Quick Pickling

Have an abundance of produce that you’re not sure what to do with?  One easy preserving method is quick pickling, otherwise known as refrigerator pickles.  These pickles will last up to a month in the fridge and there is no need for pressure cooking or water bathing.  The only thing you do need to worry…

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Raspberry Rhubarb Scones

While there is a brief reprieve in the heat wave here in Philadelphia, I’m continuing the seasonal and raspberry rhubarb theme with these yummy raspberry rhubarb scones.  I became inspired to make these scones by Food52’s Naughty Rhubarb Scones.  I had the rhubarb, but I also still had some leftover raspberries, so I thought, why not…

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Home Goods Haul

I’m sharing something a little different than usual today.  I’m going to start doing a Friday Funday type feature on Fridays where I will post something fun that is cooking and food related, but not a recipe. So for this first Friday Funday I am sharing about how I went to Home Goods the other…

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Raspberry Rhubarb Tart

I have been enjoying all of the seasonal produce we have been harvesting lately.  The weekend we went blueberry picking, we also picked raspberries and rhubarb.   Raspberries can spoil pretty quickly, so I needed to think of something fast to do with them.  My husband, Dave, asked if we could do something like we did…

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Blueberry Season-Tips for Picking & Recipes 

Strawberry Season is over in Pennsylvania and Blueberry Season is here!  My husband has been talking about blueberry picking for a few weeks.  We were supposed to go down the shore this weekend, but Dave just could not get the blueberry picking idea out of his head, so we headed up north to where my…

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Lemon Cardamom Ice Cream

Well, it is still a heat wave here in Philadelphia.  My car’s thermometer said 106° F when I got in it today.  Unbearable!  I think my brain is getting frazzled from the heat, because I accidentally opened a can of sweetened condensed milk, thinking it was a can of chickpeas.  I did not want the…

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