This isn't really a post about lemon ricotta pancakes. I wanted to do a post about lemon ricotta pancakes. The only problem was I didn't actually have any ricotta cheese. I did, however, have a tub of cottage cheese that was nearing its expiration. I feel like cottage cheese gets a bad rap. People either [...]
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Fig, Prosciutto, and Arugula Pizza
Pizza in French is "pizza". I know. Not terribly exciting. The French don't always come up with their own words for things. Pizza is one of them. "Weekend" is another, oddly enough. Anyways, remember how I said I was finding ways to use up my figs? Enter fig, prosciutto and arugula pizza. I started with a pre [...]
Strawberry Fig Jam
I have a fig tree in my back yard. Actually I have a fig, a peach, a lemon, and two apricot, but for now we'll focus on the fig. It's a huge tree and if I don't pick the figs as soon as they ripen they split open and all kinds of creatures come to feast [...]
Vanilla French Toast
I love freshly baked bread. Like can't-even-wait-until-I-get-home-so-I-tear-off-a-hunk-as I'm-walking-to-the-car-and-stuff-it-in-my-face love it. Crackly French bread, tangy sourdough bread, airy ciabatta. I love it all. If I had to choose between giving up carbs, meat, or dairy, meat would be the first to go. And I am a diehard meat-o-saurus but there is no way I would give [...]
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