Fruit / Soups / Vegetables

Red Lentil Soup with Lemon

When the weather starts to get chilly, I'm always on the lookout for a good, comforting soup recipe. Although I hated them as a child, I now love lentils (perhaps…

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November 7, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Desserts / Eggs / Fruit / Nuts

Apple Cake

I'm going to let my husband say a few words because he LOVED this apple cake.    I thought it tasted like something that came from a bakery, not from my…

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October 27, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Fruit

Whole Wheat Apple Muffins

I was responsible for snack at the boys' soccer game today, so I brought up a bunch of sliced-up oranges and a batch of these muffins. The team made short…

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October 17, 2010

Breakfast/Brunch / Desserts / Fruit / Nuts

Breakfast Apple Granola Crisp

We went to Shelter Island last weekend. It was a long weekend; Monday was Columbus Day. On the way out, we stopped at an apple orchard to pick apples. We…

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October 14, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Eggs / Fruit

Cinnamon Applesauce Muffins

I made these last night to serve for breakfast this morning. The boys really liked them. The original recipe uses allspice and calls for nuts. I didn't have any allspice,…

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October 5, 2010

Breakfast/Brunch / Desserts / Fruit

Fresh Pear Pie with Dried Cherries and Brown Sugar Streusel

This is one of the best fruit pies I have ever eaten! I'm not a huge fruit pie fan in general, but there's something about this pie that's just incredible.…

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September 24, 2010

Cheese / Dairy / Desserts / Fruit

Carole’s Whipped Cream Pie

Carole is my mother and she has been making these summer pies for as long as I can remember.   This is one of my favorite summer desserts.  When we were…

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September 1, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Chocolate / Dairy / Eggs / Fruit

Mini Maple Pancake Muffins

My boys LOVED these!  In the city I have a gas range and big griddle so it's fairly easy to make pancakes, but here on Shelter Island we have an…

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September 1, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Dairy / Desserts / Eggs / Fruit

Blueberry Crumb Cake

This is another result of the blueberry picking excursion with the boys a couple of days ago.  As I do with recipes that I really like, I made two of…

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August 30, 2010

Breads and Muffins / Breakfast/Brunch / Eggs / Fruit

Blueberry Scones with Lemon Glaze

We took the boys berry picking the other day and we came home with 4 pints of delicious blueberries and a pint of sweet raspberries. We could have picked a…

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August 28, 2010