Versatility is always a selling point, but especially these days during quarantine. My back porch is a great vacation spot when I need to get away. My dog is a good listener when I need to talk. And when life throws me lemons, I…
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Archive | Peaches
Your 10 Favorite Recipes of 2019
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 your food. Because of…
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Peach Coffee Cake Danish
The days are getting shorter. A few leaves are starting to change color. The local pool has just closed for the season and kids are back to school. I don’t know about you, but I’m always a bit torn about September’s arrival. I embrace…
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Grilled Peaches with Cinnamon Ice Cream
I’ve been craving peaches and cream pretty much all summer long. The healthiest way to feed that craving is by eating peaches with a good creamy yogurt. I add a few sprinkles of vanilla bean powder on top and it tastes incredible! How…
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French Blackberry-Peach Mini Tarts
It’s no coincidence that the line at bakeries in France forms in such a way that the most beautiful tarts and pastries are the ones you stare at when you’ve only come to buy a baguette! My husband’s favorite French pastry is a “tartelette.”…
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Peach Dumplings
I haven’t always had success with baking dumplings. The first time I tried to make apple dumplings, they exploded all over my oven. Later research revealed what I had done wrong, so I can now avoid the missteps that led to hours of kitchen…
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12 Labor Day Picnic Recipes
“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 new at the time,…
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Peaches and Cream Crepes
When peaches are in season, there’s few things I crave more than peaches and cream in various forms: peaches and plain yogurt with a dash of vanilla or a sprinkling of vanilla granola, peaches on cereal with milk, peaches and ice cream and just…
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Dreaming of Peach Berry Popsicles
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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Peach Coconut Curry with Cashews
This morning as I thought about last night’s dinner, I got curious. “When did peaches start to be used in savory dishes and not just in sweet baked goods?” I wondered. “Is this a passing food trend? Or a tradition?” For anyone who finds…
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