Maritza Owens
Beat the Heat with Less Meat

Suddenly it’s Summer! After a long, beautiful spring, who expected it to become so hot so fast? And who wants to cook over a hot stove when the temperature is 100°?  At Harvest Home, we discovered a great summer meal maker: Pasta salad.

Beat the Heat with Less Meat
Maritza Owens
Balancing Your Food Budget with Beans

If managing your food budget seems harder these days, Harvest Home has a trick for you: Cooking with beans.  Beans? YES, deliciously easy way to balance your BUDGET while improving your diet! Beans can make a meal or stretch the meat in a dish without changing the taste.

Balancing Your Food Budget with Beans
Maritza Owens
It’s Spring! Mornings Just Got Better

Finally, there is sunshine in the morning instead of winter gloom! In a hurry to enjoy the day?  Wait!  Take a few minutes for a quick breakfast. A quick breakfast jump-starts you and powers you through the day ahead.

It’s Spring! Mornings Just Got Better
Maritza Owens
Good for You Treats from the Easter Bunny

Bunnies like carrots! Carrots are loaded with Vitamin C and make a delicious dessert to satisfy any sweet tooth. Our Carrot Cake (recipe below) includes carrots (of course), applesauce, eggs, and walnuts, the perfect combination of protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats like Omega-3. It’ll get you hopping with health like that Bunny!

Good for You Treats from the Easter Bunny
Maritza Owens
Beat The Increasing Cost Of Eating

Is food costing more than it used to feed your family? The price of food is rising! At Harvest Home, we looked for ways you can save a few dollars, stay healthy, and not give up on taste. Try cutting back on how much meat you use in a dish. Replace meat with tofu or beans.

Beat The Increasing Cost Of Eating

Be Fit & Agile Walk in The Sun

Be Fit & Agile Walk in The Sun

Sunlight spurs our skin's natural production of vitamin D. Vitamin D is needed so that calcium can build stronger bones. Together, calcium and vitamin D combine to help prevent fractures, breaks and even the risk of Osteoporosis. 

Summer Beauty Made Easy

Summer Beauty Made Easy

Bite into a fresh ear of corn, peach or tomato, the juice spurts out and the taste...WOW! Something you can only get in the summer when these beauties are in season. Amazing! Not only are they mouth-watering, they are powerhouses of healthy nutrition and imperative for hot weather.

It Doesn't Get Any Better! The Real Taste of Summer

It Doesn't Get Any Better! The Real Taste of Summer

Bite into a fresh ear of corn, peach or tomato, the juice spurts out and the taste...WOW! Something you can only get in the summer when these beauties are in season. Amazing! Not only are they mouth-watering, they are powerhouses of healthy nutrition and imperative for hot weather.

Join The Fun! Celebrate National Farmers Market Week! The Harvest Home Farmers Market in your neighborhood is something to shout about! Our fruits and veggies have been ripened in our farmers' fields, then picked fresh and delivered

Where else can you ask a farmer about the food you're buying? Or a neighbor how to cook something differently? Country people and city people come together. Farmers markets are a great way for us to all share our ideas and learn new things about food.

Wow Your Veggies & Your Family!

Wow Your Veggies & Your Family!

Cilantro, garlic or parsley will add zest to almost anything. Cilantro helps lower blood sugar and cholesterol. Garlic strengthens your immune system and helps fight infections, like colds. Parsley, an excellent source of Vitamin C and K as well as folic acid, promotes cardiovascular health. BONUS: Parsley is also a quick way to Freshen Up your breath!