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Day to Day Life: Week Thirty
A look at the last week: While a California water park isn’t exactly island-living, the sunshine, warmth and water were nice. Complimentary hotel breakfast-ing… Huevos rancheros on sopes. “C’mere and gimme a kee-se!” A very, very spicy, nearly non-edible burrito. … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day, Life, Photography, Travel
Tagged daily life, day to day life, everyday life, iphone photos, iphoneography, iphonography, life in photos, photography, photos
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Saturday Sites: Week Thirty
I think this list of the top 10 destructive nutrition lies we’ve been taught is worth a quick read. Dear Weird Al, the sentiments of this song… Hell yes. Finding recipes that will help use up our summer squash… Yes, … Continue reading
Lavender Vanilla Bourbon Cocktail
It’s not hard to love lavender, with its sweet scent and beautiful soft purple blossoms. We have a huge more-or-less overgrowing lavender bush in our front yard. In June and early July, it’s bustling with bees and the fragrance is … Continue reading
Posted in Beverages, Booze
Tagged adult drinks, alcoholic drinks, bourbon, bourbon cocktails, bourbon ginger, bourbon time, cocktails, happy hour, honey simple syrup, honey syrups, knob creek, knob creek bourbon, lavender honey simple syrup, lavender simple syrup, modern kentucky mule, simple syrup
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Blueberry Almond Steel Cut Oats
We just got back from a few days of traveling. Whenever we are gone for more than a day or two, one of the things I most look forward to is being back in my own kitchen. It’s not that … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Kids, Vegan, Vegetarian
Tagged breakfast, creamy steel cut oatmeal, creamy steel oats, easy steel oats, oatmeal, steel oats
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Day to Day Life: Week Twenty-Nine
The last week looked a little like this: Looking up… Homemade ravioli one night, stuffed with ricotta, spinach, crimini mushrooms and topped with a homemade spicy marinara. Salmon tacos for my husband and I one night… My mother in law … Continue reading
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Tagged iphoneography, iphonography, life in photos, photography, photos
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Saturday Sites: Week Twenty-Nine
My slippers will never become “flip-flops” or “sandals.” I’ve converted my husband and stepchildren to correctly refer to them as slippers. This salsa screams summer to me. I would eat it by the bucket-loads. The reversed melting parts were my … Continue reading
Baked Cherry Doughnuts with a Cherry Glaze and Toasted Almonds
There’s this thing about baked doughnuts… Somehow they are a cross between both doughnuts and muffins. Obviously that means they’re totally acceptable as breakfast, snacks, a mid-morning (or afternoon, or evening) party-in-your-mouth. These baked cherry doughnuts waiver in that doughnut-muffin … Continue reading
Crispy Baked Parmesan Zucchini
For first-time gardeners, or the hesitant gardener, there is always the zucchini plant. It takes a mere single plant to happily satisfy a small family’s cravings through the growing season. Last year I made the mistake of planting four zucchini … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Kids, Lunch, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged baked crispy zucchini, crispy zucchini, summer produce, what to do with lots of zucchini, zucchini, zucchini fries
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Day to Day Life: Week Twenty-Eight
Here’s a look at the last week: This has been one of my favorite trees in Ashland since I moved here in September of 2003. A BBQ seitan mushroom burger experiment. With garden-harvested zucchini [fries]. We’ve had lots of lily … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland, Ashland Oregon, iphone photos, iphoneography, iphonography, Lithia Park, photography
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Saturday Sites: Week Twenty-Eight
I really loved this piece of writing. Shall I tell you how as a kid I could sit down and eat an entire box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch all by my lonesome, in one sitting…? Now as an “adult” I’d … Continue reading
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
