Eliot's Eats

A life well read and well fed

Category: What we’re growing, eating, and doing.

  • Balsamic-Cinnamon Blueberry Jam

    Balsamic-Cinnamon Blueberry Jam

    I spent a Friday refreezing bulk blueberries (purchased in March from Bithell Farms).     Fourteen pounds of Oregon blueberries had been languishing in the freezer in the original big plastic bag they had been delivered in.    (I am such a slob, I didn’t even reseal the bag after breaking into the bounty after they were delivered.  …

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  • Blueberry-Granola Coffee Cake

    Blueberry-Granola Coffee Cake

    What’s one of the most delicious and fattening and unhealthy things for breakfast?   That could very well be a loaded question. For me, it is coffee cake.   If it is on a brunch buffet, I am taking two pieces. If I am driving through TenBucks (as The Hubs calls it), I will get a piece…

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  • Wanted:   Good Thoughts and Prayers (and Virtual Flowers)

    Wanted: Good Thoughts and Prayers (and Virtual Flowers)

    Please participate in this virtual flower sending drive for Abigail, a beautiful two-year-old who needs our thoughts and prayers.

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  • Avocado-Lime Popsicles

    Avocado-Lime Popsicles

    It’s popsicle time and here is a cool, limey unexpected one.

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  • Blackberry Jam Dressing with Basil

    Blackberry Jam Dressing with Basil

    The growing season is here.   Yeah!   I am ready for home grown veggies and fruit for salad.   Unfortunately, all I have harvested so far is carrots, beets and a bit of lettuce.    We did buy some peaches (allegedly from east Texas) during our recent trip to Houston.   We are trying to eat them all but…

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  • Texas dining

    Texas dining

    Our destination was Houston but we ended up experiencing France and Italy.

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  • Carrot and Cracked Wheat Salad

    Carrot and Cracked Wheat Salad

    Or “Bulgar Carrot Salad,” if you will. But since this is my “Delicatessen” Food ‘n Flix post, you might see why I went with “cracked.” 🙂

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  • Baking with Jam Round Up

    Baking with Jam Round Up

    It’s time to clean out the preserve pantry before I start stocking it up again. Here are some super simple recipes for jam cakes, jam bars, jam cookies, jam muffins, and a jam ice cream. (And for an added bonus: preserve recipes for the upcoming season!

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  • Carne Asada Pizza with Chevre and Cilantro Sauce

    Carne Asada Pizza with Chevre and Cilantro Sauce

    I developed this restaurant inspired meal from a now defunct restaurant that has found new life as a food trailer. (And, another reminder to remember the Moore tornado victims.)

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  • Moment of Silence

    Words can’t express the emotion and sympathy I feel for my fellow Oklahomans who have experienced devastation, loss of property and loss of family members in the past few days.    I just can’t believe that Moore has been hit twice with F-4 and F-5 tornadoes—in May 1999 and May 2013. I just keep watching images…

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