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Recipe: Autumn Salad

Pear Pomegranate Salad_web

Ingredients For Salad 1⁄2 head radicchio 1 head frisee 2 oz of rich and/ or creamy cheese such as blue cheese or brie 1 Warren pear, thinly sliced on mandolin 1⁄4 cup of walnuts, toasted For Dressing 1⁄2 shallot minced

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Fruit and News of the Week: October 19th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Warren Pears Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. It has a great origin story, discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren growing naturally outside a post office in Hattiesburg, MS. Too

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Recipe: Roast Chicken with Pears, Shallots, and Thyme

from Martha Stewart Ingredients 1 whole chicken, innards removed 10 sprigs fresh thyme divided, plus 1 tablespoon leaves 6 shallots, peeled and cut in half 3 cloves garlic, unpeeled 1/2 lemon, cut in half 3 Pears Salt and Pepper Method

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Fruit and News of the Week: Oct 12th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Warren Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers, it’s never caught on commercially but Farmer Al has never shied away from putting the

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Recipe: Pumpkin Pomegranate Muffins

from My Recipes Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 3⁄4 cup whole wheat flour 1⁄4 cup Grape-nuts cereal (or similar cereal) 1⁄2 cup sugar or 1⁄2 cup Splenda granular 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon

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    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

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

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    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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