When cherry season rolls around, I can’t help but stock my freezer with delicious hand-picked cherries to enjoy all year long. I’ll use them in recipes like this simple cherry sorbet, or mixed with raspberries or strawberries in a berry pie, or in one…
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When strawberries are in season, I know I just want to eat them every sweet way possible – on crêpes with Nutella, with shortbread and vanilla ice cream, in a smoothie or sorbet…the list goes on. But sometimes strawberries can really hit the spot…
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While weekly meal planning has never been my strength, there are a few occasions when I love to plan ahead and even get some meals in the freezer. For me, these make-ahead meals have come in handy for: Vacations — Now is a great…
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A few years ago we were staying with some friends who have a few small kids. Since our evening meals tended to be eaten late, I asked if I could make the afternoon snack, and decided to make guacamole and fresh salsa. The kids…
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My son turned two last week, and while we did make him the obligatory cake, he was way more interested in the new toy helicopter and raspberries that topped in. In fact he ate ALL of the raspberries off the cake and only licked…
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Weaver’s Orchard Farm Market has announced four winners of their eighth annual photo contest, a challenge that invited customers to submit photos of their experiences on the farm throughout the harvest season. First-prize winner Jade Mackay of Glenmoore, PA caught her young son’s…
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I recently watched the movie, “That Sugar Film,” and was inspired once again to cut out hidden sugar in my diet and to re-start my low-sugar lifestyle.. The filmmaker in the movie, who had normally been on a low-sugar diet, decided to up his…
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I make pizza every Friday night. It’s become so much of a tradition for us that the employees of the shop where we buy our dough recognize us when we come in on a Friday afternoon. “Four pizza doughs, right?” they ask. I make…
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Not that long ago, the temperatures were in the 90s, and all I wanted to do was eat or drink things that were FREEZING COLD. However, as I now look out my window at the dreary day and torrential rainfall, those days seem long…
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Last week my husband and I took our 16-month old son out for blueberry picking for the first time. Since he was too young to eat blueberries last summer, he had never tasted fresh ones before! We set him down in the midst of…
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