Fresh fruit recipes :

Basil Fresh From The Garden

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I said I would make time to notice all the things my backyard offers and come up with fun recipes as a way to show that we should all take advantage of what we have in order to not only bring organic foods into our daily lives, but it is also a[...]

Fresh Cranberry Sauce/Relish with Amaretto Recipe

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Cranberry Sauce for your Turkey! Do you like Amaretto. If not use Boubon or even apple juice at the end...but if your an Amaretto fan, cranberry sauce will never be the same without it! 1 (12- ounce) bag cranberries, fresh[...]

Fresh Fig and Apricot Sauce ? No More Boring Chicken

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Fresh Fig and Apricot Sauce Okay, I’ll admit it…chicken can get pretty boring.  Especially when you are talking about cooking up chicken breasts and you aren’t going to be breaking out Mastering the Art of French Cooking,[...]

White Velvet Raspberry filled Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream topped with a fresh Raspberry

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It was Tracy's grandmothers 84th birthday and she wanted cupcakes! She wasn't a big fan of chocolate so a white cake was ordered and wanted to add a bit of color with raspberries.  So what I came up with was this White Velvet Raspberry[...]

Summer Favorites

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I have been a busy little bee of late, and I am hoping to slow down soon. I just entered my 3rd trimester of pregnancy and the 100+ degree weather is making me move a lot slower than I am used too. Yet, I have not created anything crazy new in the[...]

Ramadan 101: Day 25

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There's nothing like a fresh fruit cocktail to rejuvenate the mind, body, and spirit! The early fall is mango season in Egypt, where the succulent varieties of mangoes are so many, that one would think they were indigenous to North Africa. I was[...]

A Crisp Summer Night

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Here in Northern California, we have many crisp summer nights. As perfect as the weather is almost every single day, sometimes it gets pretty chilly at night. In my house, crisp summer nights are one marker that it?s summer. The other one is when I[...]

Raspberry and Pineapple Granita

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In my last post about granita , I failed to mention one thing: I made it because I didn't want to feel like I completely and totally failed at making frozen treats without an ice cream maker... namely, the honey-vanilla ice cream that[...]

Homemade Cranberry Jam-Obviously Spiced!!

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Aren't they Gorgeous?? Paint me…RED! This is such a beautiful season of the year when everything around is painted in red, white and green hues.So so beautiful.Well, red is my favorite color.Its hard to stop myself from[...]

Mini Fig & White Chocolate Mascarpone Cream Tarts

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Although I love eating fig preserves on crackers with cream cheese, or simply spread on a slice of toasted and buttered bread (especially brioche!), fig preserves also make excellent additions to other dishes. [...]