between them and have managed to get a pretty good crop of cucumbers and beans, in spite of a bit too much shade. Hours of entertainment! Who knew?!
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Fresh Cherry Scones
Yum, breakfast that was worth the wait! And with the glaze!