Category Archives for "Citrus"

Dec 07

Preserved Lemons: 3 Methods To Preserve Your Lemons With Salt!

Since you are even looking at this post, I assume you either love North African food or you have 337 ripe lemons on your tree in the backyard and you’re wondering what in the world to do with them. I offer you three tasty ideas. Preserved lemons sound exotic to those of us in North […]

Capture the brightness of citrus in these handy flavor extracts

Apr 25

Homemade Citrus Extracts, Capture the Brightness of Your Citrus!

By Amanda Rose | Citrus

Here in central California we are lucky enough to have access to some sort of fresh citrus much of the year. However, the motherlode really does hit in the spring when friends end up with back yards smelling of fermenting orange and lemon after months of picking limes then lemons then oranges. By mid-spring you […]

Aug 10

Pink lemonade (plus an important discussion on “brown lemonade”)

By Amanda Rose | Citrus

The summer is all about lemonade around here, in all different variations. Pink lemonade is always a hit, I expect because it’s pink. It’s hard to beat pink. Our pink lemonade follows our basic lemonade formula: Add together water, lemon juice, and a sweetener. As the boys describe in the video below, in the case […]

Jun 30

✅ Pickled orange and onion in a vinegar base, a great addition to salads!

By Amanda Rose | Citrus

This is a very simple and fun pickle. One of these days you will have these three ingredients sitting around and you will just need to try it. It is simply fresh oranges, red onion, and white wine vinegar. You could add garlic and, basically, anything at all to suit yourself. During the pickled, the […]

Jun 08

The world’s best homemade lemonade with a secret ingredient, in the big reveal from the “Half Pint Hacks”

By Amanda Rose | Citrus

I am reposting this year-old homemade lemonade recipe along with our big summer announcement: The youngest generation of Fresh Bites Daily has decided to represent here on the website this summer in a collection of kitchen and household videos. The first video is below with the recipe. Expect four or five videos this week and […]

Jun 01

A refreshing and simple citrus soda mix, ready for your seltzer

By Jeanie Rose | Citrus

The heat of the past few summers has been memorable, stifling. The stress of the heat always challenges us to find new ways to survive it. This season is no exception. In all of my 70+ years, two years ago was the first year I tried taking a shower and going to bed wet. It […]

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