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Recipe – Kiwi Salsa for Kids

Closeup photo of kiwi slices on a blue table with a sprig of flowers.

This recipe by Christine Steendahl of themenumom.com is perfect for the one lone kiwi in this week’s box (or if you’ve got one left over from last week like I do).

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Recipe – Avocado Ice Cream

A single scoop of avocado ice cream in a glass dish.

As the much needed warm weather brings sun to the trees, we enjoyed some avocado ice cream here at the farm.

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Frog Hollow Farm Market Cafe’s Avocado Toast

Frog Hollow Farm Cafe's Avocado Toast

Cafe manager / chef Mark Benedetto calls his Avocado Toast a cult classic – and one of the most ordered items at our Frog Hollow Farm Market Cafe in the San Francisco Ferry Building. All ingredients are sourced directly from the Ferry Building’s market. We’re excited to share his recipe for our Cafe’s Avocado Toast!

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Recipe – Glazed Apple and Pecan Cake

A square slice of apple cake topped with a toasted pecan and drizzled with a glaze.

Ellen, a Piedmont site member, sent us a recipe for Glazed Pear and Pecan Cake saying she’d made it twice with our Warren pears and that it was “outrageously good for relatively little effort.” Here’s the apple version.

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Recipe – Candied Grapefruit

Photo of straight strips of candied orange peels rolled in sugar in a white dish resting on a table.

This simple recipe can be prepared well under an hour. As we continue to move into citrus season, consider trying it out with oranges, tangerines, or other heavy-skinned fragrant citrus. If substituting, based on average sizing, two oranges or three tangerines may be used in the place of the grapefruit.

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