We just returned from a beautiful riverside picnic. Can’t wait to tell you more about that tomorrow for my six senses post. Tonight is the blue moon, so we’ll be outside on the deck photographing…sipping blue moon wine, looking at the Sky Walk app for the iPad and gazing up at the sky. I am…
staycation days one and two…and the great minnesota get-together!
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Evening after work On Tuesday ~ vino and a candlelight dinner on the front porch…Jeff made grilled teriyaki chicken, grilled pineapple/peppers and onion… and I made oven roasted herbed potatoes… Wednesday ~ tea, vanilla buttermilk pancakes, farmer’s market and co-op shopping for fresh ingredients…a leisurely day at home… Thursday ~ Minnesota State Fair! … So…
vanilla buttermilk pancakes
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grilled pepperoni pizza with oven roasted garlic & mushrooms
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plum crostini
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Loving this time of summer… it’s warm, but not too warm. The mornings are crisp and cool, beckoning autumn, and slowly making me interested in trading in the berries and fruits of summer for the russet, rustic fare of fall. Plums. such a completely romantic fruit. Surprisingly, I haven’t featured them in many recipes. There…
tuscan pattypans
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I’m back from another jaunt to the farmer’s market. Such a beautiful selection of produce these days. Can’t get enough of the heirloom tomatoes, and whenever I come across pattypan squash it’s feels like striking gold. These tender little gems are definitely the creme de la creme of summer squash. They can be prepared so…
a six senses post ~ rembrandt and dinner al fresco on the black forest inn patio
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feeling ~ a warm cup of mango tea with milk from D’Amico for our teatime seeing ~ ivy covered buildings, trees beginning to change… art of all kinds, amazing architecture and the awe inspiring works of Rembrandt at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. What a prolific artist! There is something very humbling about standing in…
dream cookies
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Gracie made a big batch of “Dream Cookies” yesterday. This recipe was inspired by the amazingly beautiful blog Color Me Katie. We used our favorite sugar cookie recipe, added a little pure almond extract and a LOT of neon food coloring to the dough and buttercream frosting. (skip the part in the cookie recipe where…
date night ~ gypsy dinner
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Gypsy dinner is fun to put together and will help you use up a ton of those fresh garden veggies and herbs. Play romantic music while you work in the kitchen together and enjoy all the beautiful flavors and textures of these fragrant, colorful ingredients. We always make extra veggies and potatoes so we can…
kicky raspberry vinaigrette
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I’m tempted to figure out exactly how many of my homemade salad dressing recipes I have posted and consolidate them into one post for your (and my) convenience. Maybe I’ll publish a little ebook that would be easy to print out and look pretty on your cookbook stand. Would that be something you’d be interested…