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  SEPTEMBER 2010 NEWSLETTER - CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

 
Apple Valley's
Labor Day Peach Celebration & Country BBQ
September 4-6
 
 fresh peaches
  
SEPTEMBER 4-6
Labor Day Peach Celebration & Country BBQ


Celebrate the last days of summer with fresh-baked peach pies, cobblers and crisps. Or enjoy a frosty peach milkshake. Bring the whole family to our Country BBQ featuring cherry-wood smoked ribs, pulled pork sandwiches or chicken, served with our homemade pear coleslaw and apple cider baked beans. Sample our Peach Habanero Jelly, or a few of our 50+ varieties we make in our canning kitchen. For information, call 541.386.1971. 
 

 peach marionberry pies 

  Making Marionberry Peach Pies in the kitchen
 
  OREGON'S SUMMER BOUNTY
  Scenes from Farmer's Markets in Oregon 

squash

 
 
 tomatoes and potatoes
 
carrots 
  photos by lori roberts
 
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Sincerely,

Justin White
Apple Valley Country Store
 
 
Pear Dumpling Days &
Country BBQ
September 18-19
 
  
PEAR DUMPLING DAYS & COUNTRY BBQ
September 18-19
  

While touring the Fruit Loop celebrating the pear harvest, stop in for an old fashioned country BBQ at Apple Valley. Enjoy cherry-wood smoked ribs, pulled pork sandwiches or chicken, served with homemade pear coleslaw and apple cider baked beans. Try some spectacular pear desserts including our delectable Pear Dumplings! Each pear is cored and stuffed with sugar and spices, wrapped in flaky pie crust, baked to golden perfection and topped with our special syrup. Sample our Huckleberry Pear preserves or sugar free Vanilla Pear preserves or a few of the 50+ varieties made in our canning kitchen. For information, call 541.386.1971.

 
 From Apple Valley's
Kitchen

peach habanero

ZESTY!
Peach Habanero Pepper Jelly
A mildly hot and sweet, translucent Peach jelly with flecks of red bell peppers. Spoon over cream cheese and crakcers or makes a great glaze on chicken or pork.  
Price $7.25
 Click here to order
 
 
 
 

Marionberry Peach Jam
This jam combines Oregon's most famous berry with sweet ripe Red Haven Peaches. Marionberries are bigger, sweeter and have fewer seeds than traditional blackberries. This jam is one of the most popular in our store.   Price $6.50
 

  
 

peach pie filling 
 
Peach Pie & Cobbler Filling
Hand pitted fresh Red Haven peaches are combined with sugar and thickened into a filling which can be used in either pies or cobblers. Comes with instructions and recipes on how to make an Apple Valley Peach Cobbler.
One quart (32 oz.)
 Price $15.95
 
 
 
 
 

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

from the

COMFORT ZONE*

 

 zuchhini bread

 

 

There's about to be an explosion of zucchini in gardens everywhere.  When we were little, I remember Mom receiving sacks full from neighbors.  Seems like she tried 101 different ways to cook zucchini, but in the end, our favorite was zucchini bread.  And just like carrot cake, in our family we consider it part of the vegetable family.   

 

 

 

MOM'S ZUCCHINI NUT BREAD RECIPE
 -- FULLY LOADED!

 


     3 eggs
     1 cup oil
     2 cups sugar

     2 cups grated zucchini

     3 cups flour

     1 t. salt

     1 t. soda

     1 t. cinnamon

     ½ t. baking powder

     1 cup chopped nuts

     3 t. vanilla

 

 Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.  Makes 2 large loaves or 3-4 small. 
 

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*The Comfort Zone is a "work in progress" section of our website -- where we are posting family recipes we have enjoyed over the years and which bring back memories of good times and good food.    Okay, I admit in.  In our family we associate home-cooked meals with family, good times and yes, comfort.  Comfort food is all about bringing us back home again and around here we all have our favorites. I'm a fan of Mom's chicken fried steak. My sister Lori loves Granny's cobbler.  We make no bones about waking up at 3am to polish off the last of the macaroni and cheese and there have been wrestling matches over the last piece of huckleberry pie. We don't apologize for our love of mashed potatoes. We consider Chicken & Dumplings it's own food group. Comfort food fans now have a place on this website to congregate and worship!  Check out the Comfort Zone at www.applevalleystore.com!