DC-area deals, Eat, Write Retreat starts today

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Today's One Day Deal at participating Whole Foods is: buy 1 pint of blueberries (not organic) for $3.99 and get one free. Through the weekend, American Plant is offering purple-flower Verbena and deer-resistant Laurel for 25%  off their regular prices. ~~~~~~~~ I am so excited that the Eat, Write Retreat starts this afternoon. It's going to be such a wonderful learning opportunity and lots of fun too. I will keep you posted as best as possible.

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo- do you have your margarita supplies at the ready? Chips and salsa? Guac? Get psyched! We're having our annual party and fare will include corn and pepper enchiladas, bacalao and rice, lemon cheesecake with lime curd, and the aforementioned guac/salsa/margs. Fiesta!

Y'all, fab new riff on my regular muffins: blueberry, raspberry and banana! Will share recipe.

Super easy dessert, ratatouille gone springy

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If you read Em-i-lis with any regularity, you probably know that I looooove the little champagne mangoes (aka Ataulfo) that are in season right now. I just waxed rhapsodic about them last night. If you want something more along the lines of dessert AND like extremely simply recipes, look no further. 4 ingredients, a grill, 5 minutes, voila: Grilled Mango Sundae for Adults!

I will post the recipe, but in essence, you briefly grill the mango, cube it over vanilla ice cream, drizzle with Amaretto and serve with amaretti (those fab, lighter-than-air Italian cookies) or toasted almonds.

I was also inspired to make some roasted vegetables with a spring in their step. Pretty, huh?