A decorative blue and white plate with four squash halves and fall leaves, on top of a wooden surface and a blue and white plaid cloth

Recipe: Baked Winter Squash with Maple Nut/Seed Butter

Baked Winter Squash with Maple Nut/Seed Butter, submitted by Ros Creasy, author and Seed Savers Exchange advisor. A wonderful complement to squash is a nut or seed butter as the rich flavors seem meant for each other.

A fork and knife cutting into cooked chicken alongside a salad on a white plate

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Recipe: Apple-Mustard Glazed Chicken Thighs

Apple-Mustard Glazed Chicken Thighs by Beth Dooley, chef and author, “A good apple is the taste of balance—a range of natural acids and sugars, with notes so complex that they come in waves of flavor with each bite,” says Beth, reflecting on one of the main ingredients of this favorite recipe. “Real apples, cultivated with care, of our heritage, are regal reminders of our country’s true flavors.”

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Recipe: Crader Family Lettuce

Crader Family Lettuce by Mary Katherine Crader Daniels, submitted for the 2022 Seed Savers Exchange Conference, “I hope you will enjoy this lettuce recipe as much as we have over the years,” says Mary Katherine. “It’s an old German recipe—my mother had a special way of wilting the lettuce.”

A group of orange carrots with green stems and some dirt

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Growing Guide: Carrots

When planting carrots, be aware that they can be finicky in the early part of the season. Carrots are biennials, producing seed after two years of growth, but the reward is well worth the effort.

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Recipe: Orange Creamsicle Smoothie

Orange Creamsicle Smoothie, submitted by Meredith Burks, Seed Savers Exchange director of marketing and communications. “Enjoying this smoothie is a great way to start your day,” says Meredith. “It has veggies, healthy carbohydrates, healthy fats, and protein.”

Many small red peppers, halved covered in seeds, laid out on a metal sheet

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Recipe: Italian Sausage with Crushed ‘Ausilio’ Pepper Flakes

Italian Sausage with Crush ‘Ausilio’ Pepper Flakes by Chad Ogle-Riccelli, donor of the ‘Ausilio Thin Skin Italian’ pepper; submitted by Michele Ogle-Riccelli. “Our family has many warmhearted memories of spending time with Grandpa Nicholas Domenico ‘Nick’ Riccelli in the kitchen making Italian sausage,” says Michele. “Grandma Theresa (Ausilio) Riccelli (97 years old) remembers all the times her family would spend together stuffing sausage into casings and later adding it to their pasta sauce. She will tell you that her children and grandchildren loved shaping the Italian sausage into patties and having them as a sandwich topped, of course, with fried ‘Ausilio Thin Skin Italian’ peppers and provolone cheese.

Chopped tomatoes with basil leaves on top of a long slice of bread on a white plate

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Recipe: Bruschetta

Bruschetta submitted by Louise Quigley, Seed Savers Exchange member “I only make this recipe in late summer/early fall when the tomatoes, basil, and oregano are all ready in my garden and the harvested garlic is ready to use,” says Louise. “I use organic whole wheat bread baked by my husband.”

A white bowl with a mash of multicolored long beans and spices

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Recipe: Great Grandma’s Sour Dill Yellow Beans

Great Grandma’s Sour Dill Yellow Beans submitted by Liz Belina, Seed Savers Exchange member. “This old family recipe has been passed down without being written down,” says Liz. “It was made often in the summer to go along with panfish Grandma would catch in the pond with her cane pole. Since she was here as a first-generation Bohemian, I like to think the recipe came from that region.”

A pile of multi-colored potatoes ranging from small to large and from light yellow to deep red

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Growing Guide: Potatoes

This versatile crop originated in South America centuries ago and today ranks as the most popular vegetable in the United States. Cool-season vegetables, potatoes come in a great range of shapes, sizes, colors, and textures and are grown from small tubers known as “seed potatoes”.

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Growing Guide: Arugula

Arugula grows well in the spring and fall but tends to bolt in hot weather. Its prolific flowers attract many pollinators before plants go to seed. Gardeners enjoy this cool-weather crop for its nutty and peppery bite.