Claytonia - Hearts for your Heart!
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under health focused recipes, Salads, Gardening, Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Do you know this green:
This is Claytonia perfoliata or Miner’s lettuce (Winter Purslane in Europe) a member of the Portulacaceae (purslane) family. It is a slightly succulent green with beautiful heart and spade cup shaped leaves and a tiny white flower growing out of the center. I planted it about 2 years ago and it has since self-seeded in […]
Bee Bop Cheesecake Pops for the Daring Bakers
Posted on April 26, 2008 - Filed Under Daring Bakers, blog events, Cookbooks I like, Fun Stuff, Desserts | 49 Comments
This month’s installment of the Daring Bakers Challenge is hosted by two lovely DBs- Deborah at Taste and Tell and Elle at Feeding my Enthusiasms and their challenge is:
Cheesecake Pops From Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey by Jill O’Connor.
I bought this cookbook a few months ago and I must say that it is filled with decadent sweets definitely in […]
Poor Man’s Butter
Posted on April 25, 2008 - Filed Under Breakfast, Recipes, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
With Saturday’s breakfast fast approaching I thought I’d share with you one of my favourite breakfast (or anytime) treats.
My friends from Chile call this Poor Man’s Butter- avocado mashed with a little salt and pepper and a dash lemon and a splash of extra virgin olive oil. Avocado is called “Palta” in Chile, Bolivia and Peru. […]
Little Wonders with the “PheMOMenon”-al Holly
Posted on April 22, 2008 - Filed Under blog events | 1 Comment
Holly at PheMOMenon is one of the most lovely people I’ve met through this thing called food blogging. She is creative and wonderful and she is sponsoring an event called
Little Wonders Blogging for Babies - a fundraiser for the March of Dimes.
Please let me encourage you to donate to this worthy cause. If you read the story of […]
Blogging By Mail- What a nice surprise from a new friend!
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under blog events, faves, Fun Stuff | 4 Comments
What a lovely surprise to come home and find this wonderful Blogging by Mail package waiting for me from sweet Marye at Baking Delights. (Check out her latest Earthquake Cake -a Rockin’ recipe! ) I am most pleased for the chance to get to know Marye and share our love of organic food.
Marye filled the package she sent with […]
