Juicy white apricots

One of our favorite fruits is back for its one-week-long season. Angelcots, also called white apricots, are a bit milder than the traditional apricot. There’s no sour skin; they’re juicy and sweet. I picked up several boxes at Trader Joe’s this week. Mama and I enjoyed a bowl of them for brunch in our backyard…

Prepping pounds of plums

Our Santa Rosa Plum tree has been showering us in fruit this week. I’ve found several recipes to play with this weekend, including a crisp with cardamon and pistachio, a semifreddo, and syrup for cold-brew tea. The most time-consuming bit for each recipe is all of the plum preparation. I spent hours chopping, pitting, and…

Backyard plum picking

Now is the one week of summer that our entire plum tree ripens at once. Usually, it’s a race to see who can get to the fruit first—the squirrels and birds or us. Having deployed several reflective owl cut-outs as deterrents, we seemed to have gained the upper hand this year. Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was…

Eating grapes in the garden

After a fruitful trip to my favorite local organic market, I returned home with the most incredible Cotton Candy grapes! They were beyond delicious—and Mama and I enjoyed them al fresco in our backyard oasis! Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was eating grapes in the garden! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the comments! Day…

Personalized produce help

The best part of my Fridays is often my trip to our local organic grocery store. Yep, never thought I’d be so excited to go food shopping, but alas. Part of what makes it a great errand is the awesome staff at Oliver’s. Everyone, meet Dillon. He’s the produce manager and he’s amazing. Each week…

Wee green plums

While strolling through our garden and enjoying the flowers, Mama and I discovered that our plum tree is now starting to fruit! Aren’t they cute? Today’s #OneGoodThing was finding wee green plums with Mama! What was your #OneGoodThing today? Please share in the comments! Day 117 of 365. And Day 1,213 in a row (here’s the…

Summer fruit in winter

Besides the cold and rain, winter gets us down with its endless citrus and lack of juicy, sweet stone fruits. These lovelies are typically only available to us in summer. However, while at our local organic grocer on Friday, I discovered these mouth-watering gems. Mama and I have been cherishing each bite of white nectarine…