As a blogger one of my favorite things to do is to look back through old photos in the archives. So much life happens and having a blog is a great way to preserve it. Todays post is a round up of our most popular recipe posts of 2016. There are some delicious recipes here, so if you didn't get to try them when the originally debuted on our blog, give them a whirl now. Use the search bar on the right hand side of the blog and enter any recipe name or ingredient and it will lead you to the proper page in our archives. Hope this inspires you to get to work in your kitchen today!
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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread |
mussels and linguini in a white wine sauce |
Lemon Shrimp Pasta |
Harambe Copy Cat Corn Salad |
Epcot Morocco Copy Cat Lentil Salad |
Asian Chicken Stir Fry |
Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes |
Shrimp Boil |
Homemade Granola |
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Poached Salmon with New Potatoes |
Butternut Squash Mushroom Salad with Goat Cheese |
Bon Apetite! And we hope that you end 2016 with your best dishes yet.
Obviously living on a farm with an apple orchard, we have learned how to store apples for longer term use after our harvest. Here a few tips to help you when you want to keep your produce, specifically apples lasting longer.
To maximize apple shelf life, wrap each apple in newspaper before place it in a basket. If one apple goes bad, the paper will protect the other apples from coming into contact with it. Store your apples in a cool basement, garage, shed, fruit cellar, or refrigerator. Make sure its not so cold that they freeze, freezing apples will ruin their texture. Do not store apples in a root cellar or near potatoes, the gases let off by the potatoes will spoil the apples.
To maximize apple shelf life, wrap each apple in newspaper before place it in a basket. If one apple goes bad, the paper will protect the other apples from coming into contact with it. Store your apples in a cool basement, garage, shed, fruit cellar, or refrigerator. Make sure its not so cold that they freeze, freezing apples will ruin their texture. Do not store apples in a root cellar or near potatoes, the gases let off by the potatoes will spoil the apples.
Just a little quick tip to start your weekend. Hope you all get to relax and enjoy yourselves!
Well the snow is here and the lavender is long gone, but its nice to remember what our farm looked like just a few short weeks ago. Love the pop of purple next to all the rustic colors of fall on our farm. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Sometimes you eat something, and you know you are doing your body a favor, but your tastebuds hate you for it. Well this salad is a better version of that. Its a packed with powerful good for you ingredients, but your mouth will actually enjoy eating it!
Ingredients:
2 cups arugula
1 ounce goat cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup pickled beets, chopped
1/4 cup smoked almonds, chopped
2 tablespoons red onion, diced
1 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Directions:
Mix together all ingredients, eat, and be happy.
Snickerdoodles are such a great cookie this time of year. I think its something about the cinnamon that just screams the coziness of the season. I love the tanginess the cream of tartar gives these cookies as well. They are chewy, soft, and a little bit spicy. So good.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, room temp
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
For rolling:
1 tbs cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix all ingredients in mixer. Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls, then mix together your cinnamon and sugar, and roll the balls in that until their entire outside is coated. Then bake for 8 minutes.
These cookies are the perfect texture, a delightful soft and chewy cookie perfect for fall.
Hello everyone. Just wanted to remind you that Christkindlmarkt starts in Salt Lake today!
It's a traditional German Christmas market in Salt Lake City and the best part is it's free!
The magic of Christmas abounds at the market. Activities for children include the Nicholas tent, daily children's parades, live nativity animals, the Gnome Fest and more. Our favorite part is of course the vendors. Enjoy 50 unique vendors who sell everything from hand crafted items, toys, ornaments, jewelry and more. You will find traditional German gifts such as smokers, along with tantalizing food. The daily parades celebrate the kind deeds of children. Whimsical and fun, the parades are the highlight of the market each day.
To find out more check out http://www.christkindlmarkt-slc.com/
Come visit the Lavender Apple booth and get all of your loved ones crossed off your Christmas list this year. We look forward to seeing you!
It's a traditional German Christmas market in Salt Lake City and the best part is it's free!
DATES
December 1, 2 and 3, 2016
HOURS
Thursday, December 1st: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, December 2nd: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 3rd: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
LOCATION
This Is The Place Heritage Park
(2601 E. Sunnyside Avenue SLC, UT 84108)
ADMISSION
Free
December 1, 2 and 3, 2016
Thursday, December 1st: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, December 2nd: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 3rd: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
This Is The Place Heritage Park
(2601 E. Sunnyside Avenue SLC, UT 84108)
The magic of Christmas abounds at the market. Activities for children include the Nicholas tent, daily children's parades, live nativity animals, the Gnome Fest and more. Our favorite part is of course the vendors. Enjoy 50 unique vendors who sell everything from hand crafted items, toys, ornaments, jewelry and more. You will find traditional German gifts such as smokers, along with tantalizing food. The daily parades celebrate the kind deeds of children. Whimsical and fun, the parades are the highlight of the market each day.
To find out more check out http://www.christkindlmarkt-slc.com/
Come visit the Lavender Apple booth and get all of your loved ones crossed off your Christmas list this year. We look forward to seeing you!