As Barrington kicks off a summer of sesquicentennial celebrations,…
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125. Hands of Hope’s 14th Annual Barrington Country Garden & Antique Faire
Spring has finally arrived in earnest: the flowers…
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125. Barrington EATS: Extraordinary Dishes with Garden Fresh Herbs Cooking Demonstration
Coming up this Friday and Saturday is one…
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88. Barrington EATS: Give Mom the Day Off in the Kitchen
Mother’s Day is this weekend. As a mother…
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63. Barrington EATS: Students Get Cooking for Future Chefs Challenge
There’s something cooking at the Barrington 220 school…
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36. Barrington EATS: Warm Up Your Winter with Sunshine-Fresh Produce at Heinen’s Fine Foods
We hear people around Barrington buzzing about the…
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20. Barrington EATS: The Forbidden Fruit for Tasty Tuesday
It’s Tasty Tuesday time again at District 220 schools, and the ingredient of the month for February is grapefruit. Tasty Tuesday is a new healthy eating initiative in our elementary schools where students are served a sample of a fruit or vegetable on the first Tuesday of each month. Then, the same food item will be offered intermittently on the school lunch menu for remainder of the month.
Since the district also recommends we try to serve our kids the food of the month in our own homes, we have a family-friendly recipe for you try, starring the ingredient of the month. I couldn’t be more excited to share a few tips about serving grapefruit, which is my favorite fruit and affectionately known as “The Forbidden Fruit” by those, like me, who love it.
Others may just remember the grapefruit diet fad and perhaps only think of grapefruit as a cleanser for the fruit’s low glycemic index, which helps the body’s metabolism burn fat when digesting. It’s also a great provider of Vitamin C, fiber and lycopene and can help lower cholesterol. These are all good reasons to incorporate grapefruit into your diet. But how about because it tastes great? And I find it truly reliable in texture and flavor in all seasons.
I agree with District 220’s Tasty Tuesday program that we should all try to get our families to eat more grapefruit. Grapefruit has a reputation for being bitter, which happens if you get a bite with too much of the abundant pith, the part that surrounds and separates the segments. Here is a way to cut the fruit that eliminates the majority of the pith, and allows you to easily eat or carve out just the juicy pulp……

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10. Barrington EATS: Cooking Classes in Your Home Kitchen
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3. Barrington EATS: A Raspberry Resolution
It’s our first Barrington EATS post of 2013…
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338. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 12: Sausage Breakfast Strata
A Christmas Brunch tradition for my family is…
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337. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 11: Baked Cocunut Shrimp
Shrimp is a star seafood during the holidays.…
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336. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 10: Fig-Glazed Turkey
A holiday glaze made with dried figs is…
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335. Barrington EATS: Heinen’s Beef for the Holidays
When we say Heinen’s makes holiday beef easy,…
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332. 12 Days of Recipes, Day 9: Peaches & Cream Coffee Cake
A lot of thought goes into the dishes…
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