Dinner, Lunch

Foraged Chanterelles in Pepper Cream Sauce, with Pasta

Tis the season here in New England (although the conditions are mostly too dry) for mushroom foraging. As I say every time I post something foraging related, please do not eat mushroom that you have collected yourself if you don’t know what you are doing. They can kill you, or even if they don’t kill you, can make you really darn sick. I have been mushroom foraging since I was literally a toddler (I found my first chanterelles when I couldn’t barely walk), so not to worry about me.

So this weekend, up in Maine, these lovely chanterelles were found. I had enough for this meal and there will be one more recipe from this round as well. This pasta dish was very yummy and very pepper-y. Chanterelles are pretty peppery to begin with and then this pepper cream sauce was really lush. Four stars, I’d definitely make it again!
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Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Bailey’s Irish Cream Toffee Bit Brownies

Bailey’s Irish Cream Toffee Bit Brownies! Just think how amazing these would be in a brownie sundae with a big scoop of vanilla (or coffee!) ice cream. I put a whole bag of both a Bailey’s Chips and Heath Bar Toffee Bits in the recipe, so they turned out almost fudge like. Extremely decadent. Incredibly irresistible!
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Breads

Rosemary Olive Boule, with Sundried Tomatoes

Here is another variation on my “no knead, bake in a Dutch oven” bread. This time, I decided to make a Rosemary (from my own garden) Olive and Sundried Tomato variation. Does Rosemary from my garden count as ‘from my garden’ so ok to use as this week’s Cook/Bake-a-long? Well, even if it doesn’t, boy, is this loaf delicious. I’ve just been dipping it in olive oil, but I’ll bet that it will make a pretty yummy grilled cheese sandwich too!
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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Blueberry Rhubarb Galette

Here is the second of my Cook/Bake-a-long submissions on the topic of “From my Garden”, “From the Farmer’s Market” and “From the Farm”: a Blueberry Rhubarb Galette: the blueberries are from Russell Orchards PYO and the rhubarb is from my parents garden up in Maine. Normally it’s strawberries that get the lovin’ with the rhubarb, but I think that it is fantastic with blueberries too. Very yummy!
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