Fresh and quick, serve raw or cooked asparagus in salads or as a side dish during spring. Cut fresh raw asparagus into one-inch lengths with kitchen scissors. Then add them to the greens salad to add a bit of substance. Choose firm, plump, straight, round asparagus spears with tips that...
If you notice some apples starting to lose their firmness or a few too many spots on that bunch of bananas, don’t toss them! Wash, chop, and lay the fresh produce out on a cookie sheet. Then, place it in the freezer for 30 minutes. Once the fruit is hard, use a spatula to li...
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orange, strawberries, watermelon, or blueberries. For apples, bananas, and pears, squeeze some lemon or lime on to the fruit to prevent browning. Fruit is a healthy after-school snack option, whether it’s whole fruit or s...
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There are some other ideas to use fake and real fall leaves for home decor. Make bowls of fall leaves, cover your glass candle holders with leaves using some string, make decoupage pumpkins with fall leaves, hang some leaf garlands on your chandeliers and lamps, let them hang down as if...
I use fruit scraps to make scrap vinegar. I make apple scrap vinegar more than any other type but scraps from other fruit, such as pears or pineapples, will also work. To make this, fill a jar with the scraps, add a spoonful of sugar, pour water just to cover, secure a lid or ...
Maybe you own a garden and know the problem: Suddenly everything ripens at once and you have buckets of fresh fruit and vegetables to consume. Or maybe you just bought too much food and cannot use it all in time. Instead of throwing away the excess food, you should rather preserve it!
but I like them so much that I wanted to see if I could preserve some for use later in the year. Incidentally, I prepare them fresh by first cutting them into strips and boiling them for five minutes to remove the mucilaginous texture. After boiling I pan fry them and serve them with...