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Pizza Lab #20: Raspberry Tart Pizza
One of my favorite pastimes of the Summer is eating fruit straight off the bushes at my parents’ house. I could make a quick breakfast or even lunch just out of foraging around the yard. And no, they don’t live in some remote backwoods town deep within the Ozarks, they live right here in Patchogue on Long Island. The suburbs. 10 minutes away from a frigging Wal-mart. But! There’s everything ranging from blueberries to raspberries to apples to pears growing there; their property is a lesson on the virtues of planting edible landscaping when you finally own a home. Of course that’s an article for a different time, but for now we’ll dive into this edition of Pizza Lab, which was fashioned from the fresh, organic, homegrown raspberries I bring up.
Smoothie Sunday: Watermelon Kiwi Smoothie
As soon as I saw the watermelon in my kitchen I knew I wanted to try making a watermelon smoothie. I also knew I wanted to have some other fruit in it. After some research I decided to use kiwi. Also, I had an extra kiwi from the kiwi strawberry smoothie and wanted to use it before it went bad. The combination was really nice and refreshing.
In retrospect I realize this smoothie is better as a snack/refresher because it wasn’t as filling as most of the smoothies I’ve made so far. But it’s still really yummy and worth making.
Ingredients picture.
The Snack Report: Limeade Oreos
Continuing with this week’s theme of Oreo reviews (and our never ending quest to get free cookies sent to us) I am here to review another limited edition Oreo flavor out now: Limeade. I was instantly intrigued when I saw these cookies in the grocery store last week, mostly because of the bright green filling. Luckily they happened to be on sale, so they quickly made their way into my shopping cart. However I became a bit wary after running into the Oreo rep lady, who happened to be there refilling the shelves. Her opinion of them was, “They’re not terrible.” While that’s certainly a good sign, it’s also not the highest praise either. So…how did I find them to be?
Smoothie Sunday: Blueberry Oatmeal Smoothie
I like eating oatmeal for breakfast, and usually have it at least once a week during the colder months. Unfortunately during the summer it’s usually too hot for me to want to eat something hot for breakfast. But this year instead of giving up on oatmeal for the next 3ish months I decided to try working it into some of my smoothies. In my research I noticed that most people just toss oatmeal into the smoothie and let it absorb the liquid for a few minutes before blending. But I didn’t want this to be a smoothie that just happened to have oats in it…I wanted it to be an oatmeal smoothie. So I decided to mix things up and use overnight oatmeal in my smoothie. Overnight refrigerator oatmeal is made by mixing oats, milk, yogurt and other flavorings in a container and letting it sit in the fridge overnight. By morning the oatmeal is nice and soft and ready to eat. So this smoothie involves a bit of advanced planning, but I think it’s worth it.
Ingredients photo.
Quick Recipe: Strawberry Shortcake Pancakes
These pancakes are a delicious way to add fresh strawberries into your breakfast. Shortcake is one of my favorite desserts of all time, so I made this recipe to change up the basic pancake formula to make them a bit sweeter and more buttery, since shortcake tends to have a higher fat content than other cakes. The strawberries themselves form a natural syrup with sugar added onto them, so this gets poured onto the tops, making everything delicious and berry-flavored.
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