Category Archives: General

Roasted Chickpeas & Pepitas

Thirty minutes to a healthy snack everyone in the family can enjoy at game time or as a school lunch snack. Gluten-free and budget friendly. Continue reading

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Quinoa Salad with Apples, Onions & Nuts

A healthy protein-rich quinoa salad that’s packed with sweet & savory flavors. A meal by itself served warm, room temperature or chilled or pair it with fish, poultry or pork. Continue reading

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Quinoa Salad with Shiitake Mushrooms, Spinach & Pecans

A fall version of a Farmers’ Market Quinoa Salad with Shitake Mushrooms, Spinach, Shallots, Pecans & Local Cheese Continue reading

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Dixie Speckled Butter Beans & Fresh Corn Salad

A super healthy & light summer salad with fresh corn and heat loving butter beans. Add a bit of mild shishito peppers, a splash of lime juice and a few pieces of crumbled local bacon for the carnivores. Continue reading

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Slow Cooking the Beef Bottom Round Steak

Smaller “steak” cuts of bottom round roast make a flavorful dinner for two without much effort. Continue reading

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Chilled Corn Soup with Blistered Shishito Peppers

An easy corn soup in or out-of-season, warm or chilled topped with mild blistered shishito peppers. Continue reading

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Eggplant & Black Bean Chili

Black beans work well with the Rosa Bianca eggplant in this recipe alongside roasted heirloom tomatoes with sweet onion and fresh garlic. Spiced it up with local sausage or keep it mild with ground beef. Continue reading

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Applesauce & Fig Cake

A cake made with both summer and fall fruits. Use fresh-made applesauce and stored fig preserves in the fall or canned applesauce and fresh figs in the summer. Delightfully light with tea, coffee, or ice cream. Continue reading

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Kellogg’s Breakfast: Tomato Sauce, Orzo & Spicy Sausage

Turn extra Orange Beefsteak Tomatoes into a great summer heirloom tomato sauce mixed with orzo pasta, spicy sausage, and fresh parsley or basil. Continue reading

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“Lillian’s Yellow” Heirloom Tomato Sauce

A bright summer sauce made with heirloom yellow beefsteak tomatoes, fresh basil, toasted walnuts and lemon zest and a pinch of heat from red pepper flakes that will keep you cool on the hottest of days! Continue reading

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