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Food from your Hearth, Made for your Soul!
Happy Hearth and Soul Hop!
If you live in the US I hope you enjoyed your first unofficial long weekend of summer! If you have been reading along all these long months through our extra dreary winter and long and cold spring, you know I have been waiting for this with baited breath! I know by the dog days of summer I might be tired of the heat and humidity, as here on the island we do not have the pleasure of EVER saying–well, its a dry heat! Though we do have the pleasure of ocean breezes and if those are not cool enough we have the joy of the ocean itself to cool us down!
What fun we had this weekend! I almost forgot it was Monday and time for the hearth and soul hop! I packed a lovely picnic lunch and we had a spectacular 4 mile hike through country lanes and meadows down to the sea shore and back again. It is simply one of my greatest joys to walk through the wilderness and put my hands and feet into the sea! The lunch tasted even better because of the long walk and the sea air! I hope you had some fun times this weekend, or got some things done that you needed to do (like yard work, which we also did!) and I hope that you are all blessed with a lovely summer filled with fun, good food and great friends and family!
Now let’s get down to the Hop!
The Hearth and Soul Hop was born of our beliefs that food not only nourishes our bodies, but our souls! To really get clear on what we are talking about, please check out our nifty Hearth and Soul mission statement!
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This week I wanted to share a great salad recipe, but I didn’t take a picture of it, so it will have to wait! Decided to share a great “secret ingredient” to help you hide more fruits and vegetables in recipes for your kids, so check out my Sweet Baking Puree!
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May 30th, 2011 on 10:29 pm
Sounds like you had a great weekend. Thanks for hosting! And congrats to all the hosts for reaching #50!
This week I have a quick, easy dip for fruit skewers. A nice summer snack!
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Twitter: Rosy_Posy
May 31st, 2011 on 1:56 am
Sounds like the perfect weekend!! Here’s to the unofficial start of summer
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May 31st, 2011 on 5:04 am
Here’s a family favorite! Plus, come on over to enter my contest! Ending Wednesday!
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May 31st, 2011 on 7:52 am
Thanks a lot for hosting and sharing.I brought my Pork with tofu
Twitter: primaltoad
May 31st, 2011 on 12:34 pm
I don’t have a recipe or anything today. Instead I have a survivor challenge for you. Use your brain and have fun!
Question: If you could only survive on 7 foods, what would they be?!
I’ve done this for 10, 9, 8 and now its 7. Check back one month later for 6 foods!
May 31st, 2011 on 12:44 pm
Thanks for another week of hosting! I’m sharing my Slow-cooked Beef Brisket and Vegetables recipe for this week!
Enjoy!!!
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May 31st, 2011 on 10:09 pm
Hey Alex,
I live in MA so I totally get how good the hot weather feels after such a long winter and dreary Spring! Your walk to the beach sounds like fun! I’m a beach person myself even though I live 90 minutes away.
I added my tasty baby back ribs today. It has become our favorite thing to grill. Take care!
Twitter: FitFoodista
June 2nd, 2011 on 9:43 am
Hi Alex
I’m soooo with you on appreciating the weather after such a yucky winter. Hope this finds you well and happy!
I brought my barley apricot salad this week.