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Strawberries Everywhere

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

The farmers market this week was LOADED and I mean loaded with flowers, but most everyone was leaving with strawberries.

Same thing at Sams. Strawberries were CHEAP this week.

What do you do when there’s an abundance of low cost produce?

Plan your meals around it.

Like maybe my strawberry glaze or my favorite strawberry dessert?

Or you could make strawberry jam, or jelly. Or slice and freeze for later.

You can even dig out that dehydrator and dehydrate them. Try slices or fruit leathers. They’ll keep practically forever that way!

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FOODS IN SEASON

Friday, June 5th, 2009

There’s nothing finer than fresh food in season. Have you noticed ALL the boxes and boxes of strawberries at your local grocer? Get some!

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They are fresh, hopefully local, and so very sweet this year.

Don’t be afraid to buy a whole flat of strawberries. There are so many ways to use them. Course you can just eat them straight, or dipped in sugar, or with cream, or sliced into cereal.

You can make tons of desserts with them, think Strawberries Newport, Strawberry Pie, Strawberry shortcake, chocolate covered, strawberry topped cheesecake or angel food.

You can freeze them. Lay them on a cookie sheet and freeze over night. The next day remove them to a Ziploc. You can then use them all year as you need them.

You can dehydrate them too. They’ll keep ages this way and then can be used in all sorts of recipes. Mixed into oatmeal or strawberry muffins… YUM

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