Basil Berry Ice Cream 2 oz Basil 2 cups cream 2 cups half and half 1 Qt Raspberries and Blackberries 7/8 Cup Sugar Take Basil and bruise with mortar and pestle, or crush with your hands. Put basil in pitcher. Combine cream and half and half in pitcher with basil. Cover, refrigerate and let sit … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Apricot Ice Cream
Apricot Ice Cream 4 lbs ripe apricots (or peaches) 1/2 to 3/4 cups sugar 1/8 tsp salt Wash, peel, and mash your apricots. Add sugar and salt, cover and let sit in fridge until sugar is dissolved, a couple of hours. Next, combine in your ice cream maker: 1 teaspoon vanilla (or a vanilla bean, … Continue reading
Farmer Marty Visits Pig Village
During the blazing glory of summer, the veggie farmer is as busy as a wild dog. Free from the confines of the fence, the dog sniffs as much of the outside world as possible, knowing that freedom is only fleeting and adventure must be seized before capture and imminent imprisonment! I’m weeding, watering, harvesting, delivering … Continue reading
Veggie Stir Fry with Garlic and Parmesan. And, How to Eat Dinner Outdoors.
Summer is finally in full swing here in Boise, complete with hot temperatures and abundance of garden veggies! We recently organized an outdoor kitchen on the back porch. A few months ago, one of our photographs from this blog was selected for publication in Montana Outdoors Magazine! (It’s the photo of our Dutch Oven Gyros, … Continue reading
Cast Iron 