Strawberry Fudge

 

 Ingredients:
1 lb strawberries
1/2 cup sugar
7 oz marshmallow
2 cups vanilla chips
1 1/2 stick butter
5 oz evaporated milk
3 cups sugar





Directions:
Chop strawberries and place in a small sauce pan with 1/2 cup sugar. Heat over medium heat until frothy, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, let cool, and drain. Combine butter, evaporated milk, and sugar in a large pot over medium heat. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil. Once mixture is bubbling, stir constantly for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes remove from heat and immediately stir in marshmallow, chips, vanilla and strawberries. Stir vigorously until all ingredients are incorporated and mixture is smooth. Pour into a foiled pan and refrigerate 2-4 hours or until solid. Feel free to add a drop of red food coloring to make your fudge a nice pink color.

Cheesecake Filled Strawberries

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds strawberries
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 sheets graham cracker cookies, crushed

Directions:

1. Cut the top off each strawberry. Using a paring knife, hollow out each berry.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Place mixture into a plastic bag with a corner cut off and pipe mixture into each berry.
3. Dip each strawberry into the graham cracker dust to coat.

Crockpot Creamy Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup

Crockpot Chicken and Kale Soup
from: AIP Lifestyle

Ingredients:
4 cups of shredded chicken(cooked)
6 cups bone broth
1 bunch of kale
3 lemons
2 Tbls fresh lemon juice
1 cup onions
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt to taste

Directions:
Wash kale and working in two batches, stack the kale leaves and slice in 1/2 inch strips. Set aside
Add 2 cups of broth, the chopped onion and olive oil to blender. Blend for a minute or two, or until it is completely smooth.
Add that to the crock pot and add the remaining 4 cups of broth, kale, shredded chicken, zest of all three lemons and the 2 tbs of fresh lemon juice. Add a pinch of salt.
Let cook for 6 hours on low crock pot setting, stirring once or twice.

Fiesta Corn Dip

Corn Dip
From: damndelicious.net

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 5 ears corn, shucked and rinsed
• 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons crumbled cotija cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon chili powder, or more, to taste
• 1 clove garlic, pressed
• Juice of 1 lime

Directions:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add corn kernels and jalapeño, and cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and slightly charred, about 8-10 minutes.
• Stir in mayonnaise, cotija, cilantro, chili powder, garlic and lime juice.
• Serve immediately.

What Farmers Do In the Winter

Hello All!

We hope you are enjoying your winter season.

Contrary to popular belief, farmers do not head south to hide from the winter.  

Believe it or not, farmers still have A LOT to do even if we cannot grow anything.  

Winter is a time for us to:

Plan our plantings and seed for the upcoming harvest season......

Re-decorate and make improvements to our displays.......

And if necessary, build more......

Start planting our bedding plants and ferns (which take about 9 months to grow!)

Keep our seedlings in our greenhouses warm by loading up our coal burners......

And,like you, shovel and plow lots of snow!