Summer Harvest Fun

Week 30 of 2025

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Rosieness Revue
July 25th, 2025

We rarely cook for a crowd these days -

Yet we still enjoy the summer’s bounty - in small batches

It’s easy and fun to use an immersion blender for small batches of all of our favorites.

As a bonus -it’s less messy and clean up is easier

Any time you read blender or food processor in a recipe -

Just substitute immersion blender -

9 Ways To Use an Immersion Blender

These tips from Vitamix show you how an immersion blender is one of the most versatile kitchen appliances you can own. What is it, why you need it, and nine ways to use it

fooddrinklife.com/ways-to-use-an-immersion-blender

Immersion Blenders vary in price- corded ones are less expensive - you can find them at Target, Amazon , Walmart, Vitamix and Sur la Table with many different price points depending on color and features and accessories - Also known as stick blenders and hand blenders - It’s our preferred method for chopping up fresh herbs. We prefer the cordless model - this is the one that we use

KitchenAid Go Cordless Hand Blender with Accessories - battery included

We love going cordless whenever we can and this stick blender is no exception -much easier on a stove top - Also a fan of the beaker which has a spout and a handle.

amzn.to/46qluiy

Fun and Easy Recipes

Small Batch Basil Pesto With Immersion Blender • with or without nuts

A small batch basil pesto recipe that uses the immersion blender. A quick way to a popular Italian recipe that is more than just pasta sauce. We skip the nuts

electricbluefood.com/small-batch-basil-pesto

Salsa For One

Make a quick and fresh single serving salsa with tomatoes, onion, cilantro, and lime. Perfect for one and ready in minutes! This recipe is for a food processor - but the immersion blender makes it easier.

onedishkitchen.com/salsa-recipe

How to Make Fresh Tomato Sauce

It takes just 15 minutes to make a vibrant, healthy, fresh tomato sauce --- make this simple tomato sauce once and you'll never go back to jars again!

theviewfromgreatisland.com/minimal-monday-fresh-tomato-sauce

Simple Hummus Without Tahini - Using an Immersion Blender

This simple hummus without tahini takes 5 minutes to prepare, uses common ingredients, olive oil , garlic, lemon and cumin - which you are more likely to have on hand

www.thewholesomedish.com/simple-hummus-without-tahini

Jams and Confits

For Jams and Confits - the secret is chia seeds - they are flavorless and act as a thickener to create spreadable consistency - no more hunts for pectin -

Tomato & Onion Chia Seed Jam/Confit

What do you do with the surplus of tomatoes from your garden, farmer's market, or CSA share? Make a batch of this finger-licking good Tomato & Onion Chia Seed Jam. It's a great way to preserve and use up garden/farm fresh tomatoes. This Tomato & Onion Chia Seed Jam uses no pectin or gelatin. Rather you thicken the jam with chia seeds. When water is added to chia seeds, the chia causes the seeds to swell creating a gel which is low carb/keto friendly.

www.debbiemakeslowcarbdelicious.com/post/tomato-onion-chia-seed-jam

Easy Fruit Chia Jam

This easy chia jam recipe is made with strawberries and chia seeds and takes less than 15 minutes to whip up. It's loaded with fiber and protein, but no sugar. You can use any fruit with with this recipe - fresh or frozen - Use your immersion blender to get the consistency you want.

www.eatingbirdfood.com/easy-strawberry-chia-seed-jam

Use up fruit with refreshing smoothies

Good old standby for hot days

Immersion Blender Smoothie | KitchenAid

Immersion blenders can be used for more than just soups and sauces. Follow this recipe to make a smoothie with a hand blender. We mix ours with Coconut Water

www.kitchenaid.com/pinch-of-help/countertop-appliances/immersion-blender-smoothie.html

Everyone can make a difference

Teens Learn the Lost Arts of Sewing and Ironing at New Summer Camp Taught By Local Grandmas Staving off Loneliness

A group of high school girls is spending four weeks learning some new skills—like sewing, ironing, and cooking—from real grandmas in California.

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-learn-grandmas-lost-arts-at-summer-camp-and-love-it

This Week in History

World’s first "test tube" baby born -1978

On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be conceived via in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is born in Manchester England..

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-25/worlds-first-test-tube-baby-born

Word of the Week

What We are Reading

The Other March Sisters: by LindaEpstein, Ally Malinenko, Liz Parker,

Imaginative voices to the three other sisters of Little Woman - by three different authors - available on Kindle and in Hardcover - Paperback will be released in February 2026

amzn.to/3GARW7q

What We are Watching

Sullivan's Crossing (TV Series 2023– )TV-PG | Drama

Another series from Virgin River writer Robyn Carr - set in Nova Scotia and Boston - Three Seasons- Two are currently streaming on Netflix - additional season is available on CW network with ads, reportedly coming to Netflix in August

www.imdb.com/title/tt21064598/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

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Favorite Shows and Films

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Need Something to Read?

Rosieness Revue Book List on Goodreads

Some of our all time favorites.

www.goodreads.com/review/list/1789505-rosanna?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=rosieness-revue

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