Roasted Corn

Posted on March 25, 2012 by fmadmin

Last minute dinner plans can sometimes turn out better than you’d imagine.  That’s exactly what happened last night.  Fish was on the menu, so I cooked some brown rice from the corner store and opened a jar of our Mango-Lime salsa to top our fish.  Jim brought candy corn and I could not have been happier.

 

We used to steam our corn and eat it with Troyer butter, which is great but after going to the Strawberry Festival we wanted that Roasted Corn taste again.  Here comes Ingrid Hoffman with a recipe for hot corn with chimichurri butter.  This recipe has transformed the way we eat corn.

 

I’ve adapted her recipe by cutting the kernels out, mixing the ingredients with the kernels and putting it all together under the broiler.   Make sure to add olive oil to the baking sheet.  I also added about a tablespoon of Troyer butter cut in small pieces and placed on top of the corn.  The result is a crunchy explosion of flavors: sweet, salty and savory.  If you want to add another layer of yumminess, add parmesan cheese and roast for a couple of minutes until the cheese melts.

What’s your favorite way to eat corn?  Have you tried our Troyer products?

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Strawberry Onions are here!

Posted on March 18, 2012 by fmadmin

Plant City Florida is well known as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World.  What most people don’t know is that most local farmers also grow “Strawberry Onions”.  You may ask, What is a Strawberry Onion?  Do they taste like strawberries?   A Strawberry Onion is a Savannah Hybrid Sweet Onion which is grown on the perimeter of  the strawberry fields.  Sadly, they do not taste like strawberries, but they are sweet.

 

Strawberry Onions are available from February to April.  It’s funny to hear customers describing our Strawberry Onions to their friends or to other customers.  I’ve often heard them say “These strawberry onions are as sweet as an apple”.  Last year we decided to start shipping our strawberry onions to the Northeast US via UPS.  So far, they’ve made it all the way to Maine, Ohio and Michigan.  The Strawberry Onions were such a hit last year, that we have already doubled last years shipments.

 

At the market, we often joke that the Strawberry Onions are planted on the edges to “keep the elephants away”.  At home, we use Strawberry Onions almost exclusively when they are in season mostly because they are so sweet, but I prefer them because they won’t make me cry!  You can read this earlier post with our favorite way to enjoy them.  Have you ever tried our Strawberry Onions?  How do you enjoy them?

 

 

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Do you read Nutrional Panels?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by fmadmin

Ever wonder how many calories your salad dressing has?  If you haven’t checked lately, you might be surprised.  Here you are eating all your veggies, thinking and feeling you are doing something right for your body.  Then, you’re shocked to see your favorite salad dressing has an obscene amount of calories.

Well, the other night I decided to pick up dinner from Zaxbys.  I chose their “Black and Blue Chicken Salad” with grilled chicken.  It came with a pouch of Mediterranean Salad Dressing.  One look at the salad dressing’s nutritional panel revealed 140 calories per package, which amounts to 3 tablespoons.  Instead, I opened my refrigerator and found a bottle of Vidalia Onion Creamy Cucumber dressing.  Parkesdale’s Vidalia Onion Creamy Cucumber dressing has only 20 calories per tablespoon, yet it is full-flavored without the “fake food” taste.  As the name implies, the Vidalia Onion Creamy Cucumber is creamy with lots of flavor and a hint of dill.


Did you know Parkesdale offers over 15 different salad dressings?  Other favorite low calorie dressings include:  Vidalia Onion Summer Tomato, Balsamic Herb Vinaigrette, and Vidalia Sweet Pepper Vinaigrette.  What’s your favorite salad dressing?

 

 

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