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Watermelon Rind Pickles

Published at 10/07/2016 In Category Blog, Fruit, Recipes, watermelon Tags: pickles, watermelon

This is such a traditional Southern relish!

Field Pea or Watermelon Salsa

Published at 09/01/2016September 2, 2016 In Category Field peas, Recipes, watermelon Tags: field peas, watermelon

No, that’s not a typo. This week we’ve got a salsa recipe that works with either your watermelon or your field peas. If you’re like me and want to eat your field peas just as field peas this week, then hold onto this recipe if you get to the point you want to do something different with those pretty peas.

Tomato-Watermelon Salad

Published at 08/11/2016 In Category Recipes, Tomatoes, watermelon Tags: tomatoes, watermelon

Have we talked about combining tomato and watermelon in a salad before? Fabulous. Add some feta or goat cheese or little mozzarella balls if you like. Basil? Yum.

Watermelon Soda Float

Published at 07/21/2016July 21, 2016 In Category cantaloupe, Recipes, watermelon Tags: cantaloupe, watermelon

This recipe is from Austin, Texas pastry chef Jessica Maher. Perfect way to beat the summer heat. Doctor up a little store bought frozen yogurt, make the easy soda (a lot like the preceding soup recipe) and you’ve got a perfect summer dessert.

Pickled Watermelon Rind

Published at 07/12/2016July 12, 2016 In Category Recipes, Vegetables, watermelon Tags: watermelon

I’ve been wanting to make pickled watermelon rind and am delighted to have an organic melon for just that purpose. Can I convince you to give pickling a try?

Martha McMillin of The Preserving Place suggests wrapping pickled watermelon rind in prosciutto for a great Southern twist on the traditional melon-prosciutto combination. Yum.

Melon Martini

Published at 05/13/2016July 21, 2016 In Category Beverages, Blog, cantaloupe, Cocktails, Fruit, Recipes, watermelon Tags: basil, melon, vodka, watermelon

This martini recipe came from the folks at East Atlanta Village Farmers Market. It’s from food blog Glue & Glitter. The original recipe called for watermelon, but it would work with any melon that came in your box. I got watermelon, I know there were other varieties as well.

Watermelon Rind Relish

Published at 07/31/2014July 12, 2016 In Category Recipes, Vegetables, watermelon Tags: pickles, watermelon Leave a comment

The next time we have a watermelon I’ll give you a recipe for making watermelon rind pickles, but love this idea from Fine Cooking magazine for a watermelon rind relish. No canning required! The recipe calls for 1/2 of a jalapeno, but of course you can vary that by the tolerance for heat in your household. Although I have to say, every jalapeno I’ve cooked with this year has been pretty spicy! This should keep pretty well in your refrigerator – maybe for a month? 1 (4-pound). watermelon

Watermelon and Tomato Salad

Published at 07/31/2014July 12, 2016 In Category Recipes, Tomatoes, Vegetables, watermelon Tags: salad, tomato, watermelon Leave a comment

I will probably just eat my waternelon in big chunks, but if you want to do something different, this lovely salad idea from Bill Smith of Crook’s Corner restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is a nice combination of sweet, spicy and sour.

Watermelon-Basil Margaritas

Published at 07/25/2014July 12, 2016 In Category Recipes, Vegetables, watermelon Tags: basil, margaritas, watermelon Leave a comment

Not sure why, but this week’s box has set me to thinking about sweets. Maybe not the traditional reaction to the bounty of squash, cucumbers and greens, but there you are. What may have pushed me to the sweet side was the huge bunch of basil in my box. “Hmm … more pesto? Nah. Chop some into a salad with the beans and potatoes? Ok. But there’s LOTS of basil …”

And then I remembered a drink I discovered last summer, the watermelon-basil margarita. The recipe came out in Martha Stewart Living back in 2007, and like lots of people, I had torn it out and added it to that stack of “recipes I will get to one day”. Well, “one day” came last summer and what a hit! People who were totally not going to try it ended up loving it and we were muddling basil leaves all night long. Here’s the recipe.

Watermelon Gazpacho

Published at 07/25/2014July 12, 2016 In Category peppers, Recipes, Tomatoes, Vegetables, watermelon Tags: cucumber, pepper, soup, tomatoes, watermelon Leave a comment

I’ve been experimenting with cold soups this week, and I’m really enjoying these two options which use a number of items from this week’s box.

I‘ve been a huge fan of gazpacho since my first taste at the Peasant Uptown at Phipps Plaza (which means I’m really dating myself since they’ve been closed for years). Spicy, flavorful tomato gazpacho, topped with shrimp … and served with their cheese toast …. it opened my eyes to the pleasures of cold soup. Now most summers I keep a half gallon jar of gazpacho in the refrigerator as soon as the tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers come in.

Recently I’ve been seeing recipes for watermelon gazpacho, and this week I finally tried it out. Delicious! Here’s one way to make it, but I’ve seen it demonstrated by chefs at local farmers’ markets using many variations including adding tomatoes, using more hot peppers, or varying herbs like using dill. I liked this recipe because it used what I have in my garden and box right now. You could leave out the crab, or substitute shrimp. The sweet seafood is a nice foil for the spicy fruitiness of the soup.