When Lauren Myer cut grains, dairy and refined sugars from her diet, she found herself at a loss for tasty snacks that met her new dietary requirements. So, she turned to her own kitchen and started experimenting. She created…
I love melons! They are by far my favorite type of fruit. When summer rolls around, I wish it could stay forever, because fresh, local melons are the best! The good news is that melons can be frozen. Be sure…
I didn’t really have a plan. I just bought a pint of heavy cream at Weaver’s Orchard over the weekend. I love the cream they sell from Kreider Farm’s. It’s not ultra-pasteurized like most heavy cream, and doesn’t contain any…
It’s applesauce season. On wintry days, you can’t beat the taste of warm applesauce or the smell of simmering apples filling the kitchen. But before making applesauce, an important question faces you: which apple varieties should you use? Your choices are…
If you ask my wife, she’d be sure to say that our kitchen gets pretty crazy in the summer. The abundance of homegrown fruits and vegetables from the orchard at my fingertips and the hot, humid Pennsylvania summer days tend…
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, many of you are thinking of giving something sweet to your sweetie. But what should you give? What about something chocolate? What about something homemade? I have just the answer, an answer that…
Having access to farm fresh apple cider is something I took for granted growing up around the corner from Weaver’s Orchard. As soon as the first cool snap of fall air would arrive, my mom would pick up some fresh…
British flapjacks are a gluten-free oat bar (much like a granola bar) traditionally made with just oats, fresh or dried fruit, butter, brown sugar and syrup (golden or maple). This recipe calls for oats, nuts, dried apples and cranberries, applesauce…
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…
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…