Easy Apple Blueberry Crisp
I ended up with an excess of apples in the house the other day and made Apple Blueberry Crisps to use some of them up. I mixed up apples, blueberries and vanilla and topped it off with an oatmeal crumble. So good! Ok,…
A Lunchtime Fruit Plate
I was getting ready for lunch today, looking in the fridge when I realized that we had a ton of fruit. I initially was going to make a fruit salad, but I decided to make a composed fruit plate instead and the kiddos loved…
More Blackberry Jam
I made the second batch of blackberry jam today. I did a few things differently – I used a bit less sugar and added two diced apples to try and give the jam more body. I haven’t opened a jar of this batch yet…
Blackberry Jam
Today the eight cups of wild blackberries in my fridge became 6 pints of blackberry jam (although it might be a wee bit closer to blackberry sauce than jam; no matter). First the well-washed berries went into the bowl (actually they were already washed…
Blackberry Lemon Pound Cake
A few days ago we hit our secret blackberry spot again and picked a couple more pails of blackberries which have been in the fridge since then. I needed to use up at least some of them today and I wanted to try something…
Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines
Yummm, I needed something sweet tonight after the delicious and oh so rich dinner the mister made tonight. The title says it all: Caramel Ice Cream with Nectarines. The fruit is perfectly ripe, the ice cream is sweet and rich – heaven on a…
Cherry Tart with Almond and Dark Chocolate
After gorging on cherries the other day I had an inspiration – a free-form cherry tart. I started pondering how to execute it, and decided first that I would add a hint of almond. Later I decided to shave some dark chocolate onto the…
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