Steamy hot weather calls for cold-chilled soups. Who's excited about cooking hot foods during the dog days of summer. I usually opt for salads, smoothies and any meat that can be quickly cooked on the grill. My mint plant is luscious so I decided to recreate one of my favorite summer soups-- from our resident soup expert Seriously Soupy-- inspired by my plant and the fresh batch of blueberries in my refrigerator. Also included in this recipe is some refreshing watermelon, Greek yogurt and a little bit of sugar to really make this a … [Read more...]
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Apple Clafoutis
August 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment
When I first started cooking for this blog over four years ago, I would get in the habit of circling all of the words in the recipes that were completely meaningless to me. Among them: parboiled, pin prick, blanched and CLAFOUTIS. Four years later, I’ve since parboiled, pin pricked, blanched and made Clafoutis! At the time, Clafloutis sounded more like some sort of tree fungus rather than a celebrated baked custard French dessert. Apparently, a traditional Clafoutis contains cherries arranged in a buttered dish covered with a thick … [Read more...]
