This spicy, fruity salsa is packed with juicy ripe peaches and fresh jalapenos. It’s perfect for topping grilled chicken or fish, or for scooping up with tortilla chips! Oh, hi! How’s your summer going? Ours has been busy, busy, busy… if you hadn’t guessed. The hubs was gone for a while for work stuff, so…
Cinnamon Blackberry Crisp
This classic summer blackberry crisp is topped with a toasty oatmeal crumble and loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon to tame the tangy berries. Best served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream! Last week I had a very special visitor in town. One of my BFF’s from Boston flew all the way across…
Mini Persimmon Spice Cakes
Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a super fabulous weekend. If you want to win some holiday shopping moula, stay tuned. I have another great giveaway going on! This weekend we finally got around to putting up our Christmas tree and all our lights and decorations. It was a festive weekend and now I’m 100% in…
Persimmon Tarts
Buttery puff pastry, spiced persimmon slices and a sweet apricot glaze combine to make an easy and beautiful fall treat– Persimmon Tarts! Hey guys! Is everyone ready to stuff themselves silly? I know I sure am! I didn’t do a great job of celebrating Thanksgiving on the blog, so forgive me. This month got a…
Honey Poached Pears with Amaretto Whipped Cream and Candied Almonds
A good, ripe pear is definitely one of my favorite fruits. Juicy, creamy, and such great flavor. It seems to me that when fall rolls around, everyone becomes obsessed with apples and pumpkin. But in my opinion, pears should be the star of the season!! Pears are perfect as a snack, in breakfasts, desserts, or…
Fresh Watermelon Margaritas
I’m channeling my inner college student today. Thirsty Thursday it is. Remember when you were 20 years old, could throw back half a case of beers on a Thursday night, get up and go to class at 8 am, and somehow retain enough information to pass a final exam? Those were the days. Too bad…
Halibut Burgers with Chipotle Cream and Peach Salsa
Since the Navy owns Nick now, he was not able to accompany me to Massachusetts for my week long vacation. He did, however, get to come up for about 28 hours to make it to our friends’ wedding. In the 28 hours that we were both out of our house, tragedy struck. I got back…
Blackberry Banana Coconut Muffins
So there are New Year’s resolutions. Is there a such thing as a 4th of July resolution? Because I think I need to make one. To be a better blogger. This summer has completely gotten away from me. I can’t believe it’s already July. I can’t believe so many of the things I was looking…
