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Recipe: Winter Citrus Bars

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

We can’t wait to try this recipe with this week’s citrus! Recipe via Martha Stewart Ingredients: Crust 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted…

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Farm Focus: Asian Pear Plantings

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Lael Gerhart

Asian pear tree plantings

We are slowly but surely building up our fall and winter fruit crops with the goal of providing more Frog Hollow fruit for our CSA year round. Last year, we were pleased to plant 5 varieties of mandarins and 2…

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Recipe: Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Lael Gerhart

From Iowa Girl Eats Serves 5 Ingredients: 1/2 cup dry quinoa 1/3 cup red onion, chopped 1 orange, peeled then segmented 1 avocado, chopped 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained 1 cup pomegranate seeds (about 1 pomegranate worth)…

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Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
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…
Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees
Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we w…
Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018
This Week’s Fruit:
Minneloa Tangelos
Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…
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…
Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard
Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…