Good morning! More berries for a new dessert! Recipe is coming soon!
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About: Olya Sandstrom
Recent Posts by Olya Sandstrom
Cherry season
I think it's enough cherries for the cherry pie and pirozhki with cherries!
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Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a long, stalky plant that looks quite a bit like celery. In the spring, when there are no fruits and berries yet, fresh rhubarb is perfect for making tasty juices, sauces, and pies.
Rhubarb is a perennial plant that spreads by rhizomes. The stalks are the tasty part while the leaves are toxic. The stalks can vary in...
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Spring-Summer Salad
The very first greens in my garden come in April or early May and usually it's sorrel, chives, green garlic and parsley. Adding a couple more different herbs and vegetables to these greens gives me an excellent light, fresh and very healthy salad to start the season. Also you can add radishes and asparagus, which also are early spring vegetables....
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My garden today
Rhubarb Pie with Strawberries and Almonds
I never cooked rhubarb until lately when I started growing some in my garden and since then I tried a couple of delicious recipes, like Strawberry Rhubarb summer drink. This time I made a delicious rhubarb pie made with a crumbly shortcrust pastry and filled with sweet and tangy rhubarb-strawberry filling and crispy...
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Hello from Bemidji MN
Macarons with Nutella and Lingonberry Jam
Wow, how long it took me to cook Macarons! Almost everywhere I read about macarons they talked about the complexities and subtleties of making this dessert. Macarons from the store I don't like much and to travel to where they are made properly, I don't have the opportunity so I decided to try to cook them myself, and you...
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Blueberry pie with some strawberries
We made a blueberry pie again. This time with some strawberries from my garden, so simple and absolutely delicious!
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Morning after rain
