I’m a little late with posting these, but we did find things to do with all those strawberries (including giving two boxes to co-workers – LOL). Two of the things we managed to take photos of – a lovely fruit and cereal combo, which was quite delicious: And, strawberry mousse!… Continue reading
With all the fresh fruit available, we’re being challenged to think up new ways to incorporate fruit into our cooking/eating! Although, we do have the old ‘mix it with vanilla yogurt’ idea to fall back on – a classic, of course. (Mountain High Yoghurt also has no high fructose corn… Continue reading
I’ve liked having things like Pop Tarts around as backups for times when you run out of milk for cereal, or just want a snack in the afternoon. But at some point (a long time ago now it seems) Kellogg’s Pop Tarts changed their formula – my theory is that… Continue reading
When I woke up this morning I remembered the oatmeal scone recipe that we made a number of years ago. I hadn’t really thought about it in a long time, so it was kind of out of the blue that it came to me. I’m pretty sure that was my… Continue reading
Apparently, the Chocolate Manufacturers Association (members include Hershey’s and Nestle, etc.) are lobbying the FDA to change the legal definition of chocolate to let them substitute cheap vegetable oils for cocoa butter. BLEH!! Click here to read more about why this is happening and for easy links you can use… Continue reading
John and I found a terrific store that sells only organic, fair trade chocolate products! We got a bit of this and a bit of that from the chocolate catalog at Sweet Earth Chocolates to try them out. Like bars of bittersweet chocolate, organic cocoa, and real peanut butter cups!… Continue reading
We didn’t make these cream puffs, John just bought them at a supermarket bakery, but they were such a lovely surprise, and quite funny photographically, so I thought I’d post a photo. Maybe one of you readers will get inspired to make some of your own – if you do,… Continue reading
We ambled into the local Kmart the other day only to run into a huge selection of HALLOWEEN candy! Is it always out this early or is time just running MUCH faster now? Anyway, although I couldn’t find any of my favorites (Milky Way Midnights – those tend to be… Continue reading
Our friend Tom went trapsing across Europe recently and brought us back some terrific stuff, making sure they were things we couldn’t get here in the states. Thanks Tom! I’ve immortalized your gifts in another watercolor vignette (after all, everything but the keychain is edible and won’t last forever!): From… Continue reading
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