It’s Summer Fest time and this week we’re celebrating herbs, greens, and beans. My contribution to the party is a simple side dish of green beans dressed in a rich balsamic browned butter sauce. It can be thrown together in minutes and has an extremely short ingredient list, but don’t let that fool you. The flavor of these green beans will blow you away! Continue reading →
You all know by now that I love muffins, but I bet you didn’t know how much I love Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. My sister is in town visiting and we were talking last night about what I should make this morning. I was wavering between Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Zucchini Muffins. She and I both love Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, but for some reason I was stuck on the idea of muffins for breakfast. At some point she said I should just make Oatmeal Raisin Muffins and once the idea was planted in my head, I couldn’t stop thinking about how to make a muffin that tasted like my favorite cookie. Continue reading →
Summer Fest is in full swing and this week we’re celebrating corn, one of summer’s sweetest pleasures. I have many fond memories of eating fresh corn on the cob in summer – sweet and salty and dripping with butter, it was always a welcome treat.
There’s even a special place in my heart for those funky plastic corn holders (shaped like corn cobs, of course) that my grandma would stick into the ends of the cob to keep our fingers clean and unburnt. I can still remember how they felt in my hands as I rolled the hot corn against a cold stick of butter until it was was coated with a thick, drippy layer and the stick of butter had molded itself into a shape more suitable for the task at hand. Continue reading →
By mid-week I had managed to eat all of the beautiful heirloom tomatoes and sweet nectarines I bought at the farmer’s market on Saturday, but I found myself left with a pint of flavorful but not-as-sweet-as-I-would-have-liked blackberries. I didn’t want them to go to waste, but I didn’t really want to eat them. I finally decided that all they really needed was a sweet, buttery, crumbly topping.
Wouldn’t it be great if all problems could be solved with sweet, buttery crumbs? Continue reading →
For the rest of the summer, my Wordless Wednesday posts will be replaced by Summer Fest 2010 – a cross-blog food event that celebrates the beautiful fruits and vegetables so readily available from home gardens and farmer’s markets at this time of year. The event is in its third year and I’m thrilled to be a part of it for the first time this summer. Thanks to Margaret Roach and Deb Puchalla for creating this fabulous summer blogging party!
Each Wednesday for the next five weeks a group of us will be sharing tips and recipes centered around a specific garden theme. There are several bloggers participating, new friends and old, and we will be linking to each other and encouraging you to share your favorite tips and recipes as well. It’s a big celebration of summer produce and you’re all invited! Continue reading →
