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BASIL CHARD PESTO PASTA with TOASTED PINE NUTS
This made me happy. We grow a lot of basil every year. Rows and rows of basil that primarily go into pestos and sauces. This year was tough. We lost almost all our basil in early June. The rain just pounded down on the delicate plants and many of them had to be...
ESQUITES ~ Summer Corn Salad
About this time of year we start putting esquites on rotation for summer meals. Esquites is a fresh corn salad or condiment that has all the fabulous flavor and ingredients of Mexican street corn (elote') which is served grilled on the cob with queso fresco and hot...
DRESSING FOR SUMMER ~ LEMON DILL RANCH DRESSING
Homemade ranch is always better than store-bought. This particular recipe takes it up a notch or two by adding fresh lemon, dill, chives, garlic, yogurt and sour cream for a creamy, herby, zesty recipe that you'll love to drizzle on a salad or offer on a crudite...
DRESSING for SUMMER ~ BLISTERED HEIRLOOM TOMATO THYME DRESSING
I love making dressings from fresh ingredients. This tomato thyme dressing is a favorite and serves as a beautiful enhancement to not only salad ingredients, but as a drizzle of flavor for eggs on toast, grilled meats, on a charcuterie board, on burgers ~ and more....
KAFTA & SALATET MALFOUF~ LEBONESE GRILLED BEEF SKEWER & CABBAGE SLAW with MINT
Kafta is a Middle Eastern grilled ground beef (or lamb or chicken) skewer made with lemon, garlic, onion, mint, parsley, spices and good olive oil. As a result of the spice blend used, which typically has sumac, cinnamon, coriander and cumin, Kafta has a unique flavor...
JUST HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN ~ OUR SOUPERS ARE AMAZING!!
Clackamas Service Center opened their new shower buildings this summer. To help them with everything they needed to successfully provide services to those who come there, we purchased gallons and gallons of soaps and shampoos, pumps and dispensing bottles, hygiene...
WHITE LINEN COCKTAIL
I found this recipe some time ago and saved it for summer cocktailing. I can't take credit for its creation, but I am sharing because it's so good and screams summer. This would be good with or without the booze! Makes 2 cocktails INGREDIENTS 3 oz Gin ( or an...
CHILI LIME GRILLED TEMPEH SALAD with CREAMY CHILI LIME AVOCADO DRESSING
Tempeh has been a meatless meal component in our family since I was a kid. There are hundreds of ways to prepare tempeh. One version that my sister and I love is grilled tempeh with barbecue sauce and grilled vegetables. This recipe, while without barbecue sauce, has...
TANDOORI CHICKEN MEATBALL LETTUCE WRAPS with MINT CILANTRO CHUTNEY & BASMATI RICE
Anytime I make meatballs, my family is happy. Anytime I make lettuce wraps my family is happy. So put the two together and I have a ridiculously happy family. Although we love this recipe anytime of year (these make great rice bowls as well!), this recipe for Tandoori...
RASPBERRY MINT JULEP
We have so many raspberries in our garden this year that we thought we'd consume a handful or two in a little cocktail we whopped up. I mean whipped up. They're dangerously good, This is a Raspberry Mint Julep. Mint Juleps are associated with the South and considered...