WHAT WE'RE GROWING FOR EATS

Some of you may know that my husband is a fanatic vegetable gardener. He not only grows fruits and vegetables in our yard, but has more in an empy lot down the street...10,000 SF worth. Whew!

Someone asked me an innocent question the other day about what we were growing in our gardens.  I began answering without realizing I'd become breathless with the long list. I think he regretted asking too. 

Below are some of the fruits and vegetables my hard-working husband grew this year:

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RASPBERRIES IN A CUP

Such pretty fruit, should be served in a pretty cup.

SWEET LITTLE RASPBERRIES

As I celebrate the planting of our new raspberry shrubs it made me think of a trip my mother-in-law made last year with my husband's aunt.  They visited a raspberry farm and tasted several different cultivars of these pretty berries.  I didn't realize how many types there were...even yellow and orange ones!  I would have loved to try all those sweet little things.

RASPBERRIES IN A BOX

I am so excited! We planted our first raspberry shrubs!  Though it may take a couple of years to enjoy these sweet, red fruits - I'll attempt to be patient.  We'll just relish the strawberries we planted last year for now.

Yummy Granola Bars!

A perk from attending Camp Blogaway is all the neat giveaways from different food companies.  Sunbelt Bakery was one of those generous lads.  A couple of months ago they sent my family a wonderful sampler of granola bars.  My husband is already a big fan of Sunbelt (buying them for school lunches), but this gave us an opportunity to try some new flavors including peanut butter chip, fudge dipped coconut, raspberry and golden almond.  Though they were all good my daughter picked raspberry as her favorite and my son loved the golden almond.  A big thanks to Sunbelt Bakery for sharing their goodies with us!

Raspberries

There is no need for candy when raspberries exist.  I love these and wish for a large raspberry patch.

Raspberry Tea, Spaghetti, and Tea Again

Geez, I must have had tea on the brain when I drew these.  I really do like that spaghetti illustration.

Raspberries

Today I wanted to share one of my favorite raspberry illustrations...in honor of my third challenge submission to the Foodbuzz Project Food Blog competition.

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Green Tea Cheesecake

Here is a fantastic cheesecake to add to this green tea madness.  Please visit My Kitchen Notes to get the full recipe and great photos to boot.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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