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Celebrate Independence Day With Breakfast July 4, 2008

Casey Bisson @ 12:49 pm
Tags: banana, bananas, blueberries, blueberry, flag, fourth of july, fruit, independence day, july 4, july 4th, patriotic, patriotism, raspberries, raspberry, red white and blue, stars

Let the vexillographers cringe, flag desecration never tasted so good.

Sure, it’s barbecue season, but that’s no reason not to enjoy breakfast. And what better way to break fast on the Fourth of July than to dress waffles as sugary, fruity flags? Do that with your hamburgers. Do that with your potato salad. Do that with your hot dogs. (Okay, I can imagine a few ways to do that with all of those, so let’s see the pictures.)

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Sharon Clapp @ 5:47 pm
Tags: blueberries, blueberry, bread, breakfast, Homemade, Meals, quick bread, raspberry, raspeberries, snack, sour cream, sour cream bread, sour cream cake, sweet bread, Sweets

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Sour Cream Berry Bread July 29, 2007

TowerGirl @ 10:46 am
Tags: blueberries, blueberry, bread, breakfast, Homemade, Meals, quick bread, raspberry, raspeberries, snack, sour cream, sour cream bread, sour cream cake, sweet bread, Sweets

My wonderful neighbor, Wendy, went berry picking and dropped me off a large container with luscious, fresh blueberries and raspberries. I decided to try a bit of an experiment and use the batter for one my favorite cakes with the berries. The result was this heavenly sour cream berry bread.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour an 8-cup loaf pan.
Melt 5 tablespoons of salted butter, pour into a large bowl, let cool.

Add and stir together until smooth:

2/3 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup of sour cream
1 large eggs

Add in pinches to break up any lumps and whisk in:

3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder

Stir until just combined:

1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Fold in:

1 cup of berries (I used a 50-50 mix of blueberries and raspberries.

Pour into the bread pan and bake for one hour to one hour and 15 min.

The bread is delicious warm, cool, or toasted and buttered.

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Celebrate Independence Day With A Drink July 4, 2007

TowerGirl @ 12:35 am
Tags: alcohol, blue, blueberry, cocktail, cocktails, crushed ice, daiquiri, delicious drink, drink, fourth of july, frozen strawberries, holidays, Homemade, ice, independence day, july 4, july 4th, red, red white and blue, ripe banana, rum, star fruit, starfruit, strawberry, strawberry daiquiri, summer, Sweets, whipped cream, white, yankee doodle dandy

Ok, the truth is that at MaisonBisson we celebrate all holidays with a drink. Since we take cocktails quite seriously, I wanted something very pretty for the little Fourth of July soiree we were having. I have found that the secret to a perfect strawberry daiquiri is using frozen strawberries. I also use lots of crushed ice and a ripe banana — it adds a nice creaminess. I garnished with whipped cream, blueberries, and star fruit.

It’s an easy and delicious recipe.

2 cups crushed ice
1 cup rum (light or dark depending on your preference)
2 cups (a 16 oz tub) of frozen strawberries (thawed)
ripe banana

Combine all ingredients in a large blender that can crush ice. Blend, pour, and garnish.

Warning – this is a delicious drink and goes down really easy. If you are not careful you could find yourself standing by the bonfire and singing Yankee Doodle Dandy in your birthday suit.

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