Yummy local and fresh produce

We are at the peak of local, fresh Jersey produce. I love this time of year, which provides so many healthy and fresh options to cook, bake, or snack on. I am blessed to live on a farm that grows such a great variety of fruits and vegetables. Currently we are selling our homegrown produce at our market: Duffield's Farm Market:

• Sweet white corn
• Tomatoes 
• Summer squash
• pickles
• cucumbers
• peppers (many different kinds!)
• regular eggplant and Italian eggplant
• radishes
• beets
• green beans
• watermelon
• cantaloupe
• blackberries
• peaches
• fresh herbs
• Jersey blueberries from Hammonton (the blueberry capital)

This is my family's 50th anniversary of the farm being in business. We have been celebrating by having "special sales" for our customers. Selling produce for the cost it was 50 years ago, for example: .$.50/lb for tomato. It is awesome to see the loyal customers who have been shopping at our market since it started as "Mary's stand". We started with just a few items, for example taking peaches to Philadelphia auctions to make a living, to now growing and selling over 40 different fruits and vegetables. 

Throughout my blog I have incorporated Duffield's produce into my blog. My favorite summertime dishes include:

• Savory: cucumber and tomato salad, quinoa with veggies, quick and easy tomato sauce, eggplant stacks, caprese pizza, caprese chicken, grilled corn and black bean salsa, healthy eight layer Mexican dip
• Sweet: peach crisp, peach blackberry pie with an almond crust,  blueberry pecan crumb pie, peach and blackberry oatmeal, whole wheat blueberry banana pancakes, blueberry oatmeal pancakes with blueberry-chia syrup, dessert pizza, grilled peaches, peach cobbler whole wheat bread

This month's recipe redux theme is to incorporate fresh, local July produce into dishes. I am including a peach spritzer and a grilled chicken veggie dish.

Grilled chicken with veggie "spaghetti"

Serves: 1

Ingredients:

• 4-6oz Grilled or baked chicken
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 1/4 lemon, juice
• 1 tsp lemon pepper spice
• 1 tsp minced onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 ear of corn (Duffield's farm)
• 5 grape tomatoes (Duffield's Farm)
• 1 yellow summer squash (Duffield's Farm)
• 1/4 avocado, cubed

Directions:

1. Using a veggetti, create "spaghetti" from the summer squash.
   
2. Remove corn from the ear and halve the grape tomatoes.
3. Heat cast iron skillet on medium heat.
4. Once hot, add olive oil and minced garlic. Let it cook for a minute.
5. Add squash, lemon, and spices. Let it cook for 2-4 minutes.
6. Add corn and tomatoes. Let it cook for 2-4 more minutes (I like my squash and tomatoes on the soft side, so cook to your liking) 
7. Place on plate, add avocado and chicken.
8. Enjoy the taste of July produce with a peach spritzer!

Peach spritzer

Ingredients

• 6 oz white wine
• 2 oz Peach-pear sparkling water (La Croix: no sugar, calories, sodium, etc!)
• peach slices (Duffield's farm)

Directions

1. Add wine to glass, top with sparkling water and peach slices.
2. Enjoy by the pool or for a refreshing summer and low cal drink!

Here are some pictures from the farm. I had a beautiful 7 mile run and finished it out with the farm and picking up some blackberries and blueberries from the farm market.

 Blackberries and blueberries

Cantaloupe a few weeks ago

Cantaloupe today

Cantaloupe field 

Watermelon

 Sweet white corn

 Peaches

 Squash in the market

 pickles and cucumbers in the market

Stay safe and healthy!

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