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Recipe :: Delicious Lemon Bars with Shortbread Crust
One of the best things about springtime is all the delicious and fresh fruit found at our local supermarkets! Melissa’s Produce sent me a box of some of their tasty citrus fruits including Ojai Pixie Tangerines, Key Limes, Kumquats and gorgeous and juicy Meyer Lemons to enjoy and inspire me to do some baking!.There are so many recipes that call for a zest of lemon or lime. Or imagine a tasty tangerine scone on a Sunday morning. One of the best features of Melissa’s Produce is they provide a ton of recipes to try. You can visit their website to see what recipes go best with…
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Recipes :: 5 Easy Summer Treats
Nothing says summer quite like eating fresh watermelon at the pool or beach. As kids, my younger brother and I would sit outside our front porch and go through a whole watermelon between the two of us! I can’t seem to get enough of it this summer and recently learned that it has moved up to the front line in recent research studies on high-lycopene foods. You have probably heard about Lycopene as it is a carotenoid phytonutrient important for cardiovascular health. This week I found some healthy fruit treats that you can feel good about serving to your kids and not have to worry about grumpy sugar crashes. You can even get the kids involved to…