Okay, so… I know the summer peaches are almost gone, and that’s really a bummer (I love peaches). But just in case you still have one or two lying around without a purpose I wanted to share this with you. This salad was inspired by one I had at the Taste of the Nation in Napa last month. It was one of the simplest dishes being served but it had the greatest impact on me. The dressing was light, and the peach delectable… plump and ripe, the juices ran down my chin and fingers. Excuse me, I’m having a moment.
Suffice it to say, it was one of the best bites I had that day. And before I had finished eating it, I knew I had to try making it at home. [Continue reading...]
Tagged as: arugula, peaches, salad, vinaigrette
The name, though a bit long, sounds kind of exciting doesn’t it? Yep. The name is pretty exciting. The muffins aren’t bad either… although they are not as exciting as I had hoped. Oh, they are tasty good. But I didn’t put enough cherry OR white chocolate into them. And somehow there is never enough streusel topping. Maybe I like my muffins overstreuseled. Maybe I’m especially picky today. Maybe I should move on…
At any rate, these are good muffins. No, they are. They are not overly sweet. And they are not dry. The crowns rose nicely on all twelve muffins. And they were easy to throw together. [Continue reading...]
Tagged as: breakfast, cherry, muffins, needs work, streusel, white chocolate
Okay, not really. I did hike up and down a mountainous hill yesterday and have the sore legs to prove it. Still, I have not moved any mountains. What I really wanted to say in this quick little post is that I’ve been making tweaks to my site. Some are subtle like moving and/or removing a few things from the right rail over there –>
Other things are bigger and I’m excited about them, even if they do not equate to moving mountains. [Continue reading...]
Hi there everybody, guess what? It’s Labor Day weekend. Time for BBQ, beach, brownies, and bidding adieu to summer (though you wouldn’t know it with the weather around here… in the 90s all week, sheesh). If like me, you procrastinate and have waited until the weekend actually starts before deciding what you do or, more importantly, eat, here are a few ideas to get you started:
BBQ Chicken is always a classic.
Use up some of your garden veggies in a pasta salad.
And wash it all down with a watermelon margarita
But what about dessert? Patience, grasshopper. I was just getting there…
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Tagged as: labor day
