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There are only three weeks left in the CSA at Strites’ Orchard. This week was week 23. I received apples, beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, and cabbage. I was feeling lazy, so I gave most of it to my co-worker. My sister makes an amazingly easy dish with sweet potatoes….
I initially made this nut butter honey cake to bring in to work for my co-worker’s birthday, but after I tasted it, I cut a slice for my co-worker and kept the rest for myself. I shared two other slices with my grandparents. When my grandmother bit in to her…
In honor of National Mushroom Day, which is today, October 15, I made Mushroom Swiss Burgers. Plot twist: the mushrooms are in the burger! Local ingredients in this burger are: the ground beef, which is from Valley Vista Acres, the Swiss cheese which is from Apple Valley Creamery, the buns,…
This week’s CSA was pretty light due to the weather. I received an acorn squash, tomatoes, apples, green peppers, and eggplants. I kept the acorn squash, tomatoes, apples, and one of the eggplants. I gave all the peppers and the bigger eggplant to my co-worker. Though the CSA was not…