Light, fresh and tasty salad, a great side dish to meat or fish. You can add small balls of mozzarella....
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Cherry Tomato Salad with Onions and Basil
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Mango with Mint Raspberry Sauce
Sweet and sour refreshing summer dessert. By the way, this sauce can be used in any fruit salad, or you can add it to ice cream or serve with some pastries.
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Gooseberry Jam
Sweet and sour jam with little bit of cherry flavor. Gooseberry has a lot of natural pectin so you don't need to add more pectin to the jam. If you want to get a jam with almost whole berries, then pierce each berry with a needle before cooking. Don't add more
water than specified in the recipe, gooseberry's are very...
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Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Rosemary and Garlic
Easy, quick recipe, a wonderful side dish to meat or fish. Sweet cherry tomatoes with a nice garlic flavor and aroma of rosemary. Rosemary can be finely chopped or put twigs on top of tomatoes. Instead of rosemary, you can try other herbs such as thyme, oregano or basil....
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Blackcurrant Jam
Very healthy and fragrant jam that is sweet and sour. Like gooseberry, blackcurrant berries have enough pectin itself so you don't need to add more pectin. Jam can be stored for a year or more in a cool dark place. You can add the blackcurrant jam to tea, ice cream, pancakes or in different pastries.
Citrus Mint Lemonade
Citrus mint lemonade is a great reason to sit back and kick off your flip-flops. Try adding a bit of rum or tequila and you'll get a great drink for a party with friends. Limes can be replaced with lemons. If it's too sweet, add a little bit more club soda and lime juice to your taste. Perfect drink...
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Ferns
Hardy Ferns are the most ornamental of foliage plants, and their near-infinite diversity guarantees that every garden can make good use of them, they are a must-have for shade gardens. Ferns require little care and will thrive in many locations that would discourage fussier plants. They are also deer-resistant. Most prefer slightly acid, woodsy soil and require shade. They are...
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Cucumber-Tomato Salad
I look for easy ways to use fresh veggies during this laid-back time of year, so here is another simple recipe for when you have extra cucumbers and tomatoes.
This is a light tasty salad from my childhood. Usually we use sunflower oil, but it can be replaced with olive or vegetable oil, or alternatively mix the vegetables with sour...
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Lilies
Daylilies and lilies like to get their start in the fall. Lilies are bulbs with long, elegant stems and fragrant flowers.Because blooms open at various times, most lilies live one to two weeks. Colors include white, yellow, pink, red and orange; many have a deeper color (freckles) on the inner petal. Daylilies are perennials with long, slender foliage and...
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