Category: Food and Recipes
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Blackberry Buttermilk Cake
I mentioned in my last post that I had been picking some blackberries this past week. And this is one of the recipes I made with them–Blackberry Buttermilk Cake. It’s a recipe I’ve had for awhile, clipped from a newspaper and kept in one of my recipe binders. I thought I’d make it again to share on…
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Blackberry Picking
We’ve had lots of rain this spring and summer and everything is so green and lush and pretty. And the blackberries are growing well this year, which I’m really excited about! I love blackberries—eating them just the way they are, using them in smoothies, or baking with them. I took this picture with my iPhone—this is…
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Shoepeg Corn Salad with Honey Dressing
I was looking through some old recipes I’d clipped from magazines awhile ago and came across one for Shoepeg Salad. It sounded like a great side dish for summer. I found some other variations on this salad at different recipe sites and ended up making my own version. This is a sweet, crisp salad; some sites describe it as a “relish.” It’s great…
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Raspberry Banana Coconut Milk Smoothie
I think this is the creamiest smoothie I’ve ever had! This is the first smoothie I’ve made with coconut milk, and I love how super creamy and smooth it turned out! I modified a recipe from Del’s Cooking Twist by adding some banana and sweetening it with honey. Yum! I made this smoothie on a very warm day and…
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Veggie Chip Salad with Avocado
Potato chips remind me of summertime—I guess it’s because they always seem to be at picnics and cookouts! I’m not a heavy potato chip eater, and maybe because of that, the last bag of chips I bought at the grocery store about a month ago seemed super salty and greasy to me. Then I heard about Tyrrell’s…
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Scrambled Egg Biscuit Bowls
If you’re looking for a hearty breakfast idea, here’s a recipe I made with the Perfect Bacon Bowl. I received two complimentary bowls to try out and I read about them beforehand in this Good Housekeeping review.
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Lemon Artichoke Hummus
I love hummus! I love artichokes! So it was obvious that I needed to make an artichoke-flavored hummus! I used a little more lemon juice in this than I usually do when making hummus, so it turned out to be a Lemon Artichoke flavor. I loosely based my recipe from one I saw at Allrecipes, using most of the…
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Blueberry Banana Muffins
If you’re a fan of both bananas and blueberries, these Blueberry Banana Muffins are for you! If you’re like me, you probably have ripe bananas on hand pretty often too, so this is a great recipe to use them in! The bananas and blueberries make these muffins really good and moist, and those flavors together are great!
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Why Honeydew Melon is Good for You
I recently posted a recipe for a Blueberry-Honeydew Smoothie and I also came across some info about why honeydew melon is good for you—so I thought it would be a good time to share this! According to Healthy Eating, one cup of cubed honeydew contains these vitamins and essential nutrients:
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Blueberry-Honeydew Smoothie
It’s really been warm lately, so I’ve been making lots of smoothies—they just taste so good on a hot day! One fruit that I really love but haven’t used that much in smoothies is honeydew melon, so I made sure to add that in this recipe!
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Cinnamon Apple Chips
It’s always nice when you can make yummy snacks that are good for you, too! I found this recipe in a review copy I received of Keep Your Brain Young: A Health & Diet Program for Your Brain, Including 150 Recipes. The book gives helpful tips and a simple action plan on how you can help…
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