Archives | July, 2010
Fresh Bing Cherry Ice Cream

Fresh Bing Cherry Ice Cream

Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Chicks Dig It, Dessert, Food, Fruit, Vegetarian

In between marathon blog redesign sessions, I’ve had a teensy bit of a life. I think it’s still summer – it is, right? I think the weather is pretty nice. I think my dogs and my guy still like me well enough. I think. As far as my guy is concerned, I’m pretty sure it helped that [...]

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Goodbye… Hello! (The New Hazel Bloom)

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Life, More

Remember this? Today I’m here to tell you this is so, totally, yesterday. After much agonizing, obsessing, tweaking, retweaking, and re-retweaking, it’s finally here… welcome to your brand-spankin’-new Bloom! Isn’t it sweet? My little blog is growing up! In fact, The Hazel Bloom will be one whole year old in September. Time does fly. I’ve [...]

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Ginger and Lemongrass Iced Green Tea

Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Chicks Dig It, Drinks, Food

I’m on a couple of kicks lately. Well – come to think of it – several kicks. I’m just going to talk about two of ‘em today.

Lately I’m a little obsessed with both iced green tea and fluffy beach reads. It is summer, after all. I’ve made raspberry lemon iced green tea (good), strawberry mint (also good), and blueberry (pretty color, but needs work). And the books, you ask? Well, I finally read [...]

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Gooseberry-Blueberry Jam

Monday, July 19, 2010 in Canning and Preservation, Food, Fruit, Sauces, Jams, and Condiments

Tart-sweet blueberries, as it turns out, are the perfect complement to gooseberries. Together, they make a sweet, flavorful and simply stunning magenta jam that’ll knock your Crocs off. And because gooseberries are naturally high in pectin, you can leave your box of the stuff in the cupboard. It thickens up beautifully on its own.

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Perfect Panzanella

Friday, July 16, 2010 in Chicks Dig It, Food, Soups and Salads, Vegetarian

Panzanella may be the best salad idea ever – and I’m pretty sure this is the perfect panzanella recipe. Olive-oil-toasted bread hunks, rustic chops of green and red peppers, tomatoes, and more, plus basil plucked fresh from the garden… good, good, good stuff.

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Pizza Bianca

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 in Breads, Cheese, Chicks Dig It, Food, Main Dishes, Vegetarian

I've been holding out on you guys. It's totally a big deal, too. Okay, not really.   It's about pizza. The other day when I posted about Pizza on the Barbecue? I neglected to talk about my very, very, VERY favorite kind of grilled pizza. Pizza Bianca – a.k.a. White Pizza. So simple, and so [...]

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Bake it Pretty Grab Bag

Friday, July 9, 2010 in Food, Tools and Goodies

If you’ve visited this blog before, you’ve probably seen that I’m a huge fan of Bake it Pretty. We’re talking seriously cute cupcake liners, straws, vintage-y party supplies, bakery boxes, kitchen twine in terrific colors… heaven. The first time I ordered from Bake it Pretty, I realllly wanted one of the grab bags. Grab bags [...]

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Watermelon-Basil Sorbet with Fleur de Sel

Thursday, July 8, 2010 in Chicks Dig It, Dessert, Food, Fruit, Gluten Free, Vegetarian

How do you spell "refreshing?" … Well, hmm. Wait a minute. This doesn't really work in print, does it? So much for the Rolaids/relief approach. Let me try again. How about some Watermelon-Basil Sorbet, everyone?! It's refreshing. No really. Tongue tinglingly, brain freezingly, coolingly refreshing. What I'm trying to say here is that the combo [...]

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This One’s For the Dogs: Chickenpops

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in Chicken, Food, Four-Legged Friends

Baby, it’s hot outside. Even here in Seattle, where we’ve been oh-so semi-patiently waiting for summer to finally get here, we’re supposed to see temps in the 90′s over the next couple of days. Woo hoo! While we humans like to cool off with icy treats like sorbet, iced coffee, and oh, say, a glass [...]

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Blueberry Muffins

Sunday, July 4, 2010 in Breads, Breakfast, Food, Fruit, Vegetarian

As I type, my guy is sulking. Just a tad – he's not much of a sulker, usually. But about 5 minutes ago, he dropped a well-buttered, fresh-out-of-the-oven blueberry muffin on the carpet. The top half, of course. Butter side down. Of course. The dogs, they were happy. My guy? Not so much. Even though [...]

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Chocolate Chocolate Ice Cream

Friday, July 2, 2010 in Chicks Dig It, Dessert, Food, Gluten Free, Gruntworthy for Guys, Vegetarian

July is National Ice Cream Month.

Don’t get me wrong – celebrating ice cream is an idea I can get behind – but I have to wonder, who comes up with these things? It’s the special days that really get me. For instance, today is I Forgot Day. How do you celebrate this (other than with my general absentmindedness that needs no special day)? [...]

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Pizza on the Barbecue

Pizza on the Barbecue

Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Adaptetarian, Breads, Cheese, Chicks Dig It, Entertaining, Food, Gruntworthy for Guys, Kid Friendly, Main Dishes

Been wondering just how easy (or hard) it is to barbecue a pizza? Hint: It’s easier than you probably think. Think flavorful olive-oil-based crust, parchment paper for easy transfer on and off the grill, and any fresh topping you can think of. Once you try grilling pizza on the barbecue, I bet you’ll be hooked.

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