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Mini Chocolate Zucchini Carrot Cakes w/Cream Cheese Cinnamon, Ginger Topping
chocolate zucchini carrot cakes with whipped cinnamon, ginger cream cheese topping These little decadent chocolate cakes are full of healthy secrets. Whether you bake up my recipe for small cakes or...
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Food In Focus: Dry-Farmed Tomatoes
We were visiting outside San Diego County a couple of weeks ago and stopped at a Jimbo’s Market. I was in awe of a good size bin of the most beautiful, deep red tomatoes. At first I thought I was...
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Late Summer’s Harvest – Homemade Tomato Jam
With a hearty welcome of not only the Autumn season, we gladly embrace the idea of the season and the month of October. Southern Californians don’t really get to enjoy this change of season for quite...
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Fig Ice Cream with Black Mission Fig Compote
I almost let this summer’s garden fig harvest end without trying this ice cream. If you like ice cream…if you like fresh figs…you have to try this ice cream! Even if you’ve never tasted a fresh fig,...
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Sweet Corn Risotto with Parmesan, Basil and Bacon
As a side or main dish, there’s nothing quite like a meal that includes a serving of creamy rich Risotto with good, seasonal ingredients! Continue reading: Sweet Corn Risotto with Parmesan, Basil and...
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Individual Chicken-Vegetable Pot Pies w/Puff Pastry Crust & Dream Kitchen...
I reworked a favorite recipe and hearty meal for chicken pot pies by adding more of a variety of vegetables and using flaky puff pastry. I’m also having some fun planning for a dream kitchen with...
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Baby Heirloom Tomato Tarts with Goat Cheese & Herbs
These little tarts are the perfect appetizers or side dish while baby heirloom, cherry or grape tomatoes are at their best! Continue reading: Baby Heirloom Tomato Tarts with Goat Cheese & Herbs....
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Sweet & In Season – Apriums
At first glance, these beauties look like apricots. Take one more look. These seasonal treats are a blissful marriage of an apricot + plum resulting in a sweet, unblemished, tasty fruit treat…...
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Homegrown Goodness: Summer Sweet and Juicy Babcock Peaches
With summer in full gear, it’s also time to enjoy sweet and juicy Babcock peaches (or any other variety for that matter!). Continue reading: Homegrown Goodness: Summer Sweet and Juicy Babcock Peaches....
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Lighter Honey Peach Ice Cream
The month of July is not only National Ice Cream Month, it is also the peak of peach season! In honor of the two, I’m using up some Babcock peaches in this lighter ice cream version. Continue reading:...
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Greek Pasta Salad with Rotini and Feta
A spin on a classic dish with all the perfectly paired flavors that make up a Greek salad. Hands-on time is minimal with tasty returns on this fresh and easy chilled pasta dish that can be served as a...
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Juiciest Peach in the World
Our Babcock peach season ended weeks ago. I shouldn’t complain because we enjoyed a bountiful harvest… Continue reading: Juiciest Peach in the World. Edible Garden, Photography & Food In Focus,...
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No churn, cream or sugar – Banana-Maple Cinnamon Ice Cream
Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Ice cream that has no white or brown sugar (although it does contain maple syrup), doesn’t contain heavy creams and doesn’t need to be churned (meaning no ice...
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Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Corn Lasagna (GF)
This is a fantastic recipe to use up your harvest of summer and garden abundance of squash and corn. Use either or both zucchini and yellow squash and the season’s sweet fresh corn kernels for this...
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Helianthus annuus, the Sunflower and last days of summer
Labor Day marks the last days of summer in the U.S. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of summer-like weather if you live on the West Coast – but we can still dream of cooler days… Continue...
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Two-Colored Squash Cake and Squash Pistachio Crisps Biscotti
Still have some garden squash from your harvest or stocked up from the market to use with your Inspiralizers? I have a hidden gem of a cake to share that uses two different squash (zucchini and yellow...
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Roasted Strawberry, Olive Oil & Crumb-Topped Muffins
I’m officially hooked. Hooked on roasted strawberries that is! While strawberries are in season, the sweetest, plump, and most beautiful ever and you have a generous bounty, roasting strawberries is...
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No churn, cream or sugar – Banana-Maple Cinnamon Ice Cream
Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Ice cream that has no white or brown sugar (although it does contain maple syrup), doesn’t contain heavy creams and doesn’t need to be churned (meaning no ice...
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Zucchini, Yellow Squash and Corn Lasagna (GF)
This is a fantastic recipe to use up your harvest of summer and garden abundance of squash and corn. Use either or both zucchini and yellow squash and the season’s sweet fresh corn kernels for this...
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Helianthus annuus, the Sunflower and last days of summer
Labor Day marks the last days of summer in the U.S. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end of summer-like weather if you live on the West Coast – but we can still dream of cooler days… The hotel...
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