Blackberry Sorbet
Another photo of mine corrupted, sigh. This photo is borrowed from Elegant Foods until I make my next batch! I’ve been having so much fun with my ice cream makers 🙂 I hope you have one, too! Personally, homemade blackberry…
Category: Fruits
Apricot-Coconut Bars
Feel like baking this weekend? Try these! They are delicious, and one of my favorite bar/tray bake recipes. The bars are buttery, crisp, jammy, and coconut-y all at the same time and there is a pronounced taste of real apricots…
Fresh Blueberry Pie
I make two* no-bake pies in the summer, a Fresh Strawberry Chocolate Pie and this Fresh Blueberry Pie. Fresh pies are quick to pull together, don’t heat up the kitchen, and are crowd pleasers. Just remember to start early in…
Homemade Cherry Pie (from fresh cherries)
My daughter used to have a cherry tree in her back yard and the cherry crop was always enormous! We were in cherry heaven for a few years and then, suddenly and most unfortunately, the tree died. It was a…
Fresh Cherry Salsa
I am fortunate to live in an area with some remaining cherry orchards. For a few weeks each year these orchards are open for U-Pick cherries.  Seeing as how we are in the midst of a pandemic—80 days of Shelter-In-Place…
Raspberry-Ricotta Snack Cake
Delicious, light and moist, unassuming and satisfying. It’s good for breakfast, it’s good for a light dessert, and it’s good for an afternoon tea or snack. It’s good for company, it’s good for a family treat, and it’s good for…
Strawberry Shortcake
I think this rustic, coarse, only slightly sweet biscuit-type cake base saturated with sweetened sliced strawberries and lots and lots of sweetened whipped cream is just about perfect. If you like sweet, soft, cake-y strawberry shortcake—the highly processed “cake” found…
Cherry Limeade
As a non-drinker of anything alcoholic, compounded by being a non-soda drinker, and not being especially thrilled about water, I am excited when I find something special to drink. This is one of my favorite special drinks, Cherry Limeade! It’s…