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Light, fluffy and tender, perfectly cooked little buttermilk breakfast cakes filled with blueberries, slathered with butter and dripping with pure maple syrup. Don’t these look delicious? They were. 
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Having passed the entree round with the Berbere Seasoned Pork Loin Roulade Stuffed with Spinach & Goat Cheese, Baby Lady allowed me to move on to the dessert round. This gave me the opportunity to redo the Mango Sorbet with a little twist. Doesn’t this look good? It was. Continue reading
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Pears, anyone? Isn’t this a lovely dessert? No, we didn’t “poach” it as in take it illegally. We gently cooked the pears in red wine with sugar. It’s a very simple process yielding a dessert full of flavor although it does take a little time (about 30 – 40 minutes). Regardless, it is well worth it. Your family will thank you and ask why you never made (stole) this before. Continue reading
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We’re reaching the end of fig season. It always comes and goes so quickly but we do enjoy it when it is here. Continue reading
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Summer is waning and almost to an end. Nonetheless, we are still enjoying summer’s bounty while it is still available. This was a delicious salad full of fresh ingredients with a tropical flair. Continue reading
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Another fresh, summertime, weeknight meal. Staying with my theme of light refreshing summertime meals, this is what we made for dinner last night. Continue reading
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There is nothing like the unique taste and texture of fresh figs. They are lusciously sweet with a texture that combines the chewiness of their flesh, the smoothness of their skin, and the crunchiness of their seeds. A fresh fig tastes like a mix of a peach and a strawberry. Unfortunately, fresh figs are one of the most perishable fruits and have a very short harvesting season. As a result, figs should be purchased only a day or two in advance of when you are planning on eating them. Once the season is done you have to wait until next year unless, of course, you preserve them in some fashion. Well, this is one of my ways for preserving figs. Continue reading
