Category: Hardy Vegetables

Evercrisp-apples

Local Produce All Winter Long!
By Categories: Apples, Hardy Vegetables, Leafy Greens, Locally Grown

Thanks to advances in hydroponic farming, cold storage and more, we can now enjoy local produce all winter long here at Wolff’s Apple House! Here’s the latest from our local farmers!! Celery & Fennel!  Purple Sweet Potatoes  Swiss Chard & Kale  Arugula & Salad Mix  Orange & PURPLE Carrots!  Hakurei Turnips & Radishes  Zucchini!  Brussels…
Carrots in lavender butter

Lavender Honey Carrots & Easy Veggie Sides That Aren’t Salad
By Categories: Featured, Gluten-Free, Hardy Vegetables, Paleo, Recipe-Round-Up, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Sides Tags: , ,

Nothing against salad. It’s just that when thinking of a veggie side, it’s often the first thing that comes to mind, and sometimes breaking out of the routine is just what you need to get inspired to eat more veggies. So try these three easy veggie sides to freshen up your dinner table, and maybe…

3 Healthy Recipes to Start off 2017 Right
By Categories: Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Leafy Greens, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Salads

Did you know Wolff’s website has a HUGE database of recipes? We’ve combed back through our site and realized that many of these delicious recipes don’t have a photo that does it justice! So this year we’ll be highlighting some of these once again, this time with a mouth-watering photo.  I’ve been trying to cook…

Early Summer Crop Rotation Smarts in Your Backyard Garden
By Categories: Featured, Gardening Advice: Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs, Hardy Vegetables, Root Vegetables, Summer Produce Tags: , , , , , ,

This week in June is a good time to think about what plants to add to backyard gardens after you’re ready to take out what you might have planted at the end of April or the beginning of May—likely radishes, turnips, lettuce, other cool season greens and maybe spinach. Erica Lavdanski of B & H…

Savoring Southern Collard Greens
By Categories: Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Leafy Greens, Recipes, Sides

  I keep a mental map with pins that mark favorite restaurants.  The Collegeville, PA deli where I first introduced my husband to Philly-style hoagies.  The ice cream stand by Lake Wallenpaupack that churns the creamiest ice cream this side of heaven.  The tiny Filipino restaurant in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood that bakes soft, savory-sweet empanadas….

Top 10 Reasons to Bring Leek Dishes to a Memorial Day Picnic
By Categories: Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Recipes, Root Vegetables Tags: , , ,

10. Leeks are versatile and can easily swap with onions in any recipe, but their flavor is mild, earthy and unique.  Leeks are in the same family as garlic and onions (and, for that matter, lilies!), so they have a bulb shape that might look familiar, even if you’ve never prepared leeks before. 9.  Leeks…
roasted broccoli

Revving Up with Roasted Broccoli in Autumn
By Categories: Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Locally Grown, Recipes

Broccoli has a lot of possibilities per bite, and Phoebe Canakis of Phoebe’s Pure Food in Lancaster County has a simple, palate-rich recipe of Roasted Broccoli that works great with broccoli available at Wolff’s Apple House in autumn. The pairing of cauliflower is always another add-on option, too. For many years, Canakis published an online…

Neck Pumpkins and Their Persuasion
By Categories: Beverages, Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Locally Grown, Recipes, Seasonal, Winter Squash Tags: , , ,

The great lure of neck pumpkins is under way at Wolff’s Apple House. Their curiously elongated shapes and lighter hues compared to traditional pumpkins make them an easy game of I Spy for the eyes. Neck pumpkins are an ancestor of butternut squash, which is known for so many cooking and baking recipes today. When…

Fresh Indian Summer Salsa is Savvy in September
By Categories: Appetizers, Beverages, Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Holiday, Locally Grown, Peaches, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes

As a fitting segue in saying adieu to the heat of August while saying hello to September, a Fresh Indian Summer Salsa crafted from ingredients at Wolff’s Apple House is a great food-geared introduction to this autumn. The recipe, put together by Wolff’s marketing consultant, Rachel VanDuzer, incorporates not only tomatoes but peaches, corn and…

Labor Day Picnic Possibilities and Some Feisty Guacamole
By Categories: Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Holiday, Locally Grown, Peaches, Prepared Foods, Recipes, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes, Vendors

While Fran, Pete and Ashley Wolff work every Labor Day, they’re grateful for the opportunity to help people appreciate their goodbye to summer with great foods and ideas for good spots for picnics. And they like that they close at 4 p.m., too, so they can get together with the rest of their family as…

Rosie VS. the Jalapeño in Spicy Fresh Corn Soup
By Categories: Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Locally Grown, Recipes, Seasonal, Soup, Summer Produce

Wolff’s Apple House’s marketing consultant, Rachel VanDuzer, recently shared a Spicy Fresh Corn Soup recipe with her family and had the new puppy in her parents’ home revved up vocally for it as well, with a humorous story tied into the comical kitchen moments. Her corn soup involves a fiery jalapeño pepper. “I dropped the…

Heirloom Tomatoes Make for Great Salsa
By Categories: Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured, Hardy Vegetables, Locally Grown, Recipes, Root Vegetables, Seasonal, Summer Produce, Tomatoes

  Jillian Prout of Prout’s Jollyview Farm in the Oley Valley of Berks County enjoys the heirloom tomatoes she grows, but it might be fair to say she enjoys a good salsa from them even more. Heirloom tomatoes, known as heritage tomatoes in the U.K., are the ancient tomatoes of those who came decades and…