An Apple A Day
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
My boys don’t always get around to eating an entire apple, and somedays I will find a few half-eaten Fuji’s resting around my kitchen counters.
The perfect solution (besides trying to track down the offending party and telling him to finish this apple!) is to cut up the remaining, oft dried-out fruit and throw into a saucepan of water. Add to that a few sticks of cinnamon and you have the perfect... READ MORE
Berry Good
Posted by DariaSockey in Food on Wednesday, June 29, 2011
I went with my youngest son for a walk last evening, bringing my camera along. We took a favorite path between a cornfield and a meadow, and discovered that the juicy jewels of summer — wild black raspberries — are ready for picking.
We’ll be back to this patch tomorrow, and several days thereafter, with pails in hand. These have ripened about a week earlier than usual, so I will be scrambling for... READ MORE
Dress up the Fruit?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Health on Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Make fruit pretty.
That’s what a group of Dutch researchers says we need to do to get children to eat it, after a recent study. They offered two plates of fruit, one with a more visually appealing presentation, and found that children ate an average of twice as much fruit from the prettier plate. Thus, their conclusion: dress fruit up, and kids will eat it.
You can read the whole article here. I’d... READ MORE
Filling Buckets
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, August 03, 2010
We go apple-picking in the fall, and when I was a kid my family went cherry-picking every summer as well.
But I’d never been blueberry picking before, until last week.
Blueberries for Sal was one of my favorite books at a little girl. Do you know it? Little Sal and her mother go blueberry picking on a hill in rural Maine, and get “all mixed up” with a mother bear and her cub. It all ends well, of... READ MORE
A Very Berry Pie
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Friday, July 23, 2010
For his 14th birthday on Tuesday, Eamon declined a traditional birthday cake and requested “pie with lots of different berries in it.”
The only problem was that I don’t happen to have a recipe for “pie with lots of different berries in it.”
The first place I decided to look was one of my favorite recipe sites: AllRecipes.com. I love how the recipes at this site are all rated by “real cooks” and there... READ MORE
Fitting in Five
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Homemaking on Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Arwen’s lovely veggie post earlier this week left my mouth watering. Perhaps I was tantalized by the incredible photo of all of those fresh veggies lined up so neatly, just waiting to be roasted. I felt inspired, and yet when I walked into my kitchen to find something to bake, I lost my motivation.
My search for fresh produce yield three semi rotten apples, an onion, a brown banana, and some raisins... READ MORE
Strawberry Delight
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Food on Tuesday, May 25, 2010
There are strawberries-a-plenty around our home right now. While we haven’t managed to get to the U-Pick fields, I drove out to the country today and bought a few gallons of just picked, delicious goodness to enjoy before they go out of season.
The boys and I went through one gallon today, just feasting on the simplicity of this perfect fruit. These strawberries are just sweet enough and just ripe... READ MORE
Adorable Produce Adds Fun to Snacktime
Posted by Danielle Bean in Food on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Are these “baby bananas” not the cutest snack you’ve ever seen?
I know from the comments on Arwen’s recent apple post that many of you are passionate about produce.
But have you tried these?
When I saw a small package of these baby bananas for sale at the supermarket the other day, I could not resist. I bought them and handed them out for snacks that very evening.
They were an instant hit. Just the... READ MORE
A Strange Kind of Apple
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Food on Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Have you ever seen a Grāpple?
The first time I spotted these in a store, I got excited. A grape-apple hybrid? What a cool idea! I didn’t know how it could even be possible, but I wanted to try it.
Then I read the package more closely. It turns out that Grāpples (apparently pronounced “grape-ehls”) are not a hybrid of grapes and apples. They’re just plain apples injected with grape flavoring. ... READ MORE
The Dish of Death
Posted by Danielle Bean in Homemaking on Monday, August 10, 2009
Rachel’s recent post about ridding your house of fruit flies came to mind recently.
What made me think of it?
Oh, I don’t know ... perhaps it was the clusters of bitty bugs that seemed to cover every surface of my kitchen and the swarms that swirled around my head as I tried to wash dishes or prepare dinner or (forget about it) eat a meal.
When we got desperate enough, we tried Rachel’s jar technique... READ MORE
