Valarie Russell on January 24th, 2012

What strange weather we are having thus far in 2012.  The birds and plants are really confused… I saw a huge red breasted robin the other morning… not sure if they haven’t flown south yet or already returned. We have wrens nesting in bird houses on the front porch too. I was walking around our […]

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Valarie Russell on January 24th, 2012

This is a great tasting salad I like to make when raspberries are in season, but I do purchase raspberries out of season to make this when we have fresh spinach available. I use my homemade raspberry vinegar when available, but often use Marzetti’s Raspberry vinaigrette in place of making it fresh. This picture is […]

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Valarie Russell on January 24th, 2012

This is an absolutely wonderful fresh tomato soup, however it’s kind of hard to make this soup fresh in the winter when the tomatoes and peppers are gone for the season.  This is one of my Mom’s favorite soups and she asked me to post it for her and her friends. So here is a quick way […]

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