Snowy Day Activity Ideas: Stone Soup
How can you make dinner and amuse the kids at the same time—especially on a snowy day? Why not make Stone Soup? There are lots of variations on this fable. You can check the book out of the library, tell…
Category Recipes
Start the Day with Superfoods: Apple Carrot Muffins and Blueberry-Spinach Smoothie
Are you looking for a quick and wholesome breakfast treat to grab when you’re pressed for time? Try this make-ahead muffin recipe. Serve it with a fresh smoothie, and you’ll be off to a great start. I just perfected this…
Christmas Memories of Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls
I have fond memories from when I was growing up of visiting my grandparents in Ohio at Christmas. They lived in a large white house that once had a store in the front room. Their house was always full of…
Festive Fruit Baskets and Apples for Shipping
At Weaver’s Orchard, uniquely built fruit baskets – along with locally grown apples that often ship across the U.S. – are a winning palate-ready opportunity for gift-giving in the winter months. Twelve different fruit basket arrangements gather eye-attention from those…
Crockpot Cranberry Sauce Sweetened with Apple Cider
With holiday planning filling our schedule and snow flurries in the air today, Thanksgiving is a good time to celebrate our favorite apple and pumpkin dishes from the fall coupled with welcoming winter’s new additions, like locally grown (New Jersey)…
The BEST Apple Cider Cupcakes
With the festivities ahead next week, it’s a great time to consider some less expected and creatively autumn-ready recipes as well as some old-styled comfort food dishes you can prepare for your friends and family. Thinking of dessert first is…
Cameo Apples and Their Appeal in Lost Love Apple Salad
A rarely grown fruit in Pennsylvania, the Cameo apple is a unique autumn harvest gem raised by Weaver’s Orchard. Initially named Carousel apples, Cameo apples originate from the central part of Washington not far from the Wenatchee River in the…
Turning into a Pumpkin: Pumpkin-Spice Maple Latte Syrup & Pumpkin Apple Bread
In mid-summer, a smattering of squash leaves unfurled in my section of my apartment building’s backyard garden. I hadn’t planted them and didn’t know what kind of squash would appear later in the season, but you can’t miss it when…
Fuji Apples in Campfire Apple Crisp
Known for ripening late as the warm season is slowly disappearing into autumn-turned-winter, Fuji apples are now ready for scooping up at Weaver’s Orchard. While Fuji apples are American in their origin by their family history, with their parents as…
Mom’s Skillet Pear Cake, Pear Crisp and All Things Pears
When it comes to fall fruit, apples get all the glory. I guess they deserve it in many ways. They’re versatile, tasty, and long lasting. Plus, they come in lots of varieties—each one colorful enough to add to a centerpiece.…