![]() ![]() You as the cook must bring soul to the recipe.” - Thomas Keller Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors - it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” - Wolfgang Pick “Cooking is like painting or writing a song.Feeding people is a way of loving them, in the same way that feeding ourselves is a way of honoring our own createdness and fragility.” - Shauna Niequist “I think preparing food and feeding people brings nourishment not only to our bodies but to our spirits.It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.” - Harriet van Horne “If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.” - Julia Child.“Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation - experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way.” - Paul Theroux.Don’t blame us for how hungry you may be after reading this list! ![]() Strawberry Vanilla Blueberry Ice Cream #foodieextr.P.S. Rump Steak with Wine-Balsamic Coffee Glaze Upside-down Apricot Butter Bundt #BundtBakers ![]() Jacques’ Cucumber Salad (but) with Onions Pink Lady and Walnut Muffins #MuffinMonday #gluten. No-Bake Berry Cheesecake #NationalCheesecakeDay This doesn’t take long so set a timer for about 25-30 minutes. Put the pan in the freezer until the fruit is frozen. Spread the strawberries and blueberries out in a single layer on a baking pan lined with cling film. Hull and chop your strawberries into pieces about the same size as your blueberries. Many thanks to Alexis from We Like to Learn as We Go, our organizer for July’s extravaganza.Ģ tablespoons homemade vanilla extract (split vanilla bean infused vodka) or 1 teaspoon normal vanilla extract and two tablespoons vodka or alcohol of your choice (The alcohol helps keep the ice cream from freezing solid, which makes scooping easier.) So how about let’s just celebrate blueberries and call it a day well spent! Make sure to scroll on down to see the whole list of blueberrilicious recipes. Today, I’m joining another great group of bloggers in an event we are calling Foodie Extravaganza and the ingredient for this month is blueberries. After all, isn’t that what marriage is all about? The best advice books say to find something in common that you can enjoy together, right? Right?! Truth is, I was hoping that this red, white and blue ice cream would be a celebration of a football victory so our two obsessions would dovetail so nicely. But you probably knew that already after this post, and this post and, just yesterday, this post with an ice cream cookbook giveaway. (And those are just the ones I’ve shared!) With the churn, without the churn, it’s all good. I’ve got an obsession for making ice cream. So I should even the score by admitting that I am throwing football rocks in my own ice cream glass house. ![]() There’s an English idiom that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. It almost made me wish I had stayed up to watch. I checked the news first thing this morning though and read through the play-by-play of the game and some of the social commentary - Best quote: Tim Howard is the American Jesus! He saves! - and I couldn’t help laughing at all the Tim Howard jokes. My husband came home from work last night a little early, just so he could have a short nap and stay up till midnight (Dubai time) for the START of the USA-Belgium World Cup game. At our house, we are a little football crazy. Sweet summer strawberries, juicy blueberries and vanilla bean ice cream bring a little red, white and blue to this week’s Fourth of July celebrations. ![]()
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