Is this thing on??

So there’s this thing that people use in the kitchen called a stove.  Since I’ve been talking a lot of health stuff these days, I became reacquainted with that appliance in my kitchen. We meet regularly now. Daily, even. It’s turning out to be pretty fun!  Every two weeks I pick up produce from the local co-op, Bountiful Baskets, and figure out what interesting things I’m going to learn how to make. This week it was sorbet.

Originally I had received about 5 # of pears and planned on making pear sorbet, but when I discovered they had been picked too soon and didn’t ripen, just went over to the dark side, I turned to plums.  I had just picked up two pints of raspberries and I found a recipe I modified.  It was super-easy…here goes:

• 6 plums

• 2 pints raspberries

• 2/3 cup raw sugar

• 1 cup water

• juice from 1 lime

Remove seeds from plums and cut into a few pieces. Add to sauce pan with water, bring to a boil then simmer for about 10 minutes. Add raspberries, sugar, and lime juice and let cool.  Puree in food processor then add to ice cream maker, though I s’pose you could just put in the freezer. And that’s seriously it!

Of note, I didn’t strain the mixture like the recipe called for because I’m weird and I kinda like the texture of the seeds. It’s all up to you though!

Today I’m making flourless brownies and jalapeno cilantro hummus. For the hummus, I’m adding some greek yogurt to mimic Pita Jungle.