For being the lesser-used cousin of an apple, we actually have quite a lot of pear recipes on our blog! From a pear tart, to pear cakes, pear puff pastries and pear baked oatmeal and even pear pizza, there are quite a few options…
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Archive | Pears
Pomegranate Pear Baked Oatmeal & Budget-Friendly Recipes
Weaver’s Orchard accepts SNAP (supplemental nutrition assistance) at all of our registers and for curbside pick-up. We also participate in the FMNP coupon program by WIC (supplemental nutrition for Women, Infants and Children). Although we can’t participate in WIC itself as a small farm…
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Pear Gingerbread Cake
Whenever I come up with a new recipe, my subconscious is often preoccupied, fixated on the fruit at hand. While lesson planning, I find myself sifting through a mental catalogue of things I’ve seen on TV, mused over in a magazine, or dared to…
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5 Pear Recipes to Make During Pear Season
When it comes to fall produce, pears are often overshadowed by apples and pumpkins. But it’s a mistake not to enjoy them while they’re in season. Whenever I remember this fall fruit, I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy them. They’re delicious fresh,…
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11 Apple and Pear Desserts To Make Right Now
Fall offers plenty of inspiration for apple and pear desserts, and one of the best gifts ever is when a friend not only offers to bring dessert to a dinner party, but shows up with a dessert that is filled with fruit. (Even better…
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Pear Pizza with Goat Cheese & Caramelized Onions
I’ve mentioned before that pizza night is kind of a big deal in our house. Suggesting to go a weekend without making pizza is almost as unheard of as a morning without coffee! But so that we don’t get bored with the same old…
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Canning in the Fall: Vanilla Bean Pear Pie Filling
Now that I am back to my teaching job at Twin Valley High School, I am only at Weaver’s Orchard in pick-your-own on Saturdays. While I love teaching, I will admit it is hard to trade in the crisp autumn air of these late…
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Desserts and Appetizers for Christmas Parties
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 while my husband and…
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Pear Cider as a Toddy
Many of us know about apple cider in autumn. But pear has its own cider, too, at Weaver’s Orchard. Batches of this pear cider first joined the market’s lineup in 2002. As interest with old-fashioned, mainstay and healthy foods is continually on the rise,…
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20+ Pizza Topping Ideas
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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