Oh my darlin' (clementine)
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Summer fruit gets a lot of
glory, and for good reason. Let's face it, melon is amazing!
But the best part about eating fruit in the winter is that, except
for pineapples, you don't have to cut it up. Everything is
hand-friendly and comes in its own wrapper. And while the crates at
the grocery store are brimming with lots of zesty citrus (ha!
sorry) in a variety of colors, pummelos and obscenely gigantic
grapefruits, it is the wee clementine that has my undivided
devotion. Seedless,
easy to peel, practically no pith, clementines are
happy-go-lucky and ready to please your tummy. They are just as
packed with vitamin C as the boring navel orange, but about a
million times more flavorful. Sometimes when I'm dashing out
the door, I'll grab four or five and walk into work with my
pockets bulging. It's all worth it, though, as I dole them out
throughout the morning and whenever I think a dark or stressful
thought, I'll reach for a little baby orange and that first
peel of skin releases a burst of aromatherapy that instantly
brightens my mental state. Plus, then I get to eat the tiny
sections. Win-win-win! And believe me, if you want to impress the
heck out of your party guests this holiday season, section out a
dozen clementines, toss with pomengranate seeds and you just
created the easiest and most sophisticated fruit salad
imaginable.
Enjoy these other exotic and fabulous winter
fruits!
Do yourself a favor and grab a box of clementines this weekend.
They're handy to nosh, can be used to make amazing dishes (like
this flourless
clementine
cake) Besides, you can
reuse the box in a variety of ways and you can even create
these
amazing little clementine candles using only the peel and some
olive oil. Sure, a navel orange could probably pull that off too,
but it definitely wouldn't look as adorable.
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