How To Store Lemons, Limes & Other Citrus Fruits

How should you store lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits and other citrus fruits? Since fruits typically keep better in the fridge, many people toss a lemon, lime, orange or grapefruit into the produce bin as soon as they bring it home. But that’s not the best way to store your citrus. Citrus is warm weather fruit.…
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RECIPE: Holiday Cranberry Sauce

It’s easy to make from scratch. Photo by M. Sheldrake | IST. Whether you’re planning a duck, goose, ham or turkey for Christmas, make your own delicious cranberry sauce as a side. It’s easy, and tastes so much better than store-bought. CRANBERRY SAUCE RECIPE Ingredients 1 pound frozen or fresh cranberries Juice of 2 navel…
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RECIPE: Blueberry Cranberry Relish

Add blueberries to your cranberry relish. Recipe and photo courtesy Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.   It isn’t blueberry season—at least not in the U.S. But fresh blueberries from Chile are available. Not at low summer prices, mind you. But those who love their blueberries year-round need not go without. One reason to buy fresh blueberries…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Stop Apples From Turning Brown

How do you keep a sliced apple from turning brown? (Here’s why apples turn brown.) Our grandmother dipped the slices into a solution of lemon juice and water. But the experts at the U.S. Apple Association recommend fortified apple juice, a better alternative not available to Granny (or to Mom, either). The vitamin C that…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Starfruit (Carambola)

Don’t pass up the opportunity to decorate your food with starfruit this season. These “edible stars” can be used just about everywhere: A garnish on anything from drinks to desserts As a “star” ingredient in fruit salad On fruit or cheese skewers   They pair with savory as well as sweet foods, and are a…
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