Sesame Chicken By recipesMarch 11, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Featured, Main-Dishes Ooey-gooey, yummy-in-the-tummy! This is a recipe from Andi Wolff, Ashley’s mom. Serve it with your favorite veggie on the side and you’ve got an easy, delicious meal!
Blueberry Almond Muffins By Heather BarnesMarch 5, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Berries, Beverages, Featured Hello readers. My name is Heather and I am originally from Pennsylvania, but moved to Canada after marrying my Canadian husband. We have three children, a boy and two girls, ages sixteen, twelve and ten and I enjoy cooking and baking for everyone. Moving to Ontario years ago brought me into contact with many Dutch…
Strawberry Radish Salad with Orange Avocado Dressing By rachelvanduzerFebruary 20, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Leafy Greens, Salads A delicious, healthy salad recipe using early spring produce!
Homemade Fresh Mozzarella By rachelvanduzerFebruary 19, 2020February 20, 2020 Categories: Appetizers, Cooking Methods, Featured Something got into me recently, and I’ve been all about turning milk into dairy products lately. Perhaps it’s this gray winter weather that has me longing for summer and all the locally grown food that comes along with it. I’ve made my own ricotta cheese, yogurt, clotted cream and more recently – fresh mozzarella. Making…
Ricotta Cheese in the InstantPot By rachelvanduzerFebruary 6, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Appetizers Ricotta cheese is probably the easiest cheese to make, especially when making ricotta in an InstantPot. I’ve made ricotta over the stove top a few times before, but the stove top recipes require constant stirring, otherwise you’ll burn the milk to the bottom of the pan. However, the InstantPot has a perfect setting for making…
Sunday Night Waffles By rachelvanduzerJanuary 23, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Berries, Breakfast Somewhere along the line, my family decided that dinner was optional on a Sunday night. It may have been because we’d often eat a late lunch or visit relatives, but whatever the reason, cereal was usually what was offered for Sunday night dinner. I do like cereal, but when it comes to a meal I…
Apple Bourbon Cake By recipesJanuary 20, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Apples, Desserts, Featured, Recipes An “intoxicating” way to enjoy our local apples! Try Wolff’s employee Kathy Fantau’s Apple Bourbon Cake recipe… she brought some in for us to try last week, and we LOVED it!
How to Make Your Houseplants Flourish By rebeccatalbotJanuary 9, 2020January 16, 2020 Categories: Featured, Gardening Advice: Flowers Many people say they just don’t have a green thumb when it comes to houseplants, but Liz Magnuson, the Wolff’s Apple House annuals manager, believes otherwise. She says it’s just a matter of finding the right houseplant for their personality and environment. She and everyone else at the Wolff’s Garden Center will be happy to match…
Spinach Dip By recipesJanuary 2, 2020April 21, 2023 Categories: Featured, Recipes This dip uses fresh spinach, tofu, and Greek yogurt– in place of mayonnaise, sour cream, and/or cream cheese– for a healthy, high-protein twist on a classic! (Don’t worry, it’s still amazingly creamy and delicious)
Apple Cranberry Baked Oatmeal By rachelvanduzerDecember 18, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Apples, Berries, Breakfast, Featured With the holiday season well underway, it’s good to have some easy breakfast recipes handy that feed a crowd. On Black Friday, my sister-in-law made a delicious baked oatmeal recipe that instantly became my favorite breakfast! It reminds me of a favorite “Vermont-style granola” recipe I’ve made many times. In fact, I used to make…
Soft & Chewy Gingersnap Cookie Recipe By rachelvanduzerDecember 5, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Desserts, Featured, Gifts from the Kitchen, Holiday Holiday cookie season is upon us, so it’s always nice to have some new cookie recipes in one’s repertoire. For me and my family, cookie is usually synonymous with oatmeal chocolate chip cranberry cookies. But I tend to branch out a little bit during the holidays. A few years ago I tried a recipe for…
Banana Bread with Crumb Topping By rebeccatalbotNovember 27, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Featured, Recipes Sweet breads are a satisfying accompaniment to any holiday meal. My mother-in-law knows this well. In addition to the usual dinner rolls that are always a must at a big feast, she serves several kinds of sweet bread. Usually that includes pumpkin, zucchini and banana bread. This year at Thanksgiving, I was in charge of…
Homemade Ice Cream for the Holidays By rachelvanduzerNovember 21, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Desserts, Featured, Holiday, Recipes Homemade ice cream in an ice cream maker is just about one of the easiest and most delicious things you can make in a snap. It requires a few steps, but comes together in a matter of minutes. It’s a great way to save money on ice cream, and if you have kids in the…
Apple Slab Pie with Maple Glaze By Pat NogarOctober 22, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Apples, Desserts, Featured A guest blog article from Pat Nogar, host of the talk show Living Well with Pat Nogar. I never liked apple pie. There, I said it. Well, at least I thought I didn’t like it until I understood it. Let me start at the beginning. Everyone that I knew loved apple pie. It’s as…
Your Mum Questions, Answered By rebeccatalbotOctober 10, 2019August 26, 2022 Categories: Featured, Gardening Advice: Flowers As Pennsylvania’s color palette shifts from bright summer greens and pastels to the rich reds, oranges, browns and yellows of fall, many gardeners take time to intentionally bring fall colors into their home gardens. When it comes to fall gardens, mums bring an instant pop of fall color. They also bring a few questions about…
Ashley Wolff’s Guide to Choosing Apples By Ashley WolffSeptember 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Categories: Apples, Farm-to-Table, Featured, Locally Grown You might think I’m crazy, but apples are my favorite fruit. Don’t get me wrong, I love peaches, strawberries, raspberries, watermelon, plums, oranges, and, well, almost all fruit (it’s a very long list.) But I love apples the most for a few reasons. For starters, apples signify the beginning of autumn, the time of year…
Pumpkin Apple Muffins By rebeccatalbotSeptember 19, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Apples, Featured, Pumpkin, Recipes It is important to pay attention to goodness. Whenever I step into a bakery, I think of this, because a bakery always calls to mind Raymond Carver’s short story “A Small, Good Thing.” In the midst of an unbelievable tragedy, a family also starts receiving harassing anonymous phone calls. Finally, the mother realizes who has…
Easy Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Wraps By rebeccatalbotSeptember 12, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Featured, Leafy Greens, Recipes, Tomatoes This week, I had a small culinary challenge I needed to figure out. I needed to serve food to group of somewhere between seven and fifteen people, and it needed to be not at all messy. I was gathering with a group of friends to watch a film in a fancy theater space that were…
No-Churn Peaches & Cinnamon Ice Cream By rebeccatalbotAugust 15, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Desserts, Featured, Peaches, Recipes A few years ago, I worked at a university writing center, and one of the back-to-school team-building moments for the returning writing tutors was always churning homemade custard. Cranking the handle of an old-fashioned ice cream maker was a good bonding activity. Conversation flows easily when you’re engaged in culinary activities that require you to…
Peach, Basil, and Mozzarella Salad By recipesAugust 15, 2019April 21, 2023 Categories: Featured, Peaches Like the familiar Caprese Salad, but with peaches instead of tomatoes! An excellent side dish for the middle of summer when peaches are in season, this salad is a delicious combination of sweet and tangy flavors with a pop of spicy basil!