Dijon Crusted Lamb Roast with Mint Sauce
Wed, 17/03/10 – 8:13 | 3 Comments

Lava Lake lamb roast is crusted with dijon and served with a fresh mint sauce – perfect for your Easter dinner.

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Article Archive for August 2007

Cookies and Cream Ice Cream
Saturday, 11 Aug, 2007 – 2:10 | No Comment
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

Ice Cream? Why you will! This is the best ice cream we have made all year – not kidding! Let’s get churning …..

Grilled Burgers
Thursday, 9 Aug, 2007 – 14:36 | No Comment
Grilled Burgers

Had my special little friend, M. over for dinner tonight. He is a meat & potato kind of boy, so we sauteed some lean and mean hamburgers with simple browned garlic and salt and …

Wine Blogging Wednesday: Naked Chardonnay
Wednesday, 8 Aug, 2007 – 17:43 | No Comment
Wine Blogging Wednesday:  Naked Chardonnay

In response to Wine Blogging Wednesday # 36, we sought out a bottle of “Naked Chardonnay”. I found a very nice 2005 Four Vines Naked Chardonnay for about $15. We put it on …

Tomato and Olive Tart
Wednesday, 8 Aug, 2007 – 1:52 | One Comment
Tomato and Olive Tart

I was pretty excited when I went to the grocery store today and saw two of my favorite summer time items: figs (and lots of them) and dry-farmed tomatoes! So tonight I was …

Blogging by Mail …
Saturday, 4 Aug, 2007 – 22:30 | No Comment
Blogging by Mail …

I saw this event & thought it looked like fun & it was! We received a terrific package full of fun food items and a few little kitchy things as well! A …

Roasted Peach Ice Cream
Saturday, 4 Aug, 2007 – 22:21 | One Comment
Roasted Peach Ice Cream

I love roasted banana ice cream so I took some peaches I had, roasted them with a little brown sugar and fresh lavender and then added to a basic vanilla ice cream – wonderful!!

Grilled Pizza
Saturday, 4 Aug, 2007 – 22:04 | One Comment
Grilled Pizza

For dinner we had something besides a stuff pepper. It was a beautiful night and it was calling for us to enjoy our deck, so I whipped up some homemade pizza dough and we …

Stuffed Peppers
Saturday, 4 Aug, 2007 – 21:33 | No Comment
Stuffed Peppers

Can you tell we are down to bare bones in our house? Stuffed (yes, more) peppers for dinner. This time red bells with brown rice that I sauteed with shallots, garlic and some …