MFM Find

I've been wanting to post for a few days but couldn't get my computer to link up and find this picture. Last week I bought some purple beans at the farmers market. They're beautiful and, I was told, sweeter than their green counterparts. I'm not so sure about the sweeter business but they are definitely a lot of fun! Here's the stirfry I made with them. Did you know that they turn green when they're done? I'd heard this but doubted I'd want them cooked long enough to turn (I'm not into mushy veggies). It was so fun to watch them change color. It's as if they have a built in timer to show you when it's time to serve. So Fun! I missed the Farmers Market today but will go to an estate/moving sale and maybe swimming with my nieces and nephews instead. Tomorrow Walter & I are grilling amazing shish kabobs (one of our favorite recipes ever) and (hopefully) hosting a pool party. Gotta get summer in while it's still blazing. :)

Midnight Cravings

I found this idea from an eatingwell.com newsletter i get emailed to me. and even tho' the picture next to the recipe looked... less than tasty... to me i still had to try it. they're Amazing! here's what you've got to try: graham cracker spread with ricotta cheese and jelly (mine was marion berry). it's your own super quick cheese cake. i had 5 or 6. so addictive. so wonderful!

The real culinary props, however, go to Walter. He strained and strained raspberry seeds out of the puree in order to make this ridiculously tasty sorbet (so sorry the pic turned itself sideways... too late to figure out why just now). It's the first recipe we've tried in my new Baking with Agave Nectar cookbook. So far 100% success. I think next we're trying watermelon sorbet bc it takes less agave nectar than the raspberry one.

A Full Endorsement

Last night Walter and I finally baked the peaches we'd bought Friday. My goodness were they good! I wish I'd thought to take a picture so that you would all be motivated to make them yourselves but alas... we ate them too fast. The thought never even occurred to me.

Hopefully my endorsement will be enough. Try the Gingered Peach Gratin. It's delicious! We served them with a scoop of vanilla frozen yogurt. (yum, yum!) :)