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Cherries

16July 18, 2017Cooking by Erica

Dark Cherry and Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

This easy ice cream recipe is chock full of sweet dark cherries and mini chocolate chips.

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14July 12, 2017Food Preservation by Erica

Cherry Salsa with Tequila and Cilantro

Fresh dark sweet cherries pair up with red onion, lime juice, cilantro and a glug of tequila for an easy but delicious and versatile salsa. A savory way to preserve our brief cherry season.

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3July 7, 2017Recent Posts by Erica

5 Things Friday: 7/7/17

This week’s Five Things Friday randomness: best tool for cherry season, greening the desert, my favorite place to sit, iceberg lassoing, and more.

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55July 7, 2015Food Preservation by Erica

Dark Cherry Chutney Canning Recipe

When the Washington State Fruit Commission asked if I would be a 2015 Canbassador for preserving local, sweet, amazing Washington-grown fruit I lept at the opportunity. You see, as a local Washingtonian, I already believe the fruit being grown by our orchardists throughout the state is the best in the country. This isn’t just hometown pride talking. Washington is…

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5March 27, 2015Cooking by Erica

Tart Cherry Mint Mojito

Can we talk for a minute about the amazingness of tart cherries? They make the best jam, the best pie, and the best mojito variation I’ve ever sipped. Now I know what you are thinking. “It’s months from fresh cherry season!” Too true, but thanks to the modern miracle of the deep freeze, frozen tart…

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3November 6, 2012Summer by Erica

Two Ingredient/Two Minute Cherry Ice Cream

Some tastes are summer in your mouth. This is one of them. When the weather gets gloomy, and the great overcast sky of Seattle forms a continuous ombrey of silver-darkening-to-slate with the damp pavement, this is the flavor that recalls sun on your neck and trips to the lake. This is also the recipe that…

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18July 25, 2012Food Preservation by Erica

Lacto-fermented Cherry Salsa

It’s been cherry-palooza around here. I’ve dried, frozen, canned in lime-almond syrup (fabulous, by the way), given away and eaten (and eaten and eaten and eaten) fresh cherries by the pound. We’ve even got my 2 year old saying “cherries make ya poop a lot!” which seems far more adorable when it’s coming out of…

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Hi! I'm Erica, the founder of NWEdible and the author of The Hands-On Home. I garden, keep chickens and ducks, homeschool my two kids and generally run around making messes on my one-third of an acre in suburban Seattle. Thanks for reading!

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