Rhubarb :: One of the fruitiest vegetables you'll meet

Botanically (fun word, right?) the star of spring shows up on your dessert plate as if we don't know the masquerade at hand. It is a vegetable on the technicality that it is grown in the ground and has no seeds. In my home we shall treat her as the QUEEN that she is and SWEETEN her with SUGAR!

The "red celery", as my kids like to refer to it, is easy to use in desserts or sauces and you'll often find it coupled with berries.

I love to make simple syrup to add to lemonade or your favorite cocktail. Try it, you'll be obsessed!

It stores nicely in a bag (for about a week) in your refrigerator and if you have a bumper crop, it freezes really well!!! Save that good stuff for the off-season!

But, don't be eatin' the leaves!! They are toxic.

Today I'm sharing my Rhubarb Cheesecake. I like to serve it with a big scoop of my Strawberry Rhubarb Glaze. I also use the glaze on vanilla ice cream or sometimes I've been known to just eat it by the spoonful.

Happy rhubarb season!!!

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