The Easy Way to Peel Butternut Squash

The Easy Way to Peel Butternut Squash

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

If you’ve ever tried to crack into a butternut squash, you know that it can seem like quite a daunting task.

The outer shell is extremely rock-like. And its odd, roly poly, irregular shape is not what you’d call user-friendly on a cutting board. […]

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Fresh Apricots

Apricots by Jazzy Gourmet

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

As I mentioned in my post for Strawberry Apricot Swirl Ice Cream last week, some beautiful golden apricots caught my eye at the store, and I just had to use them. They made such an incredibly bright complement (both in color and flavor) to the sweet fresh […]

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Peel and Core a Pineapple

Peel and Core a Pineapple

It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Up until a couple of years ago, I only bought pineapple in cans.

Sure, I preferred fresh, but it just seemed like it was too much work. If I did buy fresh, it was already cored and peeled for me. But I’m […]

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How to Peel, Core and Slice an Apple

How to Peel, Core and Slice an Apple

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When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the way Andy Griffith peeled an apple while sitting out on his front porch. I thought it was so cool that he could do it in one strand!

Now as a […]

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Easy Ways to Peel Garlic

Easy Ways to Peel Garlic

(And premiere of the Garlic Peeling Dance!) It’s Zippy Tip Tuesday!

Some of my friends and I were sitting around the kitchen table a few weeks ago, and they were lamenting the perils of trying to peel garlic. So today I thought it would be fun to show […]

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How to Peel a Peach

How to Peel a Peach

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There are few things more utterly aromatic than peaches.

The smell of a beautifully glowing, golden reddish blush-colored, perfectly ripe peach is enough to raise many a serotonin level.

They need to invent scratch ‘n sniff computers, so that we can all […]

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