May 4, 2009

Orange Dip for Pears

My uncle has a pear tree and is such a good sharing gardener! We thoroughly enjoy getting these little pears and here is one of the ways we enjoyed them. This was a dish I took to a women's fellowship meeting. It makes a lot of dip, so for a smaller group you may want to make half this much.

Orange Dip For Pears
2 Tbs. lemon juice
1/3 C sour cream
1/3 C mayonnaise
3 Tbs. orange juice concentrate
zest and juice of one orange
1 tsp. ground ginger
Drizzle pears with lemon juice.
Reserve a little zest to garnish dip and whisk all other ingredients together . Serve fruit and dip chilled.
These recipes will hopefully give you some ideas about how to use produce from your garden or farmer's market. There are also other recipes that are simply here because they are our favorites, or someone made a request at the last church lunch! I'd like to encourage you to alter these recipes to suit your own tastes, your family's needs, and to use what you have on hand. Therefore, some of my recipes will not have exact measurements. So...if any of the recipes leaves you scratching your head, just send me an email and I'll try to answer your question. HappyGrowing@eatingfromthegarden.com