Ellena is four months old. She’s such a darling little thing and the easiest of babies to care for. She’s all smiles and sugar 99% of the time. The other time, she’s usually asleep or hungry. This month she began to hold her own bottle and she babbles so much. She giggles when we tickle her, and when she’s tickled by something. She reaches out to grab my face and is noticing more and more of her world each day. Her favorite toy continues to be Sophie La Giraffe….
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I Miss Italy - Balsamic Strawberries Over Ice Cream Recipe
I pretty much fell in love with Italy from day one, and lately I’ve really been missing my life there. In a place that changes little with the decades, each time I would go out, it often felt like a new experience because there was so much to see; even in the small little town I lived in.
I thought I’d share a super easy desert I enjoyed that is so quintessentially Italian, and yet isn’t a tiramisu or cannoli. Fragole all’aceto balsamico or balsamic vinegar and strawberries pair beautifully; you’ll see this pairing in their cuisine frequently. A strawberry balsamic vinegar reduction as a sauce over steak was a popular dish at a local restaurant, near where I lived. My favorite is a simple combination of the two. You could easily serve these strawberries over a white cake or perhaps even a chocolate cake, but since it’s the summer lets do ice cream and be merry….