Summer Fun Fruity Ice Pops
Ice pops are quick and easy treats that everybody loves – especially kids. Puree and freeze any fruit or vegetable or even turn your favorite shake into a summertime treat! The combinations are endless! Sometimes we go nuts with flavors here because we have a lot of things growing on the farm and why not get inventive? Never turn up your nose at the basics though, because they’re delicious, too. We have children here so we use those silly ice pop molds, but you can use ice trays instead. Just pop in the blender and liquify for a delicious frozen smoothie when you’re in the mood. Keep in mind that…
Blueberry Lavender Ice Cream
We had our fair share of ice pops this summer but somehow never ventured into ice cream territory. We certainly talked about it enough. Countless nights were spent with the four kids discussing what kind of ice cream everyone thought would be good to make. But there was never any kind of consensus so I figured, rather than encourage more argument – because we had something verging on Ice Cream Wars here -I’d put the whole thing to rest by making nothing. Serves them right. Only problem is, I wanted ice cream, too. And I was just as specific as everyone else. I wanted lavender ice cream. All this dispute…
Pickles 3 Ways
Pickling fruits and vegetables is a super simple and delicious must try recipe.
Sunchoke Salad With Apples and Kumquats
You know those strange little traditions that everyone has? Like “Fruit Salad Sundays!” or treating themselves to a coffee when they go to the bookstore? Well, my mother and I have a tradition like that. Every time we go to the grocery store, we try to find one fruit or vegetable that we have never tried. They are often in that “strange, exotic foods” section where rambutans, and gooseberries, and dragon fruit. To be fair, at this point in my life, I’ve tried most of the produce that pops up in that section. But the other day, I saw something that I had never tried. Never even thought about trying!…
