Foodarrific

We went to the Farmer’s Market two weekends in a row. I just couldn’t get enough of the burst of colors of the fruits, vegetables and flowers there.

Don’t expect a digital frame here. Just this old rustic frame standing smack in the middle of that frenzy of colors tells you everything here is all natural.

They have such a variety of fruits and veggies it positively made my head spin with ideas. Just imagine the kind of food you can cook up with all these!

Filed under: Foodlish TalkFruitsVegetables by Chili Queen - No Comments →

It’s bursting with summer fruits here in California and I’m having the feast of my life. Got a crate of these gorgeous nectarines and I’ve just about gone berserk eating them.

Just look at how juicy they look and if I eat enough of these, it’ll work nicely with HCG weight loss Austin. Call me crazy, I’m eating them with yogurt, cereal and just on their own, morning, afternoon and night, all equally great tasting and good for me.

Filed under: Fruits by Chili Queen - No Comments →

Lately I bought a juicer and have been busy whipping up fruit juice for the family. My kids love the juices at Juice Works but each time we walk away with a few cups, it breaks the bank. Pretty much!

So I figured it’d be cheaper, in the long run, to buy a juicer and juice away all we like. We don’t have to be confined to the ones on the menu. We can mix and match any fruits we like.

Eat, or drink more, fruits and you may well end up paying less on your Blue Cross Blue Shield NC plans . No, but seriously I always feel we aren’t eating enough fruits. Now with my handy-dandy juicer, there are no more excuses.

Filed under: FruitsHealthy Eating by Chili Queen - 1 Comment →

We had, of all things, durians for breakfast. We paid a small fortune for a few boxes of this yummy king of fruits and although we stuffed them in the fridge, the house was practically filled with the aroma all night long. And of course we couldn’t wait to dig in this morning.

Luckily we don’t do this too often because seriously, durians are just too delicious to pass up and we do tend to over-eat and then even the best weight loss products aren’t going to help us lose it all in a hurry. Still, it’s a very healthy fruit with a great warming effect on the tummy and needless to say, the taste is out of this world.

Filed under: Fruits by Chili Queen - 2 Comments →

Admittedly I’m no expert when it comes to selecting melons, whether watermelon, cantaloupe or even a pumpkin. How do you tell if the fruit is good or sweet or juicy? Or in this case, we were faced with basketfuls of honeydew melons and I didn’t know which one to choose.

With watermelons, you apparently knock on it and if the sound is hollow, then it’s juicy. I think we’re supposed to smell it but we couldn’t smell a thing . So I started knocking on them and that got my daughters laughing out loud.

A lady who was nearby was also as clueless as I was. She asked me which ones are good. I’m guessing it would have to be by trial and error, it’s not like we’re buying a life insurance policy, right?

It so happened my daughter was just then saying the one with the smooth, flawless skin should be good. And I was saying, also for the benefit of the lady, that since beauty is skin deep, the uglier melons with patches and wrinkles must be better .

And my daughter replied that the ones with wrinkles must be old and not so good. The young, pretty ones should be better. Hahaha, what clowns we are! In the end, I picked the sweet?  young one with the smooth, flawless skin . Now we’ll just to wait and see if it tastes as good as it looks.

Filed under: Foodlish TalkFruits by Chili Queen - 2 Comments →