When Life Gives You Key Limes: Key Lime Pie Bars
One of the things about eating seasonally that has always confused my tastebuds is the fact that citrus season is in winter. I mean, when you think of a tart, cold glass of lemonade, you think of summertime, not the dead of winter when lemons are ripe for the picking! I’ve given this some thought, and perhaps this is Mother Nature’s way of perking up our palates after a long season of pumpkins, apples and winter squash. Over the past two years we have planted a few dwarf citrus trees in our backyard: Eureka lemon, Meyer lemon, blood orange and a key lime tree. They are still young at this point and I cannot wait until they are all bearing fruit! I’ve had this Barefoot Contessa recipe for Lemon Bars on my Pinterest board for months, just waiting for that glorious day when the Meyer lemons on my little tree finally ripen (likely some time in December). But, it so happened that the key limes ripened first, and boy are they wonderful! They are super …