Tag Archives: Strawberries

Egg Bites – Not Starbucks

I guess I’m the last person in the world to discover that Starbucks serves a breakfast-on-the-way-to-work dish that is taking the country by storm.  From what I read, they are prepared sous vide and then reheated at the time of … Continue reading

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Key Lime Pie Extraordinaire

    This might look like an overkill amount of goodies to pile on such a small sliver of key lime pie, but the extraordinary deliciousness of it amounts to a quick satiety point!  The plate is very small – … Continue reading

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Quick Dinner Rolls – Recipe

I know – this is not a picture of the dinner rolls, but isn’t this a beautiful combination anyway?  See the entry here for the photograph of the rolls.   QUICK YEAST DINNER ROLLS – 400° for 15 – 20 … Continue reading

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Strawberries and Fizz

About a month ago we were overrun with strawberries, so I cut up and froze up about six baskets of them with some date sugar.  When thawed, juice collects, but it is pretty thick.  Enter fizzy water … mixed with … Continue reading

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Mix ’em up Salad

No tortellinis in this salad! Just field greens, Swiss cheese, tomatoes, strawberries and tangerine sections. After the photo, I drizzled on a bit of the Sesame Ginger Coleslaw dressing that I am finding many uses for, and gobbled it down. … Continue reading

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Strawberries and Chocolate

Strawberries seem to have slowed down to a crawl lately, but this week these beauties popped up at Fry’s grocery store.  We have two baskets of them to enjoy.  I’ve tried melting the chocolate and dipping the strawberries, but the … Continue reading

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Petit Déjeuner International

We had a mid-week treat this morning. Italian polenta, French mushrooms, Mexican scallions, Swiss cheese, American roasted red peppers and strawberries – and duck eggs.

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Whole Wheat Pastry Flour

What? It looks like each other Sunday brunch? Almost true, but these pancakes were made with a combination of cake flour and whole wheat pastry flour. They had an ever-so-slightly different texture as they browned, but tasted just a bit … Continue reading

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Blueberries Are Back

I have one more leftover burger post to make, but these blueberry pancakes, and the accompanying strawberries, were just so gorgeous that I have to show them to you. How can anything so beautiful also be so good for you? … Continue reading

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Strawberries and a New Kind of Cream

We have been having a run of organic strawberries at a reasonable price at Safeway now and again, and this is what they look like. Aren’t they beautiful? The taste is just so sweet and delicious that it nearly defies … Continue reading

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As Sweet As They Look

UPDATE ON ANIMALS SPOTTED. Click ANIMALS SPOTTED under the banner to read about today’s sightings. These beauties speak for themselves.

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Berry Berry Deliciousness

So satisfying! This was our dessert today at lunch time. I added some more red peppers and mushrooms to the other half of the pizza from a few days ago, and we topped it off with these little treats. Berries … Continue reading

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Cilantro – a new favorite

Home from the clinic and starving – as usual! DH had a bowl of brown rice and Peruano beans with Italian sausage – very internacional! My bowl looked like the above. You can’t see the delicious chicken stew that was … Continue reading

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Hot Roast Beef Sandwich – sort of Canadian Style

Looks good, eh? We’d been hearing about Poutine. If I have it right, that is French fries with a cheese sauce and gravy. Sounds a bit weird, but Canadians seem to think it is really spiffy, so maybe we should … Continue reading

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Split Pea and Lentil Soup, Strawberries Alongside

Monday’s split pea soup was really good, but I had forgotten that we favored the addition of lentils to this fabulous lunch dish. So yesterday I soaked up some plain lentils, using my famous Nissan-Thermos vacuum bottle method to pre-cook … Continue reading

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The Tale of Three Eggs

Believe it or not, all this food was “down the hatch” in record time. I’m guessing that fighting cancer’s invasiveness takes a lot of nutrition, so a rather large volume of food is consumed at the place at the table … Continue reading

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Orange Zest, Strawberries, Barley, and Yogurt

Kitchen excitement! I’m easily thrilled, but hope you will love these two ideas as much as I do! The first is a colorful addition to our cereal in the morning. I used a zester to denude the orange of its … Continue reading

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