With all of the rain, the gunmetal grey sky, and the blustery winds coming through bluff country, you can tell that winter is on it’s way. I’m tempted to make nothing but soup and not leave the house, but I’ve made myself go out for a walk every day to soak in as much sunshine…
apple pandowdy with cognac cream
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What could be more quintessentially autumn than the classic Apple Pandowdy? The name alone makes me think of farm kitchens, old school houses, red barns, changing leaves and pretty ladies cooking for their families wearing aprons made of floral, flour sack fabric and feeding a nearby stone fireplace with pine logs. This is classic, simple,…
last day of our autumn adventure ~ a six senses post
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seeing the sun rise over glittering Lake Superior with a warm cup of tea in one hand and my camera in the other…feeling beach rocks underfoot and the excitement of the changing season as geese fly overhead… hearing seagulls call and beautiful live music over brunch at Pizza Luce (yes, we ate there three days…
mushroom pizza on butternut squash crust with a truffle oil drizzle
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I’ve been experimenting with alternative, healthy ingredients for different crusts. Last week I posted a vegetarian quiche recipe with a golden carrot zucchini crust that was truly wonderful. This “pizza” is great too! You can make the butternut squash “crust” crispier by using less layers of squash, and spreading them into a bit of a…
sparkling cranberry apple crisp martini
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A lovely little libation for Ladies Night! Pink drinks are so pretty! Apple, cranberry and cinnamon sparkle in this yummy drink. Enjoy! In a martini shaker, mix: a handful of ice 1/4 cup cranberry juice cocktail 1 and 1/4 oz. Dr. McGillicuddy’s Intense Apple Pie Liqueur cinnamon, sugar and red cookie sugar for rim of…
guinness chili
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autumn adventure ~ day 2
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day two of our autumn adventure included: big orange pumpkins, gnarly tree branches, blueberry panckes with real maple syrup, poached eggs done just-so, black coffee and applewood smoked bacon, antiquing at a sweet place recommended to me by a photographer friend of mine, coffee bean fudge, Peace Tea for 3, chocolate rocks, mean waiters and…
autumn adventure ~ day 1
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romantic dinner ~ spaghetti pie
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six senses saturday ~ snuggling in
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feeling ~ yarn, the warmth of my fireplace and quilts… (find the free dress pattern I used and adapted HERE) seeing ~ kitties napping, a pile of thrift store books waiting to be read tasting ~ soft boiled eggs on buttery garlic toast with my morning tea…one of my absolute favorite breakfasts smelling ~ pumpkin…