Dirt to Table Experiences
Lemon Chicken Breasts and Gifts from the Garden
Our first salad greens were taken from our garden this week. The greens required nothing more than a toss in a simple vinaigrette. I had forgotten how amazing fresh greens from your garden directly to your table can taste. We needed only a simple entree that would compliment our salad greens and decided baked lemon
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Food + Drink
Cocktail Thursday-Basil Lemon Drop
Something that is well done is always better than something well said. ~Anonymous Basil Lemon Drop Makes 1 cocktail Recipe from Cafe Firenze Ingredients:1-1/2 oz Citrus Vodka1 oz. Cointreau1/2 oz. Sweet and SourFresh squeeze of lemon juice4 Basil leaves Directions:Take the basil leaves and cut them by hand, then place them in the mixing glass
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dessert
Luscious Lemon Cake
It’s my birthday! And this was my birthday cake! It is tradition in our family that you can select any meal that you would like to eat. Included in that deal, is the dessert that you want to enjoy. I have an advantage, my husband can bake. Unfortunately, for him he does not have the
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dessert
Lemon Parfaits with Blackberries
Whipped cream, fresh lemons and sweet blackberries. Doesn’t this parfait remind you of summer? In a short while, gone will be the cold, wet weather and in it’s place at least for us, will be the humid, hot Florida summers. This berry parfait is a good reminder of what we will soon be craving. Lemon
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Savoring the Season
It’s Thyme for Berries
Just this past week we visited Green Meadows Farm www.localharvest.org/farms/M23232 a small certified organic family owned blueberry farm located just outside Tallahassee in the community of Monticello. I arrived with my family and friends to pick the season’s early crop of blueberries. We arrived in the early evening when the humidity and warm temperatures had
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Food + Drink
Lemon Caper Marinated Shrimp
By special request. This one is for you Loek! 3lbs. large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 cup fresh lemon juice 2 white onions, sliced 1- 1/2 cups rice wine vinegar 1-cup extra virgin olive oil 1/3 -cup drained capers 2 Tablespoons minced parsley 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 Tablespoon poppy seeds 2 Tablespoons minced