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amazing heritage apples!

May 14, 2019 by vclayton

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Croatian Pizza

March 7, 2019 by vclayton

amazing pizza in Croatia, here is one with arugula, prosciutto, green olives and sheeps cheese,and a bit of tomato sauce on the bottom

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baking bagels at home

December 23, 2018 by vclayton

John decided to make bagels from scratch for us and he got amazing results!

inspiration recipe:

http://honestcooking.com/peter-reinharts-new-york-style-bagels-wild-sourdough/

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amazing egg sandwich for breakfast

October 24, 2018 by vclayton

John baked a seeded sourdough loaf and I made an openface egg sandwich with it, by toasting it and layering it with home made egg salad, with chopped cornichon and shredded romaine, the apple is from a local orchard!

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Miniature Japanese Maples fully grown in Highland Park

October 22, 2018 by vclayton

All the Japanese maples I could find in the park in Rochester NY.

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Shrimp Paella with Shishito peppers

September 3, 2018 by vclayton

This was the first time I made a shrimp only paella, and served with charred shishito peppers on the side.

 

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my father grilling sardines on island silba this summer

August 6, 2018 by vclayton

my father loves seafood and the island of Silba rarely sees any but they do have sardines flying in every now and then via local fishing boats that sell it as bait for the large tuna they are rasiing for the Japanese near Zadarhere he is patiently sitting by his new electric grill, tending to them and tmaking sure they get nicely toasted! they were delicious!

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salmon with lentils and green beans

May 23, 2018 by vclayton

Pan fry the salmon in butter and olive oil for two minutes per side, add salt and pepper, meanwhile cook the green beans in butter and a chopped shallot for five minutes, cook lentils in water with a bay leaf for 20 minutes, add a few tablespooons of home made tomato sauce when finished
Eat!

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buckwheat pancakes with boozy blueberries!

April 21, 2018 by vclayton

Buckwheat pancake mix, dried blueberries soaked in rum for a week, half a banana, a tangerine and maple syrup!!!!

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my new collection

December 2, 2017 by vclayton

laura is an incredible dancer and modeling my collection available at visnjaclayton.com

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Essential Certified Lotion

November 28, 2017 by vclayton

I found this online and wanted to share it, skin cream more affordable than most, for general use.

http://www.essentialwholesale.com/product/1001/essential-certified-lotion

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sour cherry (visnja)bomb /drink

November 21, 2017 by vclayton

I made sour cherry liquer again this year (see my recipe here…” finally bottling my cherry liquor”) and used the cherries to flavor a new drink I invented!

2 oz white rum
1/4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 oz sour cherry liqueur
a squirt of fresh lemon juice
one sour cherry pickled in brandy
lemon peel

shake on ice and serve in a small martini glass

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Sardine and tomato tartine

October 12, 2017 by vclayton

 

One tomato sliced
Can of sardines with chopped olives in olive oil
Fresh marjoram
Slice of country bread
Cream cheese
olive oil
salt and pepper

Voila!

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home made dog food-why can’t we find this in stores?

June 20, 2017 by vclayton

This meal is for my dog Gigi, a lucky girl!

1 pound ground lamb
1 cup chopped frozen spinach
1 cooked carrot chopped
1/2 cup cooked green beans, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 small cooked potato mashed
add stock or water to cover and cook for ten minutes

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my mozzarella plate with croatian pickled hot peppers

April 6, 2017 by vclayton

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tablesetting for brunch from our garden

November 4, 2016 by vclayton

An outdoors table setting, morning day or night!  For serving coffee and hot cereal, a spread of vegetables from our now fading garden, dishes and cutlery from a nearby Goodwill, and a few leaves from our maple!

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