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• Slashfood Ate (8): Cherry Clafoutis, because I asked

  Published: July 26, 2007, 3:04 pm

  Tags: Baking, Cherries, Cherry, Clafouti, Clafoutis, Cooking, France, French, French Cooking, French Cuisine, French Food, Fruit, Recipes

  Breakfast, Dessert, Recipes, Fruit, Raves & Reviews, On the Blogs, Lists, Slashfood Ate, America, Europe, FranceSeveral days ago, I asked you, my beloved Slashfood readers, for help on what to do with about a bazillion cherries I had picked up. One of the overwhelming responses was for a cherry clafouti - the French dessert-t thing that's

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• Watermelon with faces

  Published: July 29, 2007, 10:01 am

  Tags: Japanese Fruit, Molded Watermelon, Moldedwatermelon, Pingmag, Serious Eats, Watermelon

  under: Far East, Fruit, Food Oddities, On the BlogsI have never understood the fascination that Japan has with molding and shaping fruits and vegetables. I can see how a square watermelon would make slicing and shaping easier, but would never be willing to pay extra for that particular convenience (especially since it has been found that

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• Lemon juice, lemon zest

  Published: July 30, 2007, 8:00 pm

  Tags: Fruit Smoothie Recipes, Smoothies, Health, News

  lemon? When buying citrus fruit we already told in our previous post what to look for when buying oranges. For lemons: try to find organic lemons. Organic lemons are the ones with a five-digit number whose first digit is 9. Since lemons can be used much more than just lemon juice from the lemon juicer, try to buy organic lemons,

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• You Say Banana, I Say Apple

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:01 am

  Tags: Bananas, Fruit, Dieting, Apple Bananas, Manzano Banana, Tropical Fruit

  Entries: Philosophy Fruit StandBanana Republic Secret SaleOnline Sale Alert! 40% at Banana RepublicLG Banana Phone up next Tags: bananas fruit - Dieting apple bananas manzano banana tropical fruit

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• Know Your Watermelon for Watermelon Day!

  Published: August 3, 2007, 4:17 am

  Tags: History, Fruit, Dieting, Watermelons, Know Your Watermelon

  slice of the dripping juicy fruit! Personally I like mine plain, but you can try skewering them and tossing them on the grill, or mixed into a salsa. If you can’t figure out which kind to try, let me [...] Related Entries: Moon & Stars Watermelon SeedsMoon & Stars Watermelon SeedsMoon & Stars Watermelon SeedsMoon &

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• Peanut Butter Fruit Dip Recipe

  Published: August 3, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Recipes, Butter, Dip, Fruit, Peanut

  INGREDIENTS 2cupsmilk 1/2cupsour cream 3ouncesvanilla instant pudding mix 1cupcreamy peanut butter 1/3cupsugar DIRECTIONS Combine milk, sour cream and pudding mix in medium bowl; whisk until smooth. Stir in peanut butter and sugar; mix until well blended. Serve with apple and banana slices. Store in refrigerator. If dip becomes too

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• A bit of summer, stashed away for the fall

  Published: August 9, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: Frozen Fruit, Home Food Preservation, Nectarines

  under: Fruit, How ToLast week when I went blueberry picking, I also brought home a quart of imperfect nectarines for $2. I could have gotten more perfectly formed specimen for twice the price, but I decided not to judge the fruit based on its outward appearance and went for a basket of marked and marred. It was a good buy, as they had

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• Just 4 Things 4 Your Health

  Published: August 10, 2007, 6:45 pm

  Tags: 4 Things, Bmi, Exercise, Fitness Rocks, Fruit Veggies, Not Smoking

  at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day Exercising at least 30 minutes every day Maintaining a healthy weight (BMI between 18.5 and 24.9) Not smoking These four things are basic components of having a healthy lifestyle and are easy to do. In fact, starting these habits at any time can help improve your overall health. To

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• Peach pie is a country (and city) joy

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:33 am

  Tags: Complete Pie Cookbook, Farm Journal, Fruit Pie, Peach Pie, Peachpie, Summer Fruit

  under: Dessert, Recipes, Fruit, Books, Baking, Retro cookeryI was scanning my shelf of cookbooks tonight, when this one, the Complete Pie Cookbook leaped out at me. Being that we are approaching the end of the summer, the bounty of summer fruit is slightly overwhelming. Peaches, plums, nectarines and blackberries are cheap and gorgeous

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• Eat Only Veggies And Fruit The Rest Of The Week: Special Weekend Football Foodie

  Published: August 19, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Eat Only Veggies Fruit The Rest Of The Week, Not Duan Yet

  Over at Ladies, we've started a series called the "Friday Football Foodie" which centers on the third best aspect of football weekends, (behind the games themselves and gambling, respectively), which...

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• Eat Only Veggies And Fruit The Rest Of The Week: Special Weekend Football Foodie

  Published: August 19, 2007, 5:31 pm

  Tags: Eat Only Veggies Fruit The Rest Of The Week, Not Duan Yet

  Over at Ladies, we've started a series called the "Friday Football Foodie" which centers on the third best aspect of football weekends, (behind the games themselves and gambling, respectively), which is the massive amount of eating and drinking you can do while hanging out with your friends. It is the one time of the week you don't have to worry

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• Concussed Cantaloupe

  Published: August 23, 2007, 7:35 am

  Tags: Cantaloupe, Choptalk, Gourmet Magazine, Ripening Fruit

  under: Fruit, Food Oddities, On the Blogs, AmericaMy grandma Bunny (her real name was Edith, but she disliked it so intensely that she renamed herself Bunny at summer camp when she was nine-years-old and never looked back) loved melon. The smell of ripening cantaloupe or casaba melon is one of the scents I associate with her Southern

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• Pumpkin (Or Other Fruit) Dip Recipe

  Published: August 27, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Recipes, Dip, Fruit, Other, Pumpkin

  INGREDIENTS 1 (6 ounce)containermascarpone cheese 1 (4 ounce)jarpumpkin butter(you can use any other kind of fruit jelly or jam) wheat crackers(or any other kind of thing you like to dip.) DIRECTIONS Take the marscipone out of the fridge and let it sit for just a few minutes to get the chill off of it. Put about 4 ounces [...]

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• The "secret" to weight loss

  Published: August 28, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Calories, Cancer, Diet, Fat, Fruit, Healthy, Lifestyle, Loss, Low, Overweight, Patients, Portions, Pounds, Secret, Snacks, Sugar, Sweets, Treatment, Veggie, Weight

  with an emphasis on high fruit and veggie intake. Now this is no temporary diet. This is for life. My goal was never to lose a bunch of weight and then go back to eating junk -- I just wanted to shed a few cancer treatment-induced pounds while embracing a brand new healthy lifestyle.My doctor was proud of my progress and shared his too --

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• Rhubarb and strawberries for dessert or breakfast

  Published: August 30, 2007, 4:30 am

  Tags: Baking, Crisp, Crisps, Dessert, Farmers Market, Fresh Produce, Fruit, Fruit Desserts, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

  fingers. I transferred the fruit from bowl to baking dish and evenly distributed the oat/nut/sugar/butter mixture across the top. It went into the oven for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees, until the fruit was tender and the nuts were toasted. It was delicious hot, but it is even better for breakfast, straight out of the fridge, with a scoop of

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