Farmer’s Market Friday: Potato Recipes

This week’s Farmer’s Market Friday is all about potatoes – red, yellow, blue, white, or sweet, I love them all! Potatoes get a bad rap much of the time, but it’s all about the preparation: frying potatoes or smothering them in cream or cheese simply adds a lot of calories to a vegetable that has […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Pepper Recipes

Welcome to another Farmer’s Market Friday! I hope you’ve been able to find some recipes to help you savor all the bounty of the season – and maybe even to ‘put up’ a few things for the winter. Today’s produce star is peppers – sweet red, orange, and yellow peppers, banana peppers, jalapenos, anaheims, or […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Recipes with Cucumbers

While cucumbers are available year around, it’s during the summer months that buckets of cukes appear at the Farmer’s Market or from your garden, as cucumbers are one of the easiest vegetables to grow and they love the warm weather. Cucumbers lend themselves to so many different applications – fresh eating, salads, relishes, pickles, and […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Zucchini Recipes

Visiting your local Farmer’s Market in the height of summer it’s sure to be overflowing with the bounty of the harvest, one of which is a lot of Zucchini! And although Zucchini is a vegetable that has been joked about because it is so abundant, it really is a wonderful and versatile vegetable. In my […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Tomato Recipes

Tomatoes and summer seem to go hand-in-hand. So many of our favorite summer recipes use tomatoes and it seems like everyone wants to grow at least one tomato plant to get that warmed-by-the-sun tomato flavor that just can’t be found in store-bought tomatoes. Whether eaten simply sliced with a bit of salt and olive oil […]

Cucumber Dip

Often times dips can be heavy and contain more calories than we want, especially if they are made with cream cheese. Now, that’s not to say I don’t love a good dip, but sometimes a nice refreshing, cool dip is what you need. And this Cucumber Dip is perfect for that. It goes together in […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Recipes for Green Beans

I hope you all enjoyed our first Farmer’s Market Friday of the summer last week – all about Sweet Corn – and are ready to try out some recipes for another of our favorite vegetables: Green Beans. Mark HammillMark is a self-taught cook specializing in Asian cuisine. Mark’s passion for food began at a young […]

Grilled Chicken Salad with Corn & Peppers

Seems like everywhere we turn and every time we visit a restaurant they offer a wonderful salad with Grilled Chicken. We often enjoy a hearty salad for dinner like the Seven Layer Southwest Salad, especially during the heat of the Summer. Great friends and great food – that’s what it’s all about, right? Today’s recipe […]

Farmer’s Market Friday: Sweet Corn Recipes

Welcome to the first Farmer’s Market Friday of the summer! We had so much fun last year sharing with you some of the great produce and items (like cheese!) to be found at our local farmer’s market, along with delicious recipe ideas, that we are excited to be continuing the series this summer. We also […]

Fredricho’s Favorite Five: Week 2

Happy Friday! Last week we started sharing Fredricho’s Favorite Five, everyone seemed to enjoy it, so we thought we would continue for a bit. We’ve pulled together some recipes for you that feature all the wonderful bounty from your garden or Farmer’s Market. I’ll have to admit, I’ve never cooked or even tasted eggplant before. […]

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