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  • Fruit Plates Are Our Favorite Afternoon Snacks

    Working from home can be dangerous to your waistline, unless you're careful about snacks. At about three every afternoon, we both need a little pick-me-up.

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    Our snack of choice is fruit. Some days it's just an apple. But, when our fruit basket is full of delicious ripe berries and peaches, they will make an appearance.

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    Occasionally, when the cheese drawer has a perfect match like this cheddar, a bit of cheese will join the party.

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    We have added fruit to our cheese trays over the years and now have quite a few favorite combinations like these bits of brie with figs. 

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    When the stone fruit season is at its height, it can be fun to taste the contrasts. On this plate we had a sweet, luscious Saturn peach, a tart apricot, and a plum that was right in the middle of the other two on the sweet/tart scale.

    The blueberries were on the plate to add color. We eat with our eyes and the contrast makes the plate of healthy fruit as attractive as a fancy and high-calorie fruit tart.

     

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

  • Another Trick from My Favorite, Little Cooking Pot

    Have you ever had ravioli float out of the water when you’re trying to cook them? I’ve been using this trick with that great little Kuhn Rikon Multi-Pot.  

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    I use the basket that comes with the pot to hold down the ravioli. A wooden skewer or chopstick through the rungs lets me set it at just the right height to keep the pasta off the bottom but in the boiling water. Sometimes one raviolo will attempt to sneak up the side of the basket but I push that little devil right back down.

    We did a post about the 4th burner pot last year! Since then, some of our friends have added one of these to their kitchen collection and have been raving just like I do. 

    I bought my Kuhn Rikon 4th Burner Multi-Pot from Amazon, where you can read a bunch of great reviews and get even more ideas for using it. 

     

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

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  • Another Trick from My Favorite, Little Cooking Pot

    Have you ever had ravioli float out of the water when you’re trying to cook them? I’ve been using this trick with that great little Kuhn Rikon Multi-Pot.  

     IMG_5799 - Version 22012-09-13-4th burner-kuhn Rikon Multi-pot- ravioli-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    I use the basket that comes with the pot to hold down the ravioli. A wooden skewer or chopstick through the rungs lets me set it at just the right height to keep the pasta off the bottom but in the boiling water. Sometimes one raviolo will attempt to sneak up the side of the basket but I push that little devil right back down.

    We did a post about the 4th burner pot last year! Since then, some of our friends have added one of these to their kitchen collection and have been raving just like I do. 

    I bought my Kuhn Rikon 4th Burner Multi-Pot from Amazon, where you can read a bunch of great reviews and get even more ideas for using it. 

     

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

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  • Another Trick from My Favorite, Little Cooking Pot

    Have you ever had ravioli float out of the water when you’re trying to cook them? I’ve been using this trick with that great little Kuhn Rikon Multi-Pot.  

     IMG_5799 - Version 22012-09-13-4th burner-kuhn Rikon Multi-pot- ravioli-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    I use the basket that comes with the pot to hold down the ravioli. A wooden skewer or chopstick through the rungs lets me set it at just the right height to keep the pasta off the bottom but in the boiling water. Sometimes one raviolo will attempt to sneak up the side of the basket but I push that little devil right back down.

    We did a post about the 4th burner pot last year! Since then, some of our friends have added one of these to their kitchen collection and have been raving just like I do. 

    I bought my Kuhn Rikon 4th Burner Multi-Pot from Amazon, where you can read a bunch of great reviews and get even more ideas for using it. 

     

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    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

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