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A chutney is just a nice condiment to compliment many different dishes. I like to think of it as a cooked salsa. It is very versatile and can be made with any assortment of fruit and spices. Just mix to desired taste, add some sugar, cook […]
Do you ever have a hard time opening a banana that is not quite ripe? You pull back on the stem and it just doesn’t open and instead turns the top of the banana into mush? Did you know this never happens to a monkey […]
The small lobster tails at my local grocery store were on a super sale so I could not help but get a couple. Seems like such a luxury item when you are not in New England, but when on sale, I could not resist! I […]
Frozen green peas are almost always in my freezer as I’m not a fan of the canned ones. Peas are a vegetable that can be ready in minutes and are kid friendly and are difficult to get ‘fresh’ and not worth the time to shell them yourself. They […]
I was at an event for work last week and saw something that really caught my eye. It was a baked potato bar! The potatoes were scooped into a plastic martini cup and each individual added their own toppings. The guests were easily able to […]
Figs are an underutilized fruit. When they are in season, my warehouse store (Costco) sells them in 2lb packages. They are so good and there are so many ways to eat them. We have a fig recipe for a bacon wrapped fig that we put […]
I love figs and this is a great time to buy them. They had some good looking ones at the store the other day so I impulsively bought them. On the drive home, I was thinking how I’d cook them. Then, in a sudden inspiration […]