Tag: strawberries
TIP OF THE DAY: Fruit In A Green Salad
Enjoy the summer’s fruit bounty straight, in fruit salads, yogurt, pies, ice cream, smoothies and … green salad. Strawberries or watermelon salad plus greens and feta or goat cheese are time-honored additions to a green salad. But you can create your own recipe. For a July 4th salad, how about a red, white and blue…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Defrosting Frozen Berries
Don’t turn your nose up at frozen berries. They can be sweeter than imported, out-of-season berries. Photo courtesy Wyman’s. Some people turn up their noses at the thought of frozen berries. But they’re convenient year-round and in the off season, they’re economical and can be sweeter, too. Picked at the peak of ripeness and…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Substitute Citrus For Tomatoes
Last week we profiled the cara cara orange, a mutation from Venezuela with sweet, rosy flesh. Earlier we discussed their rosy-fleshed cousin: the blood orange, native to Sicily. Before spring and summer fruits arrive, we harness the color and flavor these rosy oranges to bring pizzazz to a green salad. Pink grapefruit works, too. The…
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