If you are lucky enough to live in Southern California, you are probably aware that Strawberry Season lasts all year. I used to look forward to late January & February when the first Strawberries began to ripen. We don’t have to do that anymore as there is always one type of strawberry or another that […]
Tag: Fruit
Friday night, 11/13 was our Teen/Preteen ‘Winter Comfort Food’ Class. Twelve young people between the ages of 10 & 16 gathered together to learn how to prepare and cook a menu for cold Winter nights. Creative Vegetable Soup Jeweled Meat Loaf Garlic Mashed Potatoes Cheesy Broccoli Casserole Foccacia Apple Crisp The students were divided […]
It is time for the Winter Holidays which include Chanukah, Christmas and New Years. Chanukah usually falls before Christmas and is celebrated by Jewish families around the world. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. When the Maccabeans recovered the […]
Our Apple Tree is still yielding its fruit, although we are very close to the end of the harvest now. We have shared the apples with the birds and the bunnies and many of our friends and family and we still have more than enough for our table. The apples we are picking now are ripe […]
Along with a productive Apple and Peach tree we also have an Asian Pear tree. The pear tree is not quite as productive as the other trees and the pears for the most part don’t get really big, however, they are sweet and flavorful. This year I tried out a new way to conceal and […]
We have an apple tree that produces amazing quantities of apples. It has done this ever since we planted it some twenty years ago, even when it was still a small tree. Last year I think I gave away about 200 hundred pounds of apples and still had plenty to use. When the […]
Our last day of Camp was desserts which were chosen by the students on the first day of camp. There were some interesting requests, most of which we were able to do. Two students put down vegetables on the dessert list. Not knowing whether someone was just trying to be funny or really meant it, […]
Here we go again. What to make out of the leftovers. Today’s leftovers consisted of a chicken breast, miso mayonnaise, some diced pineapple, short grain rice and mozzarella cheese. The Chicken Breast was turned into Chicken Salad: Dice the Chicken and the Pineapple and Mince 2 ribs Celery. Combine in a medium size bowl and […]
Today was another early rising day as we had decided to drive towards the northern end of Kauai to look for birds in the reserve in the Wailua River Valley. We also stopped to view the waterfall and to look over the Wailua River into the restored Hawaiian Village. It was a beautiful day and […]
Wednesday was a pretty simple day as far as activity goes. Most of the day was spent at the beach in the sun and surf and just lazing around the condo. For breakfast we had easy –over eggs on English Muffins with crispy bacon and coffee along with Banana Bread and Apple Bananas. For lunch […]