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Recipe: Fresh and Crunchy Raw Nori Rolls with Sweet-spicy Dip

from Tales of a Kitchen Makes 8 rolls Ingredients For the rolls: 2 nori sheets about 1 cup quinoa 1/4 carrot, julienned 1/3 capsicum, julienned few matchsticks of cucumber 1/2 avocado, thinly sliced For the sauce: 1 full tbsp unhulled

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Fruit and News of the Week: April 18th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:   Hass Avocado Churchill, Ojai, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Valencia Oranges Sundance, Oceanside,

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Farm Focus: Serendipitous Weather

As most of you know we recently completed the planting of a new parcel of peach trees. These trees currently stand about two feet tall, and they are experiencing a rush of spring growth; leafing out in all directions. With

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Recipe: Roasted Salmon with Shallot Grapefruit Sauce

from Fine Cooking Serves 2 Ingredients: 2 salmon fillets (4-6 oz. each) 1/4 tsp. salt, plus more to taste 1 ruby red grapefruits 2 tsp. olive oil 1 Tbs. minced shallot 1 tsp. peeled and grated fresh ginger 2 1/2

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Fruit and News of the Week: April 11th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:   Hass Avocado Churchill, Ojai, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Fuji Apple Cuyama, New Cuyama,CA

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
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    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
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  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

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