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There’s double doses of goodness in these cookies. Where to begin? First, there’s a double helping of buckwheat AND a double dosage of chocolate. To add to that, there’s a salty-sweet element too. Most importantly, these cookies are for an ultimate good, worthy, and loving cause. Please read on…
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Exotic and unusual. Like something extraterrestrial, it's the passiflora or passion fruit and its passion flower - my purple passion. ...
Amongst the myriad of fruits, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and creatures in the garden (both friends and foes), we've made way for Lavandula angustifolia. Lavandula is lavender, not only the color but the flowering plants with a genus of 39 known species. I was surprised to learn that lavender is also from the mint family... ...
I'm officially hooked. Hooked on roasted strawberries that is! While strawberries are in season, the sweetest, plump, and most beautiful ever and you have a generous bounty, roasting strawberries is just the thing to do... ...
At first glance, you may not realize there are 5 vegetables, 1 fruit and generous rustic seasonings of grated Parmesan and fresh rosemary. The best thing about this recipe…is that there is no recipe! Use your favorite, complimentary vegetables and/or fruits.
If you like ice cream…if you like fresh figs…you have to try this ice cream! Even if you’ve never tasted a fresh fig, but you like ice cream…you have to try this ice cream with its Black Mission Fig Compote!
Although Bing Cherries’ official sweetest season runs from mid-May through June, there’s still time to enjoy their beautiful and sweet bounty.
Not a botanical berry, but an aggregate accessory fruit. One serving of strawberries (about 8 strawberries) is an excellent source of vitamin C, providing more than an orange. Other healthful benefits include fiber, potassium, and antioxidants.
