Summer is in full swing and the sweet cherries are ripe. This year, my kids and I picked some cherries from a neighbor. With lots of cherries to eat, I decided to get adventurous and try some new recipes. Continue reading
Fruit
Vanilla Bean Strawberry Jam
Strawberries, not sugar, is the star of this fresh strawberry jam–making it the perfect addition to your Mother’s Day breakfast.
Apple Pie
Sweetened only with apple juice concentrate, this apple pie recipe is perfect for celebrating Pi day, 3.14, and every other day of the year.
The ultimate way to celebrate pi day would be a dairy-free Quiche for breakfast, Walla Walla Sweet Onion pie for lunch, chicken pot pie for dinner, and several fruit pies to fill in the gaps.
Yes–We love pie! Continue reading
Pectin-Free Plum Jam
This pectin-free jam is much thicker than syrup, but still easily spreadable–just the way my family likes it. Avoiding pectin allows you to limit the sugar in your jam. This recipe has twice as much fruit as sugar.
Watermelon Cake
A fresh watermelon is trimmed and decorated for a fun summer birthday cake. It is simple and requires no baking.
I love birthday parties! I want to feed my family healthy food. But sometimes those two statements don’t go together.
Adventures with Cherries
Sweet cherries are in season. Here are some of my cherry dessert attempts and winner.
The first summer my husband and I were married, we knew someone who knew someone who had sweet cherry trees. That someone had more cherries than they wanted, and since we loved cherries, we were invited to come and pick cherries from their tree. We were having fun, and ended up picking gallons of cherries. Continue reading
