Category Archives: Arizona farmers and ranchers

Butternut Squash, Apple and Sausage Hash

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Fill Your Plate

By Blue Sky Organic Farms               Are you looking for a new recipe to spice up your summer? Try our butternut squash, apple and sausage hash! It’s a delicious way to get your fruits and vegetables in as well as … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti Squash 101

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Fill Your Plate

By Blue Sky Organic Farms This week, we are keeping it simple with a short lesson in cooking hard squash. This season we decided to grow personal sized spaghetti squash. Yes, grown for personal size, but if you must share, … Continue reading →

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Chicken Noodle Soup: a Hunt Family Tradition

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Fill Your Plate

By Sarah Hunt, AZFB Communications Intern Ever since I can remember, my mother Melinda Hunt and grandmother LaDonna Gammill have been making our family’s chicken noodle soup recipe. On mildly cold winter nights at home in Arizona to summer road … Continue reading →

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Guess What’s Growing in Arizona On an Old Football Field

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Fill Your Plate

I’m beginning to think we can grow anything anywhere in Arizona. Why? It’s innovative thinkers like Chaz Shelton of Merchant’s Garden in Tucson.

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50 Creative Ways to Eat Spinach

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Fill Your Plate

Spinach is in season! If you’re anything like I am, you love buying spinach but have trouble eating it before it goes bad. But, I must change my ways! Have you noticed how healthy this leafy green is for you and me? 

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