By Wardeh on March 20, 2009
You can get some really great deals on regional or local fruit, if you’re willing to buy 20 or 40 pounds at a time. This is what we do, but we have trouble keeping the fruit fresh. I have no extra fridge room, nor a cellar (wouldn’t that be nice), and just keeping the boxes [...]
Posted in Weekly Kitchen Tips | Tagged fruit, harvest, Preserving Food, storage
By Wardeh on June 30, 2008
A friend gave me a similar recipe last summer. Kids love this applesauce — what I love is that it is easy, raw and nutritious! You will need a Vita-Mix or other such heavy duty blender.
(choose organic ingredients)
about 4 apples, sweet variety such as Fuji
handful of raw almonds
handful of raisins
1 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
1 cup pure [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Breakfast (Gluten-Free), Desserts and Cookies, Desserts and Cookies (Gluten-Free), Recipes, Sauces, Sauces (Gluten Free) | Tagged almonds, applesauce, fruit, kids, raisins, raw, snacks
By Wardeh on November 5, 2007
Making the Fruit-Sweetened Cranberry Relish today, I halved all the ingredients and made up a half batch in my food processor and the other half using the electric grinder attachment for the Bosch. I wanted to compare the methods and see which I preferred.
First, using the Bosch electric grinder attachment. I’ll include the pictures of [...]
Posted in Sauces, Sauces (Gluten Free), Side Dishes, Side Dishes (Gluten-Free) | Tagged cranberry, fruit, fruit sweetened, relish, Thanksgiving
By Wardeh on November 5, 2007
This is Monday’s recipe for the Baking Week we’re having at the T2CHK Message Board.
Today I am so excited to make this fruit-sweetened cranberry relish. My mom makes it every year and I have missed it. She has made it for so many people, who all love it.
It is really easy. You will need either [...]
Posted in Recipes, Sauces, Sauces (Gluten Free), Side Dishes, Side Dishes (Gluten-Free) | Tagged cranberry, dairy free, egg free, fruit, fruit sweetened, gluten free, relish, Thanksgiving
By Wardeh on September 24, 2007
Using some gorgeous Santa Rosa plums, I made a plum sauce on Saturday. I intended it for on top of Chocolate Ice Cream, and we did have it that way, but I’ve also been serving it scooped on top of our favorite breakfast porridge — Genius Breakfast Cereal. This morning, I am going to serve [...]
Posted in Recipes, Sauces, Sauces (Gluten Free) | Tagged fruit, ice cream, plum, plum sauce, Seasonal Produce
By Wardeh on September 15, 2007
I will show you some pictures of what I’m drying. My dehydrator has been going non-stop for a week. I only have the 3 trays that came with my American Harvest Snackmaster Dehydrator, which was given to me by a friend. I posted on Craig’s List yesterday that I am looking for more of these [...]
Posted in Kitchen Notes | Tagged dehydrating, freezing, fruit, Preserving Food, Seasonal Produce
By Wardeh on September 10, 2007
Pears are in abundance locally. We’ve received boxes of them from our doctor and from friends. Then I am also able to buy fun varieties of local, organic pears from a local farm for 50 cents per pound.
We’re eating gobs of the fresh pears, because this is the best time to eat them — during [...]
Posted in Kitchen Notes, Sauces, Sauces (Gluten Free) | Tagged dehydrating, fruit, pear, pear sauce, sauce
By Wardeh on August 24, 2007
We eat many fruits and vegetables and I like to keep them in big bowls on the counter. Some fruits are there because they’re ripening, others are there because that’s the temperature they like best. I want my counter to look like this.
Big bowls of fruit on my counter (taken last summer)
I began this summer [...]
Posted in Recipes, Techniques and Tutorials | Tagged fruit, fruit flies
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