Summer Fruits & Vegetables: What’s In Season
Summer fruits and vegetables: what’s in season.
Category: Fruits, Nuts & Seeds
FOOD FUN: Cherry Ice Cubes
Cherry ice cubes. Photo courtesy HD Desktop Wallpapers. Take advantage of cherry season to make cherry ice cubes. Freeze cherries in the cube compartment (with the stems for more dazzle). Then, add them to cocktails, mocktails, soft drinks, juice, sparkling or still water. When the cubes melt, the cherries are the final treat. MORE…
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FOOD FUN: Horned Melon or Kiwano
Native to the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, and once commercially grown only in New Zealand (Kiwano® is a trademark of New Zealand growers), Kiwano melons are now grown in California and Mississippi as well as well as Africa, Australia and Chile. So you may be seeing more of them soon. The horned melon, Cucumis…
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RECIPE: Grilled Mango Bowls With Ice Cream
For Cinco de Mayo, these mango bowls are great as a dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or lemon sorbet. The recipe is from Urban Accents, which makes it with its Rio grande chili blend, an award winning chili seasoning that balances a smoky mesquite flavor with chili pepper, onion, garlic and bell…
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PRODUCE: Spring Fruits & Vegetables
Here’s what’s in season for Spring. Not everything may be available in your area, but what is there should be domestic—not imported from overseas. Some of the items are harvested for only a few weeks; others are around for a while. So peruse the list, note what you don’t want to miss out on, and…
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