Posts Tagged ‘fruit’

Turkey Chops in Cherry Wine Sauce

Posted on April 8th, 2009, by Erin

I sort of made this recipe up as I went along, tasting and adjusting as necessary.  I think I got it all though.  The original recipe idea was duck, but I couldn’t find duck breasts anywhere and certainly not for lack of trying.  I called grocery stores up to 50 miles away and still no [...]

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Strawberries (or other fruity things) in the Snow

Posted on April 30th, 2008, by Erin

A coworker of mine made this for another co-worker’s birthday. Upon learning just how easy it is, I thought I’d make it, but I swapped cherries for strawberries, but the man likes cherries. Forget about y’all strawberry folk. (Really, I wanted peach because my hormones told me so, but cherry is actually [...]

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Raspberry Butter Braid

Posted on April 28th, 2008, by Erin

I saw this recipe wandering around a few different feeds that I subscribe to. I seem to have tracked its original location to zesteasy.com, which is a fun blog with lots of interesting recipes, photos, and promotions.
I had a little trouble keeping the jam in the bread tube while it was baking. Most [...]

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Mahi Mahi with Couscous and Mango Salsa

Posted on March 16th, 2008, by Erin

I will admit that the first time I made this dish, it was anything but easy.  It took me forever because I had no idea how to go about attacking a mango and making it edible.  It turns out I was trying to use mangoes that were NOT ripe enough.  They were like cement and [...]

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Raspberry Pear Buckle

Posted on March 10th, 2008, by Erin

Every month, our school has data days. (Ugh.) In order to make this torture somewhat more bearable, they’ve started having people bring in desserts to share. It makes it better, because we get food. Teachers love food. Everyone was bringing “chocolate something” so I made this instead. It is [...]

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Peach Pie

Posted on March 10th, 2008, by Erin

Sorry for the relative lack of updates, folks. I promise a deluge in the next few days (really!) We’ll start things off with one of the two desserts I’ve made recently. I had a bag of frozen peaches from the fall. A woman at my school always sells flats of [...]

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