Last year when I contributed for the Tropical Pack for the first time, I was so excited! Vanilla beans! It would be my first experience with them. Once I got them, I was a little bewildered… Vanilla beans are fun and exotic, but WHAT ON EARTH would I do with […]
Recipes
Juice-Free Juicing!
Don’t pass the word along to Sally and Tanya but I am not a big fan of juicing. I feel a bit of a sugar spike if I drink too much fruit juice, and green juices generally just taste like grass to me (and as I am not of the […]
Eggplant and Pasta Incaciata
Eggplant and Pasta Incaciata is a traditional Italian dish that can be as varied as homemade tomato sauce. Some variations will contain chicken livers, some will have ricotta cheese, some use bread crumbs and some will use different pasta. The trick is to make it your own! 2 med.-lg. […]
Bountiful Banana Granola Cookies
Sooooo, you have bananas that very very ripe and you are walking over to the trash can to toss them out…STOP…DON’T DO IT! There is never a good reason to toss an overripe banana. You can easily toss them in the freezer (either in the peel or in a freezer […]
Recipe Round-Up for 2/23/13
Stir Fry
Friday night is refrigerator clean out time, getting ready for my goodies from Bountiful Baskets. What can I make with all the odds and ends? Stir Fry! Heat up some oil in a large skillet and add in some small pieces of meat, seafood or scrambles eggs, veggies and even […]
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 […]
Cumin Scented Eggplant and Cauliflower with Pomegranate and Cilantro
I have a confession. My family can be a little bit picky about what produce they will eat. For example, aside from myself, my family doesn’t really like eggplant (which came in my Italian pack this week). They also don’t like cauliflower much (in the basket this week, and last… […]
Strawberry Chipotle Jam
One of the (many) drawbacks of being a gluten-free and nut-free household is that PB&J sandwiches are few and far between. This is hard for me because not only do I love that lunchbox staple, particularly when accompanied by a tall glass of milk (another no-no in our house), but […]