Strawberry pea salad
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Mighty Microgreens

How’s this for a spring salad… tender salad greens with peas and pea shoots, strawberries, toasted almonds, and poppy seed dressing? Now imagine it with local grown strawberries! Spring has finally arrived in the upper Midwest, hopefully…
Baked Tomato gratin dish

Baked Tomato Gratin

Tomatoes! Can be eaten fresh or cooked, and equally nutritious both ways. Good source of vitamins A, C, and K. Full of antioxidants, especially lycopene*. Available year round from hot houses. Plentiful…
Salted Pretzel Knots

Soft Pretzels

I’m not going to lie, these are a bit of a project. But one bite of a warm soft pretzel and the effort is worth it. Shaping the dough into pretzels takes some practice and when you get frustrated a simple knot works fine. Tastes just as…
burger plate with corn cob

Grilled Corn

There is nothing like fresh picked sweet corn. Those of us who live near corn fields watch it grow all summer long and anxiously await the first sign of a corn stand. We have experimented with various ways of grilling corn on the cob looking…

The Eazy-Peazy Zucchini

Zucchinis are low in calories and high in fiber. They are a good source for vitamin C, and potassium. They are also very easy to find during the fall harvest! Choose zucchinis that are 6 to 8 inches long and 1 to 2 inches in diameter. They…

Skillet Cornbread

There are many variations of (and opinions about) cornbread. By nature cornbread is crumbly, but is doesn’t have to be dry and crumble all to pieces after the first bite. Cornmeal can be white or yellow, and ground course, medium, or fine.…
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Roasted Corn and Pasta Salad

We first had this salad on our vacation in Alaska. It is an unlikely combination of ingredients but when you put them all together the taste is spectacular! One bite led to another and I finally had to force myself to stop. As I walked the…