1. Strawberry shortcake is a divine combination of fruit, ice cream & cake. Except I like to bake squares of puff pastry and use that instead of sponge cake. I am all about the flakey, I guess.
2. Guacamole and blue corn chips make an excellent, healthful breakfast. I have tested that theory twice this week.
3. Asparagus is perfecto right now. I like it steamed & grilled & in stir-fry. I like the thick ends peeled, quartered and eaten raw with a nice dip - way better than celery sticks & with a nice, delicate flavor.
4. Snickerdoodles and shortbreads and the best cookies that do not involve chocolate.
5. Dark chocolate is really good. Extra dark chocolate is also good. But anything more than 75% cacoa tastes like tree bark.
6. Basil is the best freash herb ever - and I don't have a single spot in my yard that is sunny enough to grow it well! It barely survives in a pot in the sunniest spot of my yard, which is the deck off the family room. Rosemary grows like a weed in the same place but I don't use much rosemary. What can I cook with lots of rosemary in it?
7. I can't wait for the local Farmer's Markets to get rolling. They are open now, and they have stuff available - but I know most of it is trucked in. I want the real, actual, locally-grown veggies tyvm.
8. Strawberry salad is divinely good.
9. Potao salad has become totally uninteresting to me lately. I never make it anymore.
10. I want to buy a little charcoal grill this year because the big gas grill just doesn't produce the same flavor kick in grilled foods.
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1. I like it with those little dessert cups or pound cake best. However, I've never tried it with puff pasty. I just know that I don't care for it with actual biscuity shortcake.
2. *snort* Never had corn chips for breakfast.
3. Yum...now I must try that with asparagus ends.
4. I love snickerdoodles! Not so much on the shortbread, but it's ok.
5. Agree 100% on the dark chocolate thing.
6. Too bad on the basil thing. I should really grow more than 1 plant. I put my herbs in a flower bed this year. We'll see how that works. I don't use much rosemary either. Mostly throwing giant stalks in the slow cooker or on top of chicken or beef on the grill or in oven. When I chop it into things, I don't use a ton.
7. My CSA delivery starts next week-yay! The markets are up and running here, but I haven't visited. Most around here have very strict rules about local participation/local foods.
8. I'm making strawberry salad tonight.
9. I crave potato salad about twice per year. I had it once camping and once last week. Now I'm done. I really don't like it much at all.
10. We are looking at a charcoal model that looks just like a gas grill, so we have both options.
I agree with most of this. The chocolate? eh.
and no puff pastry for me. But isntead of pound cake, I use sugar free angel food cake. mmmmmmm.
1. I have never had it with ice cream. Always Cool Whip, and these days Fat Free Cool Whip.
2. You can eat my share on a third day.
3. I love Asparagus. Love it. I need to get out to Tom Leonard's to get some really big fat ones.
4. I agree.
5. I don't think I've ever really paid attention when snacking on it.
6. Perhaps you should sacrifice a tree. I don't use Rosemary very much.
7. I think Tom Leonard's might count as that here.
8. I think you are correct.
9. I am very picky about Potato salad and only eat two different kinds.
10. I agree with this, but I like the convenience of gas.
Hmm, check out my blog for what yummy thing I made with Puff pastry this week... YUMMO!
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