Category Archives: Food and Drink

frothy + delicious

yes, it appears to be tomatoes 24/7 around here. call me obsessed. instead, i like to think i am simply appreciating my time with them, and all their amazing flavor- because i’m sure in a couple weeks the leaves will start to turn brown and the daily bowls will turn into maybe a couple scragglers, [...]
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happiness is

a bowl full of tomatoes just like this every other day now. i see canning in my near future.
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beat the heat :: roll your own

i’ve got thai basil coming outta my ears right now, and i need to start using it, so here’s what we had for dinner last night. again, another really easy, healthy dinner that doesn’t heat up the kitchen- the only cook time required was to steam the shrimp. basically i just chop a bunch of [...]
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beat the heat :: peanut butter ‘nana milk

i have a treat for you. peanut butter ‘nana milk. it’s easy, it’s pretty durn healthy, and it’s yum. my kids go nuts for it. it’s known in our house as pee-bow-mah-mok (thanks to dotty) and i kid you not, they both squeal and jump with delight (and dotty actually giggles) when i utter the [...]
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afternoon snack

as promised: things to do with tomatoes, #1 slice 1 vine ripened early girl, 4 yellow pears, a handful of basil leaves. add some fresh mozzarella pearlini (or even better), s + p and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (maybe a half-ish teaspoon). stir and EAT. just look at all those tasty little [...]
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finally

the days of coming back from the garden with a big bowl full of tomatoes are here. i’ll be back later on with a few of my favorite things to do with fresh tomatoes.
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beat the heat :: crispy cold cukes

lately we’ve been eating a lot of cold salads, fresh veggies + fruits and just basically not cooking a durn thing. it’s been H O T hot. i thought i’d share a few of my favorites with you, starting with this amazingly yum + super easy cucumber salad. start with these 3 basic ingredients: cucumber, [...]
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i’m hooked

hooked on juicing. i suppose there are worse things to be hooked on.
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my favorite summer salad

presenting: summer in a bowl. this salad is so fresh and so delicious, and soooo easy to make. i actually sort of just whipped it up last summer, so i don’t even have a recipe. i use whatever fresh ingredients i have on hand, and go a lot by eye, but i’ll do my best [...]
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stained

one of my favorite vegetables to eat in the fall + winter months. and i absolutely hated these things as a child. not only are they tasty, their color can't be… beet! arg, arg, arg….
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