Five Final recipes from the Book Club Feast!

Posted by Gabi on 11 July 08

This may be a long post (sorry! )- I’m going to include the last five recipes from the book club feast and hopefully be able to move on to July’s cooking -finally!
So we have two salads, ham and green onion biscuits, a  crustless quiche and a coconut cake… here’s the first:

Spring Mix Salad with Mint, Raspberries and Pecans

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 Refreshing Drinks and Vichyssoise from the Feast!

Posted by Gabi on 7 July 08

 
Continuing on with the recipes from the bookclub feast we come to the Minted Limeade, Iced Tea with Lemon Verbena Syrup and the Kaffir Lime and Lemongrass Vichyssoise…

All are very easy- do you remember my post making Mint Syrup a few months ago? Well for the limeade I  made another batch of mint syrup, and [...]

 Creamy Herb Dip & Sun-Dried Tomato Baked Cheese Spread

Posted by Gabi on 3 July 08

 
OK everyone does a crudites platter- but I think the trick is to have a yummy dip instead of opening a bottle of ranch or blue cheese dressing. Homemade salad dressings and dips are so easy and fresh I almost never buy bottled.  The additional plus side to that is I don’t get all of the additives [...]

 Bookclub 2008 A Feast in the Garden

Posted by Gabi on 2 July 08

June was my month to host the lovely ladies of my book-club at my home. We have enough members so that I only get to host once a year or less.  If I am able I usually try to pick June because we can gather in my garden and enjoy a relaxing evening.
In our club the [...]