Garden Delights - CUCUMBERS & DILL

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This week I am featuring CUCUMBERS & DILL
Some things are just made to be together and in my opinion this veggie & herb are a perfect example of that type of combination.

The following are cucumber/dill blog posts that I have previously shared with you:
(click on each title to view the entire post)
Cucumber, Dill & Tender Zucchini Salad


Sandwich Sliced Dill Pickles

Spicy Dill Pickles

Bread & Butter Pickles (no dill)

And then one special year I grew a:

Chickadee Cucumber

(Part of my annual "Deformed Produce Hall of Fame" - 2017)

There are so many amazing cucumber varieties available at Mary's Heirloom Seeds but today I am going to mainly focus on PICKLING CUCUMBERS and the delicious herb DILL.  Click on each title if you would like to purchase and grow your own!:

Boston Pickling Cucumber - $0.99 a packet (25 seeds)
National Pickling Cucumber - $2.50 a packet (25 seeds)
White Wonder Cucumber - $2.50 a packet (35 seeds)

The following are 4 different DILL varieties available at Mary's Heirloom Seeds
(keep in mind that if you are pickling cucumbers you will need the seed head)

Dill Bouquet - $2.00 a packet (100 seeds)
Dill Dukat - $0.99 a packet (100 seeds)
Dill Mammoth - $2.25 a packet (100 seeds)
Dill Vierling - $3.00 a packet (100 seeds)

ENJOY!!

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Features From The Toledo Museum of Art - GLASS#3

Features From My Visit to: The Toledo Museum of Art - GLASS#3

TMA (Toledo Museum of Art) is one of my favorite places in Toledo, Ohio.  I first visited this beautiful museum when I was in high school in Canada.  I grew up in the Windsor area and I was privileged to go to a high school with an advanced art program.  We actually visited the TMA twice throughout my high school career.  I had no idea when I was a teenager that I would actually marry an American and then settle in the Toledo area!  I now visit my favorite museum once a year.

I will be featuring a few pieces from the TMA each month.

It's June and this month I will be featuring artwork that depicts something summery.

“Morning Glory Chandelier”

By MANUFACTURER- J. & L. Lobmeyr (Austrian, 1823-present)
Chandelier dated 1850-1860

I absolutely love this chandelier.  I have grown morning glories for many years now and this chandelier really does depict the wild meandering characteristics of the featured flower.

This glass masterpiece was not created by one artist in particular but rather a manufacturer.

Click HERE if you would like to learn how to
 grow and collect your own Morning Glory seeds

ENJOY!

Other TMA Posts:
GLASS#1 - Church Stained Glass
COUNTRY#1 - "Hazy Day on the Marshes"
COUNTRY#2 - "A Dutch Road"
PEOPLE#1 - "Rainy Day, Boston"
GLASS#2 - Tiffany Chandelier
PEOPLE#2 - "The Open Air Breakfast"
COUNTRY#3 - "The Scottish Highlands"
COUNTRY#4 - "The Country Gallants"

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Blackberry Lemon Cheesecake Pie RECIPE

Blackberry Lemon Cheesecake Pie
I'm doing a new series on Sundays about "The Fruit of the Spirit" - you see, when one becomes a Christian they are filled with the Holy Spirit.  As a result, there are certain characteristics that overflow from a Christian's life (like love, joy, kindness etc).

I decided that during the week after each "Fruit of the Spirit" post I will feature the actual fruit that I symbolically used for that characteristic.  Most recently we studied "KINDNESS" (click HERE to read the entire post "Fruit of the Spirit #5 - KINDNESS").  Today, I am featuring one of my recipe creations using BLACKBERRIES - (this was the fruit that I used as a symbol of KINDNESS).

PRINTABLE RECIPE





This recipe is a bit more complicated than most of the recipes that I have shared with you in the past.  I have separated it into 4 steps:
STEP#1 - Blackberry Juice
STEP#2 - Pie Crust & Chocolate Layer
STEP#3 - Cheesy layers
STEP#4 - Putting It All Together

STEP#1 - Blackberry Juice

1 1/2 cups fresh blackberries (rinsed and drained)

1 1/2 cups water cups water (preferably filtered water)

Prepare the blackberries as described above.  Place the blackberries and water in a medium pot and bring to boil.  Simmer on very low heat for about 30 minutes to an hour  Now you will need to strain the juice to separate the blackberry seeds/pulp from the liquid (see pictures above left).  Allow the juice to drain out of the colander for an hour (you should have 1 cup of juice after straining out the seeds).

Allow juice to cool and continue on to make the rest of the pie or place in the fridge for other uses.

NOTE - For this pie recipe you will only be using 1/8th of a cup of juice.  Use the rest of the juice to make syrup for waffles or pancakes (click HERE for Blackberry Syrup RECIPE)

STEP#2 - Pie Crust & Chocolate Layer

Click HERE to learn how to make your own pie crust - use the single crust recipe & bake in a preheated 475 degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until desired golden brown color is achieved.  Allow crust to cool.


Once the crust has cooled then melt 1 tablespoon chocolate chips with 1 tablespoon of coconut oil.  Gently spread along the bottom of the cooled pie crust (see picture above).  Please in the fridge to cool until step #4. 

STEP#3 - Cheesy layers

BLACKBERRY CHEESE LAYER

1/2 package cream cheese

1/4 cup powdered sugar

1/8th cup blackberry juice (from previous step - cooled of course!)

a few drops of red food coloring (optional)

1/2 cup whipping cream (already whipped with 1/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar)

With an electric mixer combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, juice and food coloring.  Mix until everything is combined and it should resemble the picture above on the left.  Now gently fold in the whipped cream and it should resemble the picture below. (set aside until building the pie) 

LEMON CHEESE LAYER

1/2 package cream cheese

1/4 cup powdered sugar

juice from half of a lemon (I also used the rind but there will be little rind bits so if you don't like that you may omit the rind)

a few drops of yellow food coloring (optional)

1/2 cup whipping cream (already whipped with 1/2 tablespoon vanilla sugar)

In a different bowl with an electric mixer combine the cream cheese, powdered sugar, juice and food coloring.  Mix until everything is combined and it should resemble the picture above on the right.  Now gently fold in the whipped cream and set aside.

STEP#4 - Putting It All Together
The chocolate layer should be hardened by now and the pie ready to be put together.  Spread the blackberry cheese layer on top of the thin chocolate layer in the bottom of the pie crust (previously baked and cooled).  Now gently spread the lemon cheese layer on top of the blackberry cheese layer.  Chill in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Cut, Serve & ENJOY!

Other Fruit Feature Posts:

STRAWBERRIES

LEMONS

HOMEMADE PEACH ICE CREAM

PEARS

BLACKBERRY CHEESECAKE PIE

GRAPES

APPLES

RASPBERRIES

BLUEBERRIES

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You're the STAR - Week#3 FAMILY (June 2018)

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Father's Day yesterday!

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