Each year we harvest a lot of fruit from our backyard orchard. Each year, I make a lot of jams and jellies. Each year I realize we don’t eat a lot of it. Hmmmm…
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Spinach & Feta Galette
As a child, I was not a fan of spinach, or anything that contained it, and no amount of watching Popeye cartoons could make me change my mind. Thank goodness for adulthood.
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Fig Upside Down Cake
Anyone who has a fruiting fig tree will confirm that they can be overwhelmingly abundant. Not too many people mind this problem.
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Fluffy Sourdough Pancakes
It was late in the evening. I was tired. I’d had a whole half-glass of wine (yes, a HALF glass). It turned out to be a bad combination for successfully doing math. Who’d have thought it?
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Nectarine Sourdough Coffee Cake
Each summer my exercise routine consists of repeatedly running frantically out of my kitchen to the backyard, flapping my arms and yelling “ch ch ch ch” to scare away the scrub jays from my nectarine tree. When I’m tired, I make the boys do it.
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Pressure Cooker “Boiled” Eggs
So I may be a little late to this party, but I guess the old saying “better late than never” still holds true. At least it has for me.
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Whole Wheat & Oats Apple Muffins
I once read that if you plant an apple tree, you’ll be growing apples for the whole neighborhood. I’m beginning to understand what that person meant.
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Buckwheat Pancakes
It is ironic that buckwheat is considered to be a healthy food and yet my first instinct is to use it to make pancakes.
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BFT (Bacon-Feta-Tomato) Frittata
Frittatas are kind of like the casseroles of the egg dish world. They are a great way to throw a bunch of odds and ends together and call it a meal.
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Fig & Greek Yogurt Quick Bread
I am fortunate to have a fig tree and to live in the perfect Mediterranean climate for it to thrive. That means that I will also have an overabundance of the tasty fruits just begging to be enjoyed.
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