A few weeks ago I received the last Kitchen Trotter box. their latest partnership is with Florida grapefruit. Let’s go to the Sunshine State to fill you up with vitamins to fight against the cold!
Unfortnately we are not actually flying to Florida but we can pretend we are by bringing the sun in our plates.
This is what’s inside the Florida Box:
– 2 Florida grapefruits
– 5 dry products : arils of dry pomegranates, golden sesame, black rice, olive oil scented with basil and vanilla extract
– a recipe booklet
– a Florida booklet
A zest of history : in the booklet we learn that the grapefruit was introduced in Florida by a French man, that France is the 2nd largest importer in Europe and that French people are the 2nd biggest grapefruit consumer in the world after Japanese people!
Florida grapefruits are known to have several benefits: antioxidant, diuretic, draining, ernegizing and poor in calories.
I must confess that I’m not a huge grapefruit fan, I always thought it tasted too bitter. I decided to accept to receive this box because I thought that maybe it was about time to learn to like grapefruits and to complete my « Bon appétit! » category. Here are some suggestions to savor grapefruits at any time of the day and brighten up your winter.
Breakfast:
If you like grapefruits, you can eat Florida grapefruit on its own without adding any sugar because it’s the more sweetened grapefruit. Like I told you I’m not a big fan of grapefruits but it’s true that this one is far more sweet that what I could remember. However I personnaly still can’t eat grapefruit on its own (I know I’m a liar).
If like me you prefer to drink it, you can mix 2 oranges, 1/4 of lemon and a piece of ginger to make it the perfect anti-cellulitis drink! It was exactly what I needed before going to Mauritius because I wasn’t ready for the bikini test since I’ve been eating raclettes all winter long.
Lunch:
However if there’s one thing I particulary love is to eat sour/sweet. I even took the bad habbit of adding dried grapes everywhere. We prepared a sour/sweet salad with grapefruit, salad, feta cheese, avocado, shrimps, carrots, pomegranate, seeds, dried grapes, the whole sprinkled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It might be the recipe that reconciled me with grapefruits!
Here is a 2d presentation, thank you to the Boyfriend and Mum-in-law for it!
Snack:
For snack it’s easy, you just need yoghurt or cottage cheese, some pomegranate seeds and few slices of grapefruit and voilà! I also added one drop of vanilla extract. Simple but very good!
Dinner:
Finally, to end the day let’s prepare a salad with chicken, black rice, pomegranate, peas, carotts, feta cheese, coriander, seeds and arills of dried pomegranates.
I’m sure that with this type of diet you will be in good shape for the rest of winter! You can find Florida grapefruits from November to April in almost every food shops. What about you? How do you like to eat your grapefruits? I wouldn’t say no to some new recipe ideas. Let’s say that warmer weather is not that far away anymore…
Post sponsored by Florida grapefruit
Super article Aurélie, j’ai bien envie de tester ces recettes ! Bonne journée bisous
Merci Anne-Laure
Le pamplemousse dans tous ses états :) En tout cas, une chose et sur, c’est que ton article donne le smille :)
Ah tiens ça aurait fait un bon titre ça “Le pamplemousse dans tous ses états” !
La recette de ton déjeuner m’a donné faiiiiimmmmmmm !!!
C’est super facile et vraiment bon, fais-là tu verras
Je ne connaissais pas du tout cette box, mais le concept est vraiment sympa ! Et photos sont très jolies et donnent envie de prendre une cuillère pour goûter les plats !
Je pense que c’est la meilleure box food :p
Vraiment super cet article, les photos sont top !! Je dois dire que la salade du déjeuner me tente bien hi hi, la présentation est vraiment superbe !!
Oui heureusement que belle-maman était là pour faire cette belle présentation, j’en aurai été incapable !
tu as fait de belles photos qui mettent en valeur cette box et qui donnent envie de partir direct pour les Keys ahah!
Cool, merci !
Coucou AAurélie,
je viens de découvrir ton blog et c’est vraiment super
je veux m’abonner pour n epas rater tes dernières publications
j’espere que tu feras aussi un saut sur mon blog
dis, je voudrais savoir ce que les blogueuses pensent sur la journée mondiale des femmes à venir le 08 mars
j’ai avancé quelques idées au choix:https://femmeetinfos.wordpress.com/2016/02/24/mes-coups-dcoeur-sur-la-celebration-de-la-journee-mondiale-des-femmes-2016/
merci de me tenir aau courant sur commentaire cee que tu en penses
bisous
anita
ça marche j’irai jeter un oeil
Bonjour, un mélange pamplemousse en suprême, surimi, mayonnaise et ketchup avec de la ciboulette, c’est juste divin aussi.
C’est vrai que le pamplemousse doit bien se marier avec le surimi ou du crabe. J’essayerai mais sans le ketchup ;)
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Bonjour Aurelie! je viens de faire la découverte de ton blog et il est vraiment top! Surtout c’est vraiment varié que je peux en trouver toutes sortes d’idées. La recette à l’air miam miam je vais l’essayer plus tard.
J’aime les pamplemousses et avec vos recettes je les aimerai davantage. merci beaucoup.