When I saw the magnificent herb garden that my husband planted complete with parsley, basil, Texas tarragon (I kid you not – must be really big tarragon to get that name), cilantro, and sage, I knew I had to enter a post in Kalyn’s Kitchen Weekend Herb Blogging.

But what to make? Then I saw this recipe at the Animal, Vegetable, Miracle website that supplements Barbara Kingsolver’s fantastic book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, I knew I had the perfect entry for the next edition of Weekend Herb Blogging, hosted by Srivalli from Cooking 4 All Seasons - Basil-Blackberry Crumble.

Basil in a dessert? Actually, it’s amazingly good in a sweet ‘n’ sour, slightly sophisticated sort of way. In fact, it reminds me a little bit of cold beet borsch. The vinegar (!) and basil may not be to your children’s taste, but have them give it a try anyway. If they don’t like it, don’t worry. Then there’s just more for you!

And not only did the basil come from our yard, so did the blackberries.

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Seems that Shawn, the organizer of the Carnival of the Recipes, and I are having one of those weeks. I got the time of my son’s basketball game wrong (he was an hour late) and nearly sent my husband to see Chris Rock a week later than the concert date.

Shawn on the other hand thought I was supposed to do this week’s Carnival. Actually, I’m supposed to do next week’s. But since it’s all done, go over to Food History for next week’s carnival…I think. We’ll get it figured out.

Enjoy these wonderful dishes with your family:

Lane presents Vegan Cream of Asparagus Soup posted at Vegan Bits. Don’t tell the kids is asparagus. Just tell them it’s green slime soup instead.

Bobby presents Chicken Parmesan Recipe posted at Free Online Recipes | Free Recipes.

N. & J. presents Sunday Morning Yum Yums- Baked Broccoli Frittata posted at Bad Human! Don’t take chemicals from strangers!.

Lovelyn presents Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe posted at The Art of Balanced Living. Nothing better than making pizza with the kids!

Keith presents Gorgonzola Salad posted at The Screaming Saucepan.

Marsha Hudnall presents Healthy Recipe: Genuine Northern Thai Style Papaya Salad with Peanuts posted at A Weight Lifted.

Arvid presents Indian Mango Ice-cream posted at Arvind Devalia.

Karen Dowell presents Oatmeal Gingerbread (and a cure for dizziness) posted at Wiggly Wigglers.

NerdMom presents Strawberry Amaretto Pastries posted at Nerd Family Food.

Kathee presents CHICKEN SPAGHETTI posted at Chicken Recipes. Also the name of one of my favorite children’s book blogs.

Michele presents Toscana Soup at Meanderings.

Jean Mosher presents Kelly’s New Vegetarian Cooking Blog « Always in Motion posted at Always in Motion.

Bill presents Amish Friendship Bread posted at World Famous Recipes. Baking bread is always a terrific family activity.

World Famous Recipes presents Braised Oxtails posted at Recipes.

Thelly presents Chicken Recipes – 4 Clove Garlic Vampire Chicken posted at Chicken Recipes.

Famous Recipes presents Butternut Squash Soup posted at Famous Recipes. My favorite soup to make for sick friends. And my kids love it!

Slow Cooker Recipes presents Slow Cooker Turkey Breast posted at Slow Cooker Recipes. A slow cooker (crockpot) is every parents best friend.

Diabetic Recipes presents Diabetic Recipes: Cocoa-Date Oatmeal posted at Diabetic Recipes.

East Valley Living presents Cauliflower Potato Salad posted at East Valley Living. Sneak those veggies into your kids’ diet!

Cookie presents Helen’s Meatloaf at Cooking Capers. Meatloaf – everyone’s favorite comfort food!