“Don’t be afraid of tomatillos,” we told some friends recently. “They’re basically green tomatoes with a little jacket on them.” Don’t laugh. These little guys are so serious about coming over to your house that they got all dressed up for you. Once you help them take their little “jackets” off, they’re going to be […]
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Apple Salsa – Spicy, Fresh, Perfect for Fall
Picture our family in the kitchen, surrounded by 27 pounds of apples that we’ve picked. We’ve already made apple pie, applesauce, and we’ve eaten what seems like an endless amount of apples out of hand. What’s left to make? “Apple salsa!” declares one of the kids. Apple salsa… Hmmm… That might just work. Turns out, […]
Blue Apron Dinner
Even though school has started, the daytime hours are not the whole bonbon-eating experience they’re cracked up to be. Here at the Jolly Tomato house, we’re up to our ears in permission slips, carpool charts, volunteer requests, parent/student contracts, PTA forms, playdates, homework help, and work work on top of all that. That’s why, when […]
White (Hot) Peach Salsa
Summer is peach season, and now that we have had a chance to learn so much about peaches we want to eat them in everything. Right now, in the hottest days of summer, we’re looking for something that’s cool, refreshing, and hot at the same time…and we’ve got that in this fresh and quick peach […]
Strawberry Feast
What do you do when you have a bumper crop of strawberries and a house full of people? Make a strawberry feast, of course. Following our strawberry farm tour with the California Strawberry Commission we were inspired to use our strawberries for just about every item on the dinner table this week. We started with […]
Kitchen Sink Foods
Heading out on a long vacation? Moving? Or is it just time to clean out the refrigerator? No matter what the reason, there are days when you need to use up the food in the fridge, and re-heating those leftovers just doesn’t sound appealing. Can food be made just as appetizing – or even more so – the […]
Hi! I'm Jeanne Fratello - a writer, reporter, and a mom who is on a mission to find great food for kids and to keep parents up to date on the latest nutrition news. You can read more about me here.
