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All About Peaches
Sweet, juicy, eat-’em-over-the-sink peaches — they’re nature’s reward for enduring the summer’s heat. And they’re worth the wait! Here are the peachy facts on the ultimate summer fruit, including how to choose and store peaches, and some delicious recipes to use them up.
How to Eat Garden to Table
Eat fresh from your own backyard! The words “garden fresh” appear on food labels and menus for a reason: There’s nothing more appealing than the idea that the produce you eat (and feed your family) was just picked from your garden. Here's how to put your (or someone else's) garden to good use in the kitchen.
The 10 Best Apples for Baking
Don't leave your apple selection to chance for your next baking adventure. Here are the 10 best apples for baking, sure to hold up to the heat of your oven.
Tips
How to Roast Poblanos
If you're looking to get that smoky flavor of roasted peppers, check out this quick-and-easy tip on how to roast poblanos.
The Easiest Way to Seed Hot Chiles
Stop the burn and save your fingers with this simple kitchen tip for seeding and cleaning out hot chile peppers.
How to Clean Seeds from a Pumpkin
Clean out a small cooking pumpkin or winter squash efficiently and safely with this common kitchen item.
How to Core & Seed Bell Peppers
It can be tricky to clean out bell peppers without feeling wasteful. Here's how to do it easily, and avoid losing much pepper flesh.
How to Pit and Cut an Avocado
With our new Mexican book in hand; perfect seeding, peeling, cutting, and ripening avocados with these quick tips.
How to Store Fresh Peaches
Make the most of peaches while they are at their peak in the season with these tips on how to ripen and store them.
How to Remove Silk From Corn
With sweet corn season in full bloom, save time shucking with these simple-to-do tips that uses things already in your house or kitchen.
The Easiest Way to Cut a Melon
If fresh melon is a mainstay for your warm-weather eating, here's a great way to simplify cutting them.
How to Properly Store Blackberries
Improper storage of berries can cause waste, these simple tips will keep your blackberries fresher longer.
Steamed Corn On the Grill
Utilize the grill while it's hot and cook up a tender ear of corn without charring the sweet yellow kernels.
Remove Pin Bones from Fish With Your Huller
That strawberry huller that's been sitting in the drawer far too long now has another use. Check out how else to use it!
How to Store Fresh Pineapple
Can't seem to eat pineapple fast enough? Waste no more and keep your pineapple fresh with this simple tip for storing fresh pineapple.
How-To's
Learn All About Indirect Grilling
What is indirect grilling? It's bascially a technique that turns your grill into an outdoor oven so you can cook big items, like whole chickens, pork loins, pizzas, etc. So the next time you fire up the grill, follow these four simple steps, and take the indirect route to perfectly cooked meats, vegetables, and more.
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Recipes
Black & Blue Mango Crostata
Behold the Black & Blue Mango Crostata. Is it a pie or a tart? Would you believe us if we said it’s kind of a simplified version of both? Read on as we break it down a little further for you.
A crostata [kroh-sta-TAH] is an Italian free-form pastry that is baked on a baking sheet or stone instead of inside a pie plate or tart pan. Did we confuse you yet? In plain terms, roll the dough out flat, pile the filling (typically fruit) into the center of the dough, then fold the dough up…
Homemade Blackberry Jam
Chambord is a delicious addition to this Homemade Blackberry Jam, but it’s pricey and you may not have it on hand. Some other options are ruby port, crème de cassis, or you can simply leave it out.
Peach & Blackberry Freezer Dessert
Chill out this summer by indulging in a Peach & Blackberry Freezer Dessert. Icebox desserts are not only easy, they’re layered with flavor (at least this one is!). And when there’s no baking needed, the house stays cool and so do you.
The secret here, as mentioned, is in the layers. Shortbread cookies are firm and crunchy and hold up after freezing without turning to mush. Topping the cookies with peach fluff — fresh peaches folded into whipped mascarpone, cream cheese, and heavy …
Lemon & Blueberry Buttermilk Loaf Cake with blueberry coulis
This bright and light Lemon & Blueberry Buttermilk Loaf Cake with blueberry coulis relies on blueberries’ natural affinity with lemon.
Sunshine Salad
With fresh fruit, spring greens, avocado and mint, this bright and colorful salad is like spring sunshine in a bowl.
Cheesecake Soufflés with raspberry sauce
These guilt-free Cheesecake Soufflés with raspberry sauce are every bit as wonderful as the cheesecake you know and love.
Banana Cream Pie with caramel-banana jam
Who's ready for the world's most decadent and luscious Banana Cream Pie?! From the crust to the filling, jam, and whipped topping — each layer of this phenomenal pie is bursting with sweet banana flavor. Time to split, we’ve got a pie to make!
Fruit Fluff
Ambrosia was a must-have food of the Greek gods, according to ancient mythology. And today, it’s a popular fruit salad easy to make for any get-together. Our spin on the classic, dubbed Fruit Fluff, has a mixture of fresh or canned fruits, nuts, and cherries swirled in a base of mayonnaise and cream.
In a hurry? Canned pineapple, cherries, and mandarin oranges are easy substitutes for fresh fruit.
Apple Strudel Soup
Boldly creative, flavored, and textured, this Apple Strudel Soup is nothing if not interesting. Not just speedy and simple, this soup goes above and beyond with spice, comfort, and sweetness.
Pear-Fig Bars with almond streusel
Pear-Fig Bars with almond streusel are about to become your new favorite cool-weather treat. Toss diced pears with aromatic cardamom and cinnamon, then bake with fig preserves on a buttery oatmeal crust. But it’s the sweet, crunchy streusel that takes these bars over the top — it’s made with almond paste, a sweet almond confection that pairs nicely with pears.
Wine-Poached Pears with chocolate sauce & pistachios
Why not dine as the Italians do, and say si to dessert? A combination of health-promoting ingredients, like fruit, dark chocolate, and nuts, can make dessert nutritious and magnifico!
The Italians are responsible for bringing us such irresistible sweet treats as tiramisù and zabaglione, but these usually are reserved for special occasions. The rest of the time, a bit of cheese, a piece of fruit, or a small morsel of chocolate suffices to end a meal.
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Mango-Orange Clafouti with coconut milk
It's hard to fathom there’s anything easier than a fruit crisp or cobbler, but this country-French favorite with a Southeast-Asian twist — Mango-Orange Clafouti with coconut milk — wins that honor. It’s fancier, too.
You might think since clafouti is somewhat egg-heavy, that it’s only meant for a special breakfast or brunch. But, with its tender, almost custard-like texture and seasonal fruit, this makes it the q…