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John Sigona’s Pick of the Week: Wild-Grown, Hand-Harvested Black Walnuts
John Sigona’s dried fruit and nut selection of the week is wild-grown, hand-harvested black walnuts. 4 oz. Container – $1.99 (Reg. $3.99) Featuring my best...
Robbie’s Produce Tips: Yellow Peaches
Choose peaches that have a nice yellow background and aren’t too green. Turn your peach over and look at the stem end for ripeness. Peaches...
In the Kitchen Featuring: Local Nectarines
Nectarine-Banana-Mango Smoothie Smoothies are great because they’re easy for breakfast or just a simple snack. Serves 1-2. Ingredients: 1 cup chopped fresh nectarine One large...
In the Kitchen Bonus Feature: Classic Cherries
Seared Chicken Salad with Green Beans, Almonds and Fresh Bing Cherries What a great way to incorporate some local, fresh summer produce! With the chicken,...
Health Tips: Nectarine Nutrition
The temperatures are rising and summer is right around the corner. Fortunately, that means that fruits like nectarines and peaches are ripening and becoming abundant...
Farmer Spotlight: Paul Buxman
“You know how I stay cool all day on my tractor in 100-plus degree heat,” Paul Buxman asked me from his Sweet Home Ranch in...
Robbie Sigona’s Produce Tips: Nectaries
Seek a background color that’s yellowish-orange and not green. I always turn my nectarines over and check the stem end. Give ’em a smell the...
In the Kitchen Featuring: Strawberries
Strawberry & Spinach Salad with a Simple Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette This super simple salad certainly does not lack in flavor. The tang from the strawberry...
Think You Know Strawberries? Think Again!
If you like strawberries, you are in good company as they are the most popular berries throughout the world. Strawberries, harbingers of summer, are now...