Banana Rum Ice Cream
For Breakfast? YUM!!

by Cynthe on January 28, 2010

'Banana Rum Yum' organic ice cream is nice served with dried Banana chips for crunch & a drizzle of dark Rum

Bri must be smiling….

She knows I’d LOVE to find an excuse to eat organic gourmet ice cream for breakfast! But, REALLY…I didn’t. It’s just the way I time ice cream prep, often running our Cuisinart ice cream freezer first thing in the morning, so the soft frozen ice cream will have a chance to harden during the day for an after-dinner indulgence.

The bananas Bill buys vast quantities of have been ripening rather quickly the past few weeks. He prefers them [click to continue…]

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A Rainbow of Roasted Root Veggies for a Crowd

by Cynthe on January 8, 2010

Rainbow Roasted Root Vegetables are a deliciously nutritious, easy meal!

Rainbow Roasted Root Vegetables are a deliciously nutritious, easy meal!

Do you roast veggies? What an EASY delicious way to cook and eat nutritious veggies! This dish was inspired by a couple of roasted beet recipes I found on the web.

Bri introduced us to the idea of roasting vegetables, one of her favorite methods to get all the savory goodness out of foods that are, so often, taken for granted. [click to continue…]

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Date Nut Bread ~ A Delicious,
Low-Fat, Easy to Bake Treat

January 4, 2010

Did you do any special baking projects for the winter holidays? Our family usually bakes 5-6 different cookie recipes, dozens apiece to give as gifts. In the 1950-60s when I was a child, homemade & home-baked items were traditional holiday gifts for friends.
November to January happen to be the busiest months for our graphics & [...]

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Happy New Year! Wecome 2010

January 1, 2010

We Appreciate You being FigsWithBri readers
and an important part of our lives.

May 2010 bring out the BEST in each of us.
~ Cynthe & Marc,
Bill & Dave (from the home front)
and sweet Brizy…from her heart to ours to yours ~

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Christmas Gingerbread Kids
‘Portrait’ Cookies

December 18, 2009

WE always bake some sort of special holiday cookies for Christmas…to nibble…and give away as gifts.
Christmas 1998. This particular year, I decided to give our neighbors’ grade-school & high-school age kids fancy hand-decorated Gingerbread cookies as gifts. Marc & Bri were up from southern California visiting family for Christmas and always enjoyed holiday food [...]

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Thankful for Each One of You

November 25, 2009

Marc, Bill & I wish all our FWB readers, who celebrate the U.S. ‘Thanksgiving’ holiday a wonderful gathering with your families & friends tomorrow. And LOTS of yummy food to share!
If you’re looking for last-minute ideas, Thanksgiving was one of Bri’s favorite holidays and food savoring ‘events.’ You’ll find lots of yummy recipe posts written [...]

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Soft Spiced Honey Cookies

November 22, 2009

Last month, Marc was invited to a surprise October birthday pot-luck for two friends in Santa Cruz. Though the party had been planned awhile, somehow Marc hadn’t seen his email invite.  So getting ready to go was a last minute decision!
Marc couldn’t go without bringing a pot-luck dish. But…What to make? It needed to be [...]

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Heirloom Tomato Tastings!
Entice Farm Market Crowds

November 13, 2009

Invited my friend, Sandy, to accompany me to the 2009 Santa Rosa Farmers Market Heirloom Tomato Tasting on the last Saturday of September. I’d heard about these sorts of events for years, but never managed to get myself to one.
I grew heirloom tomatoes for over a decade, until our maturing ‘postage stamp’ property became too [...]

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