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Recipe: Grilled Apricots

This week’s recipe comes to us from our friend, Lauren Hollander of HonestFoodieBlog. For more recipes you can pick up her new e-book, Shut Up and Eat: A Foodie’s Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Food, on amazon.  Ingredients 4

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Fruit and News of the Week: April 28th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Minneolas Sundance Natural, Oceanside Minneolas are a cross between a grapefruit and a mandarin. Their peel is a smooth orange-red. The shape slightly resembles a bell with a round body and pronounced neck. Minnoelas have a juicy

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Farm Focus: Chutney!

Chutney For hundreds of years, people have been preserving their own food. Before refrigeration was invented, drying, pickling, curing, and fermenting foods were the primary methods for extending the shelf life of produce. With Influence from India, chutney was one

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Recipe: Middle Eastern Chicken Sandwich with Chutney and Mint

  Ingredients 2 chicken breasts 1 onion 1⁄2 cup dried apricots, chopped Baharat spice mix (see happychildcsa.com for recipe) 1⁄4 cup olive oil 2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tbsp of parsley,finely chopped 1 tbsp of mint, finely chopped plus

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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Valencia Oranges Pleasant Valley Ranch, Springville, CA Valencia Oranges are a late season orange known for their very sweet tasting and brightly colored juice. They are one of the most popular varieties used for bottled juices because of

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