From the blog... — Salad Girl Crisp Apple Maple Dressing

 "Untamed Mushrooms: From Field To Table" www.untamedmushrooms.com .  NATIONAL MUSHROOM MONTH National Mushroom Month is celebrated each year throughout the month of September. During this time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture takes advantage of the opportunity to educate people on the versatility mushrooms offer and on their health benefits. As a result, mushrooms are gaining more and more appreciation as we learn more about them. I am proud to say I found a great place to...

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This year get creative when packing school lunches and/or when packing your work lunch. Try this delectable Apple & Cheddar Salad, or pack your kids greens, apple bites, cheese curds, and pretzel sticks. They can create their own "Salads on a Stick" with a light drizzle of our Organic Crisp Apple Maple Dressing.  Keep reading to see the full recipe, and keep coming back for more delicious, healthy Salad Girl recipes.

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Delicious Summer grilling recipes just in time to celebrate & to serve Dads, Poppas, Grandpas, & Poppies for Father's Day, but be mindful when you are purchasing meats, poultry, and fish to grill this Summer. Read the labels, ask your local butcher to bring in the highest quality, local, grass-fed, pastured, free-range, organic, and humanely raised choices. I purchased my Heluka pork tenderloin from Beeler's. Beeler's piggies are not housed in gestation crates, they are raised free range...

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Whether you serve these delicious side salads and slaws up in a bowl for your Memorial Day picnic or at a graduation party, these salads are all sans the "mayo" so safer to set out on a buffet table! Enjoy!

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Lunch & Hoch Orchard Apples! Yummy Apple & Wild Rice Broccoli Slaw-great side dish for Thanksgiving... Crisp fall air means sweater weather, raking leaves, and of course, picking & eating locally grown apples! There are well over 100 orchards in Minnesota.  All have Autumn Calendars with special events, hayrides, corn mazes, cider houses & a variety of apple picking and apple tastings for families and foodies alike! One of my favorite apple varieties is the...

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  Fresh Organic Watemelon & Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Lemony Herb...                               Simple Summer Suppers are a necessity in my household, especially at the end of some of these hot, humid Summer days. I am an open-windows-in-the-Summertime kind of gal and If I lived alone, I wouldn't even turn on a burner. But since I am still blessed with the company...

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