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I heart tomatoes September 27, 2008

Filed under: Veggie Dishes and Salads — Gina @ 4:59 pm

Tomato, Basil and Feta salad

I gotta hand it to my friend Jeff. He always steers me right. The latest savory gem is so easy! I’ve done this two weeks in a row with the tomatoes I received in my Beachgreens delivery. Last week it was orange heirlooms, this week orange cherry tomatoes. The recipe is the same.  Chop up the tomatoes, add some fresh basil (picked mine the same day from my shared garden at the Long Beach Organic garden), trickle with some best quality olive oil, chunk up some feta on top, salt/pepper to taste, and that’s it! I promise you, you will wonder how such simple flavors can taste so incredible together. Enjoy!


The Omnivore 100 September 19, 2008

Filed under: Miscellaneous Stuff — Gina @ 11:16 am

My good friend Cari sent me this and I can’t resist the game. It started with the A Very Good Taste blog posting.  Bloggers around to the world are challenged to do the following:

1) Copy the list below into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.

Here’s what I’ve eaten from the VGT Omnivore’s Hundred list–I will eat just about anything except meats made from organs:


Alert! CosmicRhino recipe takes first place! September 4, 2008

Filed under: Miscellaneous Stuff — Gina @ 5:30 pm

Yes, it’s true. Last weekend, my healthy zucchini bread recipe won first place at the Kittitas County Fair, in Ellensburg, Washington. Well, it’s not really my recipe, it’s my sister Jill’s, but I’ll take credit for getting the recipe out to all four of my blog readers (you know who you are!). Anyhoo, I got the word from CosmicRhino mom, Jere (reader #1), so hopefully Jill can post a comment here and give us the real scoop.