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We are lucky to share a pomegranate tree with our neighbor. It has wonderfully huge deep red fruit in the fall. We eat lots of pomegranates and I juice a fair number of them. I make jelly with the juice. This year, we had lots of fruit and I had lots of juice. I got tired of making jelly so I froze enough juice so I could make jelly later in the year. Recently I pulled it out of the freezer and made a batch of jelly. It is so spectacular. Since I love my PB & J - I use it as the jelly.
So many times I try to make a broccoli soup that reminds me of the broccoli, rice and cheese casserole my Mom made for holidays. But, sigh, I can never quite pull it off. Last time I tried, it was a glorious mess, albeit edible This recipe is a good substitute, a whole lot lighter and makes for a good lunch or light dinner. Make sure to serve it with a good crusty bread so you can sop up ever drip. This is vegetarian if you use vegetable broth.
It's coming up on Craig's birthday. Thus far we've had a steak dinner, clafoutis, a King Arthur Supreme Pizza and tonight a fresh strawberry pie. He loves pie, any sort of fruit pie. When strawberries come into season, he starts talking about Marie Callender's strawberry pie. Of course, I think I can make a better strawberry pie, one like my Mom used to make with her home grown strawberries. This recipe is nothing fancy, just made like your Mom used to make it. Next up for his B'Day is a gelato cake from Devine and a bottle of single malt. Oh, he is going to love it!
It is getting to be that time of the year when I make lots of clafoutis or flaugnarde. Clafoutis is properly the dish made with cherries and when made with other fruit it's called a flaugnarde. This version was made with rhubarb, and it is one of my favorites. And since I had just bought some very nice strawberries I added a handful, sliced. Cherry clafoutis recipe is below, too!
I really like strawberries. Growing up on the Ohio farm, my Mom had a large strawberry patch. We'd have strawberry shortcake til it came out our ears. She froze them and made jam. She also sold them to make a little money she set aside to buy things like a dishwasher and microwave. In March of this year when I went for a visit, she said strawberry jam was her favorite. Since it is strawberry season in California, I decided to head to our local growers get some and make jam. I plan to take her a jar next time I visit. I adapted a recipe from David Lebovitz.
