Category: Fruits, Nuts & Seeds

TIP OF THE DAY: Black Mission & Green Kadota Figs

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Summer is fresh fig season. If you enjoy dried figs the rest of the year, go out of your way to enjoy them fresh. Last month we wrote about how to use fresh figs for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But we’ve been reveling in them in the weeks since then, and want to send this…
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Fresh Peach Bellini Cocktail Recipe & The History Of The Bellini

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Peaches and Prosecco: What could be more refreshing? For National Bellini Day, June 23rd, we were inspired to look for the ripest peaches we could find, even though peak peach season is not yet upon us. In the off-season, you can buy frozen peach purée or (surprise!) baby food puréed peaches. Fresh or frozen, you…
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TIP OF THE DAY: “Kaleidoscope” Summer Fruit Salad

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Our mom, who could supreme a citrus fruit fast enough to qualify for the Cooking Olympics, made a huge bowl of fresh fruit salad for us to snack on over summer weekends. It was a healthier alternative, but still had eye- and palate appeal for kids. Winter fruit salad colors were a mix of pink…
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RECIPE: Watermelon Pizza

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How about a watermelon pizza for National Watermelon Day, August 3rd? Here are two snack or dessert recipes, and they couldn’t be easier. The first is from the National Watermelon Promotion Board, Watermelon.org. RECIPE: WATERMELON PIZZA Ingredients For 6 Servings 1 watermelon round, from a watermelon 8 to 10 inches in diameter, sliced 1 inch…
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RECIPE: Fruit Salad With Shrimp

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We really like this idea from RA Sushi: A shrimp salad with watermelon cubes, kiwi slices, tangerine segments, baby arugula leaves and microgreens (you can substitute sprouts or herbs). RA Sushi serves it as an entrée, with a Watermelon Margarita to wash it down (the Margarita recipe is below). The fruit salad dressing recipes below…
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