Tag Archives: In Season

Recipe: Sautéed Spinach with Pine Nuts and Raisins

Eat your spinach! Instead of cooking these greens in boiling water, sauté them to keep the nutrients and the flavor.

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Heirloom tomato seedlings are here

Fall is my favorite time in South Florida. One reason: it means the time hastens when I replace the mealy, tasteless orbs that I sometimes deign to buy at the grocery store.

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CSA Show and Tell Week 6 (Mid-January)

I’m jumping back into the CSA Show and Tell Game!  It’s been fun to read what other bloggers (Food for Thought, Tinkering with Dinner and Our Half Box among others) create with the vegetables and fruit from their CSA shares. I subscribed to the half-share this year.  So here goes my week, along with ideas [...]

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In Season: Dill

You may find a bunch of dill in your CSA box or at the farmers’ market, use two tablespoons of the herb and then wonder what to do with the rest. Here are some ideas.

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In Season Recipes: Mango Main Courses

Mangos aren’t just for desserts, snacks and cold appetizers.  The past few weeks, I experimented with mangos in savory dishes.  Here are some remarkable main courses you can prepare with the fruit. Laylita’s Mango, Avocado and Arugula Salad During my search for mango recipes, I discovered a new favorite food blog.  Laylita’s Recipes, by an [...]

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In Season Recipes: Mango Snacks

Here are some quick mango snacks to refresh you this summer. Mango Lassi   I love yogurt.  So, of course, I love a  lassi, the Indian yogurt-based drink.  This cold beverage has the texture of a smoothie, so it’s a filling snack when you’re feeling peckish around midday. I used a recipe for mango lassi [...]

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