Strawberries on Shine

User post: What's Your Favorite Fruit/Drink Combo?

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I love strawberries and red wine on a hot summer evening. Or any time, for that matter. What about you? What kinds of fruit do you like with your cocktail? Do share!

User post: Celebrate the 4th With Red, White, or Blue Recipes

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The 4th of July is this weekend, and that means it's time to get festive! Show your patriotic pride by cooking with red, white, and blue ingredients. Many of the season's most delicious offerings — strawberries, vanilla ice cream, and blueberries — fit the color scheme, so don't be afraid to get creative. Here are 10 dishes to inspire your all-American celebration.

Fresh fruit desserts in 15 minutes

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My poor husband. He grew up in a family full of sweet tooths, a family who always ate dessert after dinner. I, on the other hand, was raised by a mother who always had a bag of Cheetos stashed in the corner cupboard and a father who is psyched when he can get a cheese plate for dessert when we go out to dinner.

So when we first moved in together I was just plain confused when I’d watch him root around the cabinets looking for something sweet after dinner. Dessert? Every night? Really?

I could only take his pitiful pillaging for so long. I decided it was time to whip up some healthy fruit desserts....

Sweet strawberry season

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I never really tasted a strawberry until I spent a summer visiting my grandmother on her family’s tiny island off the southeastern coast of Norway. Sure, I had eaten strawberries before. They usually came from a plastic container, picked out of season, underripe and shipped from some distant location. But after tasting the sweet real thing, I could hardly consider those strawberries anymore. Now, whenever berries are in season, I buy cartons of them (or pick them myself). I love to eat them fresh, but I also have a few great strawberry recipes that I go back to again and again.

What to Cook Now: Strawberries and Rhubarb

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Recipes and tips for the season's best ingredients

Fragrant, sweet strawberries and tart, lip-puckering rhubarb are spring's finest match. In gorgeous hues of ruby red and rosy pink, this dynamic duo makes its delicious debut in April. To…

It's Easy Family Vacationing Green: California Edition

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Organic-interested people - parents or not - the country over have long told me they cannot find the percentage of organic items they would like to fill their lives with. They don't have enough, or sometimes any, choices, they lament to me, at the grocery store, and certainly not if they want…

3 More Reasons to Eat Strawberries (as if we needed them)

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Summer means strawberries and I like to eat as many of these sweet ruby fruits as I can while they’re fresh. I like to visit pick-your-own farms to harvest succulent, juicy strawberries. Then I spend hours hulling and making delicious strawberry recipes. Which is just fine with me because,...