Recipes
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Blueberry and Lemon Pancakes
Recently I picked up a 1953 edition of The Joy of Cooking at a local estate sale. I love that it is so well-loved and that the previous owner (a Norwegian woman) wrote notes throughout and added tabs of her favorite recipes. I’m trying to tap into Julia Child and attempt various recipes from this tried-and-true recipe book! Melissa’s Produce sent me some of their delicious strawberries, blueberries and raspberries along with ready-made crepes and dessert sauces. For Valentine’s Day why not serve some pipping hot blueberry pancakes and the gang can add the dessert sauce of their choice! Don’t forget to have some Grade A maple syrup on hand…
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Dragon Fruit Smoothie
This week I was sent a box of exotic fruits to try out from Melissa’s Produce. Started by a husband-wife team, this Los Angeles-based company offers amazing produce and their exotic fruits do not disappoint. They provide fruit and vegetables from all parts of the world. In fact, their catch phrase is “delivering the global market”. I am always amazed at the quality and unique items they carry and is currently the largest distributor of specialty produce in the United States. Have you tried dragon fruit yet? It has recently become my teen’s favorite fruit to experiment with and she has been trying out different smoothie recipes all month! They…
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MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL Available on Blu-ray 9/3!
Chris Hemsworth (Avengers: Endgame) and Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok) join forces to take on an apocalyptic alien threat in director F. Gary Gray’s (The Fate of the Furious) exciting globetrotting adventure MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL, which was released on Digital August 20 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD on September 3, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization. Hemworth and Thompson have great chemistry and take us along for a…
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Banana Bread Muffins
With this crazy heat going on in Southern California our poor bananas ripened up on our kitchen counter-top before their time! But since we were planning a family movie night I thought perhaps we can make a little treat using these ripe bananas and came across a delicious recipe from Love From the Oven. Be sure to check out her blog – she has some amazing recipes! I love that you don’t need a mixer for this recipe and it takes about 15 minutes (tops) to prepare. So if you have some ripe bananas hanging around, it’s worth the effort because in about 30 minutes you and your family can…
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Grape Salad :: The Perfect Potluck Dish
We received some yummy red and green muscato grapes from Melissa’s Produce this week and I searched for a recipe that called for grapes and found the perfect potluck dish ever… The Grape Salad. If you are from the Midwest you probably know all about this delicious and creamy grape salad dish! And after trying it, I can say that us folks on the West Coast have been missing out – big time. With a mixture of cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla bean extract with a sprinkle of brown sugar and pecans – this is basically a cheesecake fruit salad. It’s the perfect potluck dish or pool party treat.…
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Recipe :: Garlic Butter Baked Salmon
If you love salmon, you are going to LOVE this garlic butter baked salmon. Best part is you can make the entire meal on just one pan. Tender garlic butter baked salmon with crispy roasted potatoes and asparagus all covered with a delicious garlic butter sauce. Love that this dinner can be made on one pan which makes life so much easier come clean up time! Wild Salmon I highly recommend you spend the extra bucks to get wild salmon. Besides tasting so much better, it is quite a bit healthier for you than farmed raised. “Wild salmon has a more robust content of vitamins and minerals…
