This recipe was inspired by one of my favorite orders at Bob’s Well Bread, the Gravlax Platter. The meal comes with a house-made bagel, lox, cream cheese, tomatoes, onions, capers, and the most perfect, sweetened …
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Recipe: Sugar Preserved Lemons
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Recipe: Fresh Orange Sherbet
Last week, Chris came back from an unsupervised day in Santa Barbara with a giant box full of oranges from a roadside stand (it was $11!). We are on a serious orange kick in my …
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Recipe: Grapefruit Sunrise Juice
Winter is citrus season, and after almost four years of living in California, I’ve become so spoiled in stocking up on my citrus fresh from the trees. Citrus is everywhere this time of year – …
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Bakersfield City Guides: Visit Murray Family Farms
Over the weekend, Chris and I took a little afternoon out to go visit Murray Family Farms. They were offering a 2 for 1 deal on farm entry (we love a bargain) to go see …
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Lemon Curd
Life has given me more lemons, so I’m powering through more ideas on how to use them! Get ready for more lemon-themed posts over the next few days. I’m open to new ideas to try …
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Lemon Ice Cream
Yes friends – I am still powering through my lemon harvest. Out of the four that remained after the main harvest, two I used in a lemon ice cream recipe that turned out to be …
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Candied Grapefruit Peels
As part of my citrus preservation weekend, I decided it would be fun to make candied grapefruit peels from all of the grapefruit skins that I wasn’t going to use through making my Grapefruit Marmalade …
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Citrus Haul 2019!
I just wanted to jump on to show off my citrus harvest for this year! I’m super proud of my little trees for producing their biggest amount of fruit yet! We harvested 15 Meyer lemons, …
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My Lemons are Ripening!
Citrus season is one of the reasons why I love winter in California so much. The first mandarins appeared at the market last weekend, and the oranges on the citrus groves that surround Bakersfield are …
Claire Aucella 