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Strawberry Vinegar

Strawberry Vinegar

Vinegar is the base of so many salad dressings …why waste those beautiful strawberry tops when we can use them to create a delicious base ingredient to pair with all your summer salads! Recipe & Directions When infusing the vinegar with the strawberry, it really 

Asian Eggplant Vegetable Salad

Asian Eggplant Vegetable Salad

There are a ton of different types of Eggplant! When this Asian Eggplant first showed up in our CSA share last year, I was a bit confused as to what to do with it (stir-fry always works – but we had just done that). A 

Caramelized Beets

Caramelized Beets

I know that beets continue to be a contriversal subject, you are probably in the LOVE IT or in the LEAVE IT school of thought. If you are of the LEAVE IT mindset, not matter how much I try to convince you otherwise, you aren’t going to want to try these delicious red gems of flavor.

Here in our house we have what is called a “try-it” bite. We must try all the food, at least a bite, even if we think we don’t like it. Did you know that it can take up to a dozen “trys” of a new food before we actually grow to like it!? For us parents, that can be a bit of a challenge as we continue to make our kids try foods, but around here it isn’t too much of a struggle since Sister Chef knows if she doesn’t like it, she doesn’t need to eat it all (NO, we do not make her special meals – but we do always make sure that we know at least a large portion of dinner she will like, and if all else fails as she has really tried, I always can cut up some fruit or veggies for her, but since we always encourage try-it bites, her love of variety of flavors is more diverse than many adults that I know!) So back to TRY-IT bites Continue reading Caramelized Beets

Sauteed Beet Greens

Sauteed Beet Greens

I think that Beet Greens are an unsung hero (lets be honest here, I think often beets in general are underplayed and people just don’t appreciate them in general)! Beets & their Greens are a GREAT spring/summer vegetable since you have the potential to get 

Dole Whip

Dole Whip

If you have ever been to Disney World, there is a high chance that you have heard all about the Dole Whip. There is nearly a cult-like following for these frozen treats. People wait in lines nearly as long as the ride lines just to 

Frozen Strawberry Basil Lemonade

Frozen Strawberry Basil Lemonade

Summer in a Glass

 Strawberry Basil Frozen Lemonade - teacher-chef-5310

How many of you grew up on those frozen juice concentrate cans and thought that was as good as juice or lemonade or punch got!? Then, one day, you tried fresh squeezed lemonade made with real ingredients and your life changed – right!?

Ok, so maybe we don’t make fresh-squeezed lemon juice every day and we still buy juice from the store (only 100% juice for me). When you do have those fresh ingredients in your food, you can tell! Continue reading Frozen Strawberry Basil Lemonade