It’s officially strawberry season here in Oregon, and I am thrilled. I went out to Sauvie Island last week to do a little strawberry picking at Bella Organic. Sidenote from a Portland newbie: Did you know Sauvie Island is actually an island in the Columbia River? I had no idea. Obviously, this makes sense, but…
whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagels.
I woke up the other day craving bagels. Specifically, a cinnamon raisin bagel. I don’t know that I’ve ever craved a bagel before. I have certainly craved marionberry cream cheese with an intensity most of you wouldn’t understand, but on this particular day, I desperately wanted a bagel. But rather than pay for the immediate…
coffee and doughnuts ice cream.
Oh my goodness. This ice cream. As you may recall from the Portland Donut Crawl, I promised to make ice cream with doughnuts from the winning shop. Pip’s Original came out way, way, way on top, so I picked up a few dozen cinnamon sugar doughnuts and got experimenting with ice cream. And self-control. I…
summer salsa.
I know it’s not quite summer yet. And I know I’m currently curled up under a blanket, wishing these gray skies would turn blue, and seriously contemplating turning the heat on again. But if you close your eyes, turn on some summer jams, and eat this salsa, it’s pretty close to the real deal. This…
banana orange burst muffins.
Eric and I are now the proud owners of our very own wetsuits. We need wetsuits for the swim portion of our Canadian half-Ironman (read: swimming 1.2 miles in a cold lake in the great, white north), and after months of avoiding actually purchasing them, we finally bit the bullet and ordered some this week….
the ultimate peanut butter granola.
Let’s talk about Monday, which threw me off my normal schedule so much that on this Tuesday afternoon, I’m still thinking, “Man, Monday was wack.” I needed to go to the gym to swim for that little triathlon we’re training for (only 6 weeks to go!). This was the longest swim we’ve done so far,…
kentucky derby pie cookies.
Let’s sneak another Derby recipe in just under the wire. I’m almost certain that I’ve never had an “official Derby Pie” (a.k.a. one baked by Kern’s Kitchen, which has the name trademarked). Back home, we always made our own Derby Pie (or, unofficial-Derby-Pie) to celebrate the great horse race, but we’re technically not allowed to…
kentucky mint bourbonale.
The Kentucky Derby is this Saturday, and as an ode to our Old Kentucky Home, we’re celebrating with bourbon. I don’t know much about cocktails. So when I say I’ve invented this new and fantastic cocktail, I may be completely lying. For all I know, people have been making this exact same beverage for years….
easy berry cashew bars.
Remember these cashew date bars? We were (and are) big fans of those. But after eating a lot of them, I wanted something different. Something that tasted like fruit. Obviously, you can’t put fresh fruit in a granola bar and expect it to last very long or travel very well. So I got to thinking…
banana muffins with peach jam swirl.
Let’s celebrate jam. It will come as no surprise to you that I’m a jam lover. I think this all started back when I worked at a summer camp in Washington after my freshman year of college. It was there that all of us Southerners were introduced to marionberry jam. And it was the best….
the best buttermilk biscuits.
Once upon a time, we lived in a little town called Lexington. And in this town, we spent a year living in an apartment in an adorable, pink, historic home in the heart of downtown. And just around the corner from that apartment was a cute little brunch place called Doodles. And we could walk…
honey nut granola bars.
We Ringers straight up love to snack. I’ve always been a pretty intense snacker. In fact, some of my favorite foods are snack foods (cheese and crackers, anyone?), and if my meal planning only involved myself, I’d probably just eat yogurt and granola all day, every day. Luckily, I have a husband who enjoys actual…
simple berry crumble.
Valentine’s Day is upon us, and that means we need dessert. I’m generally of the “every dessert needs chocolate” mindset, but in these dark, dark, dark days of winter, I’ve been craving all things summer. I’ve been dreaming of fruit. Specifically, berries. Like, the wild berries you can pick on the side of the road…
sweet potato buttermilk pancakes.
We learned an important lesson in the Ringer household this week. And that lesson is that when you’re washing dishes, if you knock your biggest glass bowl off the edge of your rolling cart, the bowl will shatter into thousands of tiny pieces, taking small chunks out of your beautiful, brand new apartment floor, and…
sweet potato blueberry muffins.
Long live the sweet potato. I already knew I loved, loved, loved sweet potatoes. Specifically, I love sweet potato fries. I love the super crispy (read: horribly unhealthy) kind I can get at restaurants. And I love the softer, healthier version I make at home. I love a sweet potato cooked over an open fire…
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