Muskegon Farmers Market

You went to your local market, you picked up some beautiful asparagus and plump strawberries. Now what? Resist the urge to wash your bounty and put it into the refrigerator right away. Ripening fruits such as melons and fruits with pits (nectarines, peaches, etc.) need to stand at room temperature. Their vitamins and phytochemicals tend [...]

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Make 6 (3/4 cups) servings Sweet & Sour Red Cabbage 1 small head red cabbage (1 pound), washed and shredded 1 medium apple, unpeeled, scrubbed, cored and shredded 1 small potato, peeled and shredded 1 onion, peeled and chopped 1 cup water grated peel of 1/2 lemon juice of 1 lemon 3 tablespoons brown sugar [...]

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Salsa Canning Instruction Included 7 quarts peeled, cored, chopped tomatoes 4 cups seeded, chopped long green chilies (or 4 caned green chilies) (green chilies mixture: long green chilies, Hungarian, banana, green peppers to taste) 5 cups chopped onion ½ cup finely chopped, seeded jalapenos (or chop jalapenos from the jar) 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped [...]

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