by Toni | Sep 18, 2021 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Fruits, Let's Eat
I am always looking for new ways to use ground cherries, those golden globes of farmers markets across the Midwest. I’ve been developing recipes for these one-of-a-kind berries (Actually they are a member of the tomatillo family!) since I started this blog way back in...
by Toni | Aug 27, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Every year I try to create at least one recipe using ground cherries. From the very beginning of Green Gal of the Midwest, a ground cherry recipe has been on the blog—everything from salad to pie to chutney. Ground cherries are not a familiar fruit—in fact, they are...
by Toni | Aug 7, 2016 | Farmer's Market, Fruits, Green Decisions, Let's Eat, Live Green
When I was a little girl growing up in my grandmother’s house, we had few store-bought canned goods. I ate homemade strawberry preserves and red plum jelly plopped on buttermilk biscuits regularly for breakfast. Could explain why my dress size was a “chubby” in those...
by Toni | Aug 13, 2015 | Fruits, Let's Eat
Bing? No. Rainier? No. Sour? No. Ground. Huh? Ground Cherries are little fruits in the same genus as tomatillos (and we can talk about tomatillos sometime down the road). Ground Cherries share a papery husk like tomatillos and are in the same family as...
