Fresh Cooking with In-Season Food: Let's Get Peachy!

Everyone knows that cooking with fresh fruits and vegetables (that are in-season) not only is a great way to stretch a buck, it is also the best way to produce flavorful dishes that will keep your family, friends, guests (whomever) asking for more. This time of year there are many wonderful selections: green and butter beans, cantaloupe, squash, okra, sweet potatoes, watermelon and peaches, to name a few. A quick visit to your local farmer's market, grocery store or fresh produce stand on the corner offers a bountiful harvest of in-season crops. Here, we focus on the ever-sweet and juicy peach. From savory chutneys to sweep crisps, these dishes are sure to be tasty treats that everyone will enjoy!

-Beverages-


|Frozen Peach Sunset
Recipe by: Frozen Drinks, With or Without the Buzz
Serving Size: 2

Ingredients:
1-1/2 C Ice
3/4 C Peach Nectar
1 Whole Peach, pitted and sliced (unpeeled)
1 Tb Bottled sweetened lime juice
2 Tb Nonalcoholic grenadine syrup

Combine ice, peach nectar, peach slices and sweetened lime juice in blender. Blend until smooth.

Presentation: Pour 1 tablespoon grenadine syrup into bottom of each of two 12-ounce glasses. Pour frozen peach mixture on top of grenadine. Syrup should partially mix, sending brilliant red streaks up to top of glass. Garnish with sprig of fresh mint, wedge of lime or peach slice. Makes 2 12-ounce servings.




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