I bought a box of fresh local apricots the other day and I wanted to use them up, along with one overly-ripe lonely banana. Wouldn’t a nice loaf of whole wheat sweet bread would do the trick! So, I googled, and would you believe most of the apricot/banana bread recipes use “dried” apricots. These were [...]
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The Difference Between Blackberries and Black Raspberries
I was curious to figure out if our backyard bush was indeed a blackberry or perhaps instead, a black raspberry bush. After some research online (isn’t google grand?), I am now fairly confident that we have a BLACKBERRY bush, not raspberry. The big difference is the way the stem affects the berry. A raspberry has [...]
Blackberries in Backyard #11
#11 Review – 52 Foods in 52 I don’t know why I never noticed these berries before this season. We’ve been living in our home for a couple of summers, but for some reason, I never really paid attention! Anyway, a few weeks ago, I saw a few branches of green berries. I tried googling, [...]
Keeping Produce Fresh with Ethylene Gas Removers #5
#5 Review – 52 Foods in 52 Ethylene gas (H2C=CH2) is a harmless odorless, colorless, gas that is produced from both natural and man-made sources. Vegetables and fruit release the gas as they are ripening, but at the same time, the build up of the gas can hasten the ripening of produce. Some produce produce [...]
Pomegranate Season
Since I slowly started to eat clean only last July, I’m still getting to know certain foods and when they are available in stores. The pomegranate is one fruit I am dying to try for real! I ate the seeds in the Chobani yogurt pomegranate flavor, but I want the real thing! So it looks [...]
Unripe Cantaloupe
Darn! I sliced an unripe cantaloupe. What to do with it? Well, I read online that if you sprinkle a little bit of granulated sugar on it, and allow it to sit for awhile, it’ll sweeten up some. I sprinkled some sugar on the cantaloupe slices (refrigerated) and ate them the following day for lunch. [...]
100% Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread
IMPORTANT: I had originally calculated the nutritional data incorrectly. It’s been updated! I had three over-ripe bananas, and of course I thought of baking some delicious banana bread! I wanted to utilize a lower sugar (or at least lower processed sugar) recipe that uses whole wheat flour, and I think I have it! At 211 [...]
First Organic Peach of the Season
Oh I have been dying for peaches all winter, but I refuse to purchase the conventional ones from outside the US. The other day at Whole Foods Market, they had organic peaches from Mexico. Yeah, I rarely ever buy anything organic or not from Mexico, but I couldn’t resist buying just one. I kept it [...]
Too Much Sugar
Ugh, my stomach is going wacky tonight. I feel bloated, keep drinking water to try to settle myself. I made my yummy baked french toast tonight with apples and raisins, but this time, I topped it with warm blueberries cooked in sugar. At first, it didn’t taste very sweet, but by the end of my [...]
