Desserts

Chocolate Fondue

Here is an elegant and simple dessert that can be pulled together rather quickly.  This is what I served for our Valentines Day dessert, I peeled a couple blood oranges (amazing dipped in chocolate) from my “Citrus Pack”, strawberries and fresh coconut from the “Fondue Pack” and some homemade marshmallows […]

Usin’ up the Giant Yams

When I printed up the Bountiful Basket Volunteer Site Coordinator (VSC) paperwork on Friday night I looked through and was surprised to see that we would only be receiving one yam per basket.  When I told my husband, he was equally surprised and we proceeded to have a merry (albeit […]

Fruit of the Angels– Papaya (Papaw, Pawpaw)

One of the exciting things about Bountiful Baskets is the occasional opportunity to try new fruits and vegetables. Once in a while, something really unique and unavailable in my Northern neck of the middle-of-nowhere woods Great Plains shows up in the basket. Today’s basket was one of those baskets! Papaya. […]