Yummy Recipes! Beef, Watercress, and Peach Salad The peppery flavor of the watercress married with the sweetness of the Colorado peaches make for a delicious surprise for your taste buds. This is the perfect summer salad that can even be made a day in advance, just store the vinaigrette separately and serve when ready to eat. Ingredients Serves 4 2 bunches watercress, thick stems removed 2 Kirby cucumbers, roughly chopped 4 ripe peaches, cut...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times This is the perfect summer lunch. Cool and delicious and so satisfying. Didn’t grow your own tomatoes this year? We have a great selection at most of our Garden Centers that are ready to go home with you. Ingredients 1 (8-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened 2 cucumbers, seeds removed, diced (about 2 cups) 1/4 cup finely chopped red onion 2 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh dill 2 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh mint 2...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times These treats are delicious! Candy sweet onions are available in red and yellow varieties. Deliciously sweet and juicy Candy Sweet Onions contain Vitamins B, C, Calcium, Iron, Potassium and Cycloallin, an anticoahugant which helps protect from heart disease. Store Candy Sweet Onions in a cool dry place. Refrigerate Onions after they’ve been cut Ingredients: 3 large Sweet Yellow Onions, outer dry skins removed...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times Made with sweet, juicy Colorado peaches, this is a delicious recipe! You friends and family will want seconds. Hannah Skalicky, Age 10,was winner of the Healthy Lunchtime Challenge from Colorado Makes 4 Servings INGREDIENTS 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 tablespoon curry powder Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 peaches, pitted and halved 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ onion, peeled...

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We Love'emOur Fine Furry Friends Ways to Include Them Sometimes gardening with our pets can be, well, troublesome.  Here’s some thoughts and ideas to help include them into your routine so that everyone enjoys the gardens you work so hard at. Play with Your DogDogs need physical and mental stimulation each day. So carve out time to give your dog a long walk or playtime each day. Active breeds like this Border collie can cause a lot...

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Yummy Recipes! Good Food, Good Times image courtesy of budgetbytes.com The slow cooker is a life saver in the summer. You can still cook things long and slow without heating up your whole kitchen! Plus, something about hot, spicy southwest flavors still works when it’s 100 degrees outside. I don’t get it, but it works. INGREDIENTS 1½ lbs. chicken breasts 16 oz. jar salsa 2 cloves garlic, minced 15 oz. can black beans ½ lb. frozen corn 1...

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