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Category: Food Wonderful Food

  • Photochallenge : Early

    Photochallenge : Early

     

    I don’t know about you, but one of our family’s all time favorite foods is the strawberry.

     

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    I have waxed poetic about them before. Every year we start a countdown as we watch and wait for our local farms to open their pick your own fields. Last year we added a few little plants of our own and overwintered them. I wasn’t sure how they would do, but early indications are we will have quite a few this year.

     

    Annie's Strawberries

     

    If we can keep the dogs from eating them, that is.

     

    And the countdown is over.  Pick your own fields are opening up.  Whoo hoo!!  Time to go strawberry picking!

  • What Does Spring Taste Like?

    What Does Spring Taste Like?

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    Strawberries are one the most wonderful gifts we have ever been given.  Fresh out of the box with nothing else added they taste like sunshine, spring and happiness bursting in each sweet bite.

    But that’s just the beginning!  There’s strawberry shortcake (which I prefer with pound cake as the base), strawberry smoothies, strawberry jam, chocolate covered strawberries (YUM!), strawberry cheesecake, strawberry pie…the possibilities are astounding.

    K. and I went and picked 30+ lbs. of these delightful berries yesterday.  I’ve already made 6 pints of jam and frozen some of the berries for other things in the year.  We had shortcake for dessert last night.  And I still have some in the fridge to have fun with now (YES!).

    So what are your favorite strawberry recipes?  I’d love to try some of them.

  • I Found Heaven….

    at Coldstone Creamery. 

    I love ice cream. I adore chocolate and raspberry together.

    One recent wednesday, out on date, Kevin and I stopped in for some ice cream (for dinner no less – YES!)  Oh my goodness, they had “Chocolate Raspberry Truffle” ice cream.  This may not be earth shattering to you, but it is to me.  One little taste was all it took and I was in HEAVEN.  Ok, I added my favorite mixins, pecans and strawberries and it was absolutely perfect.  To. Die. For. 

    I think I need a year supply of this ice cream.

    Maybe I’ll go back and take a picture ( I couldn’t find one to put here).  It would be a sacrifice.  But I would do it – Just for you.    That way you can *see* heaven.

    I’m helpful that way.