I’m fully aware that the overnight oats craze has come and gone, but perhaps you, like me, have adopted this highly nutritious habit into your morning, or rather evening routine. Having made its debut on social media and the wider…
As we welcome spring here at Weaver’s Orchard, we wanted to give people reason to get out and celebrate the changing of the seasons. While this post is quite the divergence from a traditional recipe, we promise it will provide…
If you’re looking for an afternoon pick-me-up without refined sugar, a pear matcha smoothie is just the thing! It’s also the perfect shamrock-inspired drink that is totally healthy but still festive for St. Patty’s Day! Matcha is finely ground green…
If you’ve never tried a shrub before, this simple recipe will introduce you to a Strawberry-Basil Shrub, an easy and delicious summer beverage treat. What exactly is a “shrub”? Phoebe Canakis of Phoebe’s Pure Food explained this beverage at a…
Weaver’s Orchard customers are a special bunch. You care enough about food to pick it yourself in our orchard and to support local farms and family businesses by shopping in our market. You care about the quality and source of…
It’s mid-July as I write this and we are collectively withering from the heat. Pick-your-own has been closing early so that our customers and staff can stay safe and relatively cool. This kind of weather calls for cool beverages by…
Hot cider, slippers, fire crackling in the fireplace, a blanket, and a good book. When you look up “cozy” in the dictionary, this really should be the definition. Hot cider is a Christmastime essential. Whenever I visit my parents for…
“There never was, and never will be, such a remedy for the tired, overworked human body as the pure, fresh air of the country,” wrote an author known as Mrs. A. Sherman Hitchcock in an article published in 1911. Picnics were nothing…
During the recent heatwave, some friends were commenting on Facebook about how they notice they get headaches more frequently during the heat. I also experience this, so I was interested to see the remedies people suggested. One person mentioned that…
Some of my favorite Christmas parties have involved white elephant gift exchanges. I have usually come back with gifts I love, but perhaps this only shows my capacity to be charmed by strange, low-budget gifts. At one white elephant party…