Learning to use the entire part of fruits and vegetables is not only sensible, it’s environmentally friendly, more economical, and healthier for you. Purchasing whole vegetables from the growing source ensures fresher produce and is a better value than packaged food, not to mention, without any of the packaging waste. You can stretch your food …
This is the season for pumpkins and spice and everything nice and as farmers we just love seeing the magnificent pumpkin receive well deserved recognition. We believe that nature provides all of the nutrients our body needs by eating in harmony with the seasons and consuming pumpkin now is no exception. Pumpkin contains vitamin C, …
Are you enjoying all the benefits of eating in season? We hope so, and wish to introduce you to a spud-tacular vegetable in season right now, Potatoes! Potatoes are a plant with large leaves with the edible part of this plant being the tuber that grows underground. Potatoes are naturally fat free, cholesterol free and …
A pumpkin is a cultivar of winter squash that is round with smooth, ribbed skin, most often orange in coloration containing both seeds and pulp. Technically a fruit, and some are gourds, they are packed with nutrition and both the flesh and the seeds are edible. Pumpkin provides many health benefits according to nutritionists including …
Nothing is as quite as iconic to New Jersey as the versatile apple. Apples connote health (apple a day keeps the doctor away) as well as affection (apple of my eye) and are one of the 3rd most valuable crops in N.J. right after tomatoes and blueberries, according to the State Department of Agriculture. Apples …
Ingredients: 1 sheet of puff pastry Alstede Farms Honeycrisp Apple Butter 3 Alstede Farms Honeycrisp Apples 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 Teaspoon cinnamon Alstede Farms Apple Jelly Brandy, water, or apple cider Instructions: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Defrost and Unfold the pastry. Using pastry wheel cut along the lines of the folds and …
Nothing tastes as delectable as in-season produce which has been sun kissed, field ripened, and fresh picked, providing the perfect combination for appetizing, nutrient dense fruits and vegetables. It’s late Summer season on our farm and did you know that so many wonderful items are still being harvested including ; peppers, tomatoes, sweet corn, eggplant, …
Watermelon is quintessential with summer, not only for the time it is in season, but also for its ability to connect us with the nostalgia of our childhood. Most everyone can relate to a sentimental memory of eating watermelon on a hot summer day as a very special treat. It’s watermelon season on our farm …
Ingredients: 1 lb. ground meat: Beef, Turkey, Bison or Venison (substitute frozen meat alternative if desired) 4 -6 fresh Poblano peppers, diced 2 medium onions, diced 1 cup brown or white rice (simmer to yield about 3 cups) 1- 15 oz. can Black beans (rinsed) Fresh homegrown tomatoes from our farm, chopped 4 to 6 …
Peppers are in the genus Capsicum family which includes hot varieties known as chili peppers and sweet varieties such as bell peppers. Peppers are truly taking the world by storm with international appeal and can be found in favored cuisine from all around the world. Peppers are technically a fruit due to their botanical classification …
The peach tree is a deciduous fruit tree native to China and thought to have been transported to the West by the Persians, lending some speculation as to why some call peaches the Persian apple. Some historians believe that in ancient times, peaches were a symbol of longevity and luck and are still today considered …
Have you ever heard the term “cool as a cucumber”? This term is said to have derived from the cucumber’s potential ability to cool the temperature of the blood. How utterly cool is that? Cucumbers are a member of the gourd family and are technically a fruit in the botanical sense as they contain seeds inside. …
