These apple chips have so few ingredients, if they had any fewer ingredients, they would not exist. That’s a back-handed way of saying that there’s only one ingredient in these apple chips: apples. Last weekend, we had a chance to head out to a farm (Riley’s at Los Rios Rancho). We picked a whole bunch […]
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Fresh Carrots and Easy Coconut Carrot Soup
Have you ever picked carrots? If you have fresh beautiful carrots, you’re going to want this delicious Coconut Carrot Soup. Let’s start with the fresh carrots. Carrots are some of the most fun vegetables to harvest. Part of it is the mystery of what you’re going to pull up… Underneath the leafy green stalks, what […]
Real Food: Winter Salad Bowl
What’s in your salad bowl? Where do the country’s families, grocery stores, restaurants, and food services get their leafy greens in the dead of winter? And where do those warm and dry regions get their water to grow those crops? We got the answers to those questions and more last week while on a farm […]
Farm Fresh Pizza – Entirely From Scratch
Most kids eat a lot of pizza. But do they ever stop to think about what really goes into making one? A recent farm fresh pizza experience gave our kids new insight into what goes into all of the ingredients. Farm Fresh Pizza Adventure Our farm fresh pizza experience began at a farm and ended […]
A Day on A California Strawberry Farm
Standing in a field surrounded by sweet, juicy, fresh-picked strawberries…Is there any better way to spend a day? Recently we had a chance to learn a little more about strawberries by touring a strawberry farm with the California Strawberry Commission, the sponsors of this post. Strawberries are a great way for you and your family […]
Real Food: Olive Oil and Olive Farming
We are olive oil addicts in the Jolly Tomato household. And yet olive farming has always been something of a mystery to us. Sure, we use olive oil in just about every meal. But how do you get oil out of a bunch of olives? That’s a question that we were determined to answer as […]
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