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Contemplating a Wonderberry
Comments (11)Wonderberries are excellent. Pick lots of them (only purple ones) and freeze them in gallon freezer bags. Put them on pizza and in frittatas. Use fresh ones in salads, frittatas, and pizza. Don't compare them to blueberries. You'll be happier if you compare them to tomatoes. Trade Winds Fruit sells the kind I use. If anyone in the USA wants seeds, let me know. Cooked whole on pizza, they provide more taste and less juice per volume than tomatoes, IMO, and are attractive like olives. They provide great taste to frittatas similarly. They don't add much flavor to salads, but that's part of the appeal (the flavor doesn't distract); they add visual appeal and nutrients. The longer you keep them on the vine after they turn purple, the softer and sweeter they'll get (but they also risk going bad later in the season if you do that). You can use them in desserts, but when people do that, they usually mix them with other berries. I personally like eating them fresh and plain (but I find few people who agree with me.) To me, they taste like sour watermelon, oranges and a bit like huckleberries. Despite my using them like tomatoes, I don't think they taste like tomatoes—but they are related to them, and many people who aren't me think they taste like tomatoes. Cooked on pizza, they have a sweeter, tangier taste than tomatoes tend to have. Cooked whole on pizza, they add a slightly fruity olive-like flavor to me. I haven't tried them in lasagna or spaghetti, but they'd probably be good that way. They combine with tomatoes well (including in frittatas and on pizza). They'd probably be good added near the end of a stir fry. I imagine they might be good cooked on grilled cheese sandwiches....See MoreContemplating building an ADU in my backyard
Comments (14)I think how you approach this really depends on whether you plan to rent it out or not. We're designing a home and need a mother-in-law apartment with a full kitchen for when my mother-in-law (unfortunately) will live with us. We don't plan at any point to rent it out though. Our HOA doesn't allow multidwelling units though so we're designing it as an attached pool cabana with a kitchenette which is allowed. It will be decorated as a cabana but once the inspector leaves we'll add a cooktop (my mother-in-law doesn't use an oven which is what makes this plan work) and furnishings which will make this work as a mother-in-law apartment. To turn it back into a cabana to sell the house we'll just need to change out the furnishings, remove the cooktop and replace the counters....See MoreSomething to contemplate on Thanksgiving
Comments (0)http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/us/in-a-california-valley-healthy-food-everywhere-but-on-the-table.html?hpw&rref=us&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0 kimmq is kimmsr...See MoreContemplating Kitchen Remodel
Comments (17)I have really appreciated the honest feedback here. My friends all tend to say "It looks GREAT!" no matter what I suggest and my dad continues to advocate for leaving it alone... but he is my helper. (More accurately, I am his helper) I am considering a lot of your suggestions. I think I became overwhelmed by how many things I DISLIKED about the kitchen that all I could see was it all going away and starting from scratch. The only kitchen I have done before was a new build so I did get to start from scratch, which was fun! :) I have included a drawing of what is current and what I am proposing. The current one includes neighboring rooms. The proposed ones are just the kitchen. I am thinking that I would keep all of my lower cabinets (Except for the desk) and actually, I am strongly looking at how to use my uppers too. I would like to add sliders etc... inside the cabinets, but I could add that a little down the road if need be too. I REALLY like the changes you have suggested for the pantry. One thing that is really stumping me is my uppers. Currently the soffit sticks out in front of the cabinets 12 inches. It is why I dislike it. It feels so crowded and closed off. I was thinking, if I could cut them off flush with the front of the cabinets that would help a lot. My dad said that would be very difficult and I'd need to remove the old ones and just build new ones. He suggested just removing the soffit and having it open above them at that point. My original plan was to purchase new uppers to go to the ceiling, but I am trying to use what I have instead. I have included another picture that looks in towards the sink where you can see the depth of the soffits and where I was hoping to shrink or remove them. I would still need to purchase cabinets to go where my desk currently is to surround the refrigerator. I was thinking about possibly having them VERY different so they look like an accent instead of trying to blend them in with the existing ones. Perhaps painted ones, glass doors, or some other unique look. (I do not prefer glass though) I do have the same doors on uppers in the laundry room and also lowers in my bar and master bathroom. I would not be opposed to taking any of those doors and replacing the doors in that area with something different as they're not visible from the kitchen....See More- 6 months ago
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