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CNYEats: A Taste of Utica Stuffed Grape Leaves

This weeks recipe for Central New York is Stuffed Grape Leaves, page 11 of A Taste of Utica. I had never heard of these tasty stuffed vegetables. Most people who have been making these for years will pick the leaves right from their own back yards. The grape leaves grow abundantly in Upstate New York. We have so many around our yard however I'm not quite sure the best time to pick them. If you do pick the leaves, you can keep them in a brine (not sure about freezing...anyone know?) until ready to use. My leaves for today's recipe were [...]

By Joanne|2009-09-06T11:55:15-04:00September 6, 2009|Food, Food thoughts, Life|1 Comment

Walk and Eat Nice with A Brownie Twist

Not the greatest of mornings. It was windy and cool. It had been raining all night and the sky still looked threatening. Shane and I reluctantly got up and out for a 5 + mile run. We just made it home before the rain started. There was no golf for Ted today so he had coffee and breakfast with the "boys". I went shopping, he picked up dog hair from the weight room. I picked up dog hair from the hallway. Shane put more dog hair all over the house. Who won the battle? Guess! "Woof". ================================================================= We went on [...]