I think that baking is a craft unto itself. And now that summer is here, there are plenty of recipes floating around the web for the fresh food in your garden and farmers market! I’ve tried quite a few so far, and some I have even changed up a bit to make them my own.
For starters, there is a great recipe at Angry Chicken for a rhubarb hand pie…and I do love rhubarb pie! From the pictures, it looks like she got some really sweet rhubarb (the redder it is, the sweeter it is) but I have found that boiling rhubarb in sugar water before using it makes the green rhubarb so much sweeter! Plus, I found that you can substitute other fruits with this same recipe…I took out half the rhubarb and replaced it with blueberries for a tangy mix.
I made a pineapple rhubarb pie for the county fair last month using this recipe from Cooks.com. It was kind of fun, I hadn’t entered anything in a fair since I was in 4H as a kid. It did pretty well, but I think I could have made the top crust look cuter!
Just today on the Craft magazine blog was a link to a yummy looking recipe for blueberry crumb bars from Smitten Kitchen and I’m thinking I might have to try that one out tomorrow!
Our cucumber plants are growing like crazy, so I need to learn how to properly can pickles. But until I do, I found a recipe for refrigerator pickles here. And another great way to use up cucumbers is to mix them with your ranch dressing and some fresh dill to make a dip.
If anyone have any other great recipes to share, please leave them in the comments! 
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That article made me hungry.