Category Archives: Food

One last peach on the final day of summer…

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Chinese New Year

Many, many moons ago we celebrated the Chinese New Year with our neighbors.  Everyone prepared food to enjoy…

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Fresh Figs on Friday

I just remembered that I prepared a few blog entries several months ago, but I never actually posted them!  I still have plenty of current photos to share with everyone, but I thought I would share some of the older items first.
I think “fig” is a strange word.  I don’t know why, but the more...

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Carrot Salad

Our neighbors made carrot salad for our Thanksgiving feast and I thought it was great!  If you’re looking for a new way to use carrots, try this recipe.  It’s a refreshing salad and it could easily be changed to include a variety of ingredients.

Carrot Salad
1 pound carrots – peeled and cut into ¼-inch slices
Boiling salted...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

This past Sunday, we celebrated Thanksgiving with our neighbors.  We are so thankful to live next to such wonderful people!!  Enjoy the photos from our celebration!
I’m still wondering how Larry got the turkey to fit in the oven…

Our neighbors from Australia made Lamingtons, a traditional Australian cake covered in chocolate and coconut.  Don’t they look...

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