Tag Archive: summer

Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomato and Pesto

I have a new toy!! And I’m so excited about it. It’s not like I have a ton of space for appliances, but spiralizing is one of the few things that you really… Continue reading →

Kefir Smoothie with Avocado, Banana, Cinnamon, and Honey

I have already sung kefir’s praises, and if you don’t hear about it again it’s because I plan to use my kefir to make this smoothie every day forever. A friend gave me… Continue reading →

Cucumber Avocado Banana Smoothie with Kumquats and Ginger

My lovely neighbors gave me some kumquats yesterday with which I have limited experience, but now certainly hope to have more!! And I was looking up cucumber banana smoothie recipes (since that’s pretty… Continue reading →

S’mores Pie

We wanted to make s’mores but it was the middle of the day and we didn’t have a fire going, so our first thought was to make a bunch of them in the… Continue reading →

“Green” Bean and Tomato Salad

First, a note: if you start with beautiful three-colored beans, do not do anything that involves blanching them (like this recipe from Ligonier Country Market) because the purple beans will lose their color!… Continue reading →

Ginger-Lime Kombucha with Green Tea Ice Cream Float

Well the name really says it all. The premise was: – People make floats with all kinds of soda – Kombucha is bubbly like soda We had homemade kombucha flavored with ginger and… Continue reading →

Frozen Chocolate-covered Banana Bites

I don’t know if this happens to anyone else, but I made way too much frosting to go with my zucchini cupcakes. What to do with the excess (that will also help to… Continue reading →

Breakfast Fruit Salad with Quinoa

Ok so I’m getting a little sick of smoothies (or really I’ve promised myself I wouldn’t use my broken immersion blender, and have been too lazy to get a new one) So how… Continue reading →

Instant Softserve

This is the only way I’ve found to make anything ice cream-like without an ice cream maker: blend together 100% frozen fruit (or other frozen things) without adding any liquid or ice. And… Continue reading →

Layered Salad

Another Food and Wine salad, this one totally bastardized and potentially not as good as the original, but a fun one to play with. Basic concept is layering a bunch of stuff, including… Continue reading →