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Fresh, delicious and easy appetizer. The sweet tomatoes contrasts with the salty cheese, the fragrant aroma of basil, garlic oil and a little sour taste of vinegar. Best served immediately after preparing....
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This is an excellent idea for a cocktail party. Everything is on a stick making it easy to eat. Around this time of year I have hundreds of small cherry tomatoes and this is a great way to use them. Fresh and tasty!
Prepare the balsamic sauce as described in this recipe: ‘Italian...
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Ornamental grasses are great additions to every garden. They are low-maintenance, grow in poor soil, add year-round interest, and vary widely in size, shape, conformation, and color. Some grow best in cool weather, others in hot. A few will grow in shade. Some spread from rhizomes and will fill in large areas, while most are clump-forming and stay confined.
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Light, fresh and tasty salad, a great side dish to meat or fish. You can add small balls of mozzarella....
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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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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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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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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 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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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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