Collard greens go well with just about anything. Collard greens taste like a cross between kale and cabbage and have a smooth and hearty texture. Try this savory side dish at your next meal!

You’ll need:

4 strips thick-sliced bacon, sliced into 1/2-inch strips
1 small yellow onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons sugar
Several dashes of hot sauce (add more if you want more heat)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
2 pounds collard greens, stems removed, sliced into 3-inch-wide strips
1 cup chicken stock (or water)

To make:

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add bacon until browned around the edges. Add onion and cook until softened. 

Add the salt, pepper, sugar, hot sauce, and garlic, and cook for about one minute. 

Add the vinegar and simmer until the amount of liquid is reduced by half, stirring and scraping up browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.

Add the collard greens and the chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Reduce the temperature to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally until the collard greens have wilted and lost their brightness. Season to taste with additional vinegar and hot sauce.
Serve the greens with some of the juices from the pan.

You can get farm-fresh greens when you join our CSA program. Visit our blog for more delicious recipes!

Try this simple recipe and add a punch of flavor to salads, grilled chicken, and, of course, tacos! You can get fresh cilantro when you join our farm box program.

You’ll need:

1 large bunch of fresh cilantro (2 cups packed)
1/2 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 clove garlic
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 to 1/2 cup water, as needed

Add ingredients to a blender or food processor and season to taste.

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Pickled Strawberries

In the extremely rare case that you’re unable to eat all your Falcon Ridge Farm strawberries, here’s a good recipe for pickled strawberries. Pickled strawberries are a delicious addition to fresh salads, deserts, or as a midday snack. 

What you’ll need:

1lb firm, ripe strawberries, hulled (halved if large)
1 1/2 cup white balsamic vinegar
¼ cup sugar
2 tbsps kosher salt
⅔ cup water
1 qt heat proof jar with lid

To make:
Put strawberries in the jar. In a small saucepan, bring vinegar, sugar, salt and ⅔ cup water to a boil over medium heat. Stir until sugar and salt are dissolved. Allow to cool and then cover and refrigerate.

Berries are good for 5 days refrigerated. Enjoy! 

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This recipe will come in handy during our summer season when blueberries are plentiful! These delicious muffins are great for easy breakfasts on school days or a quick pick-me-up during the work day.

You’ll need:

• Jumbo muffin tin or regular muffin tin
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/14 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups fresh blackberries (if you’re using frozen, make sure you defrost them)

To make:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
• Stir in vanilla, lemon juice, and milk.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt and baking powder. Stir into the wet mixture.
• In a small bowl, lightly mush half your berries and stir them into the batter.
• Fold in remaining berries. The batter will be thick so you don’t have to worry about the berries sinking to the bottom during baking.
• You can use liners or simply spray your muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray.
• Fill muffin tins leaving 1/3 room in the cups so muffins can rise.
• Reduce oven heat to 375 and bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes (starting the oven at higher heat gives you a higher muffin top and lowering the heat will prevent your muffins from drying out).
• Remove muffins and allow to cool for about 20 minutes.

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The holidays are a great time to gather up the kiddos and make fun Christmas crafts. The great thing about this particular project is that one of the supplies is abundant in most households: empty toilet paper tubes.

You’ll need:
Scissors
Pencil
Paint and brushes
Glitter, puffballs, sequins, or whatever glitzy doodads your heart desires
Empty toilet paper tubes

To make:
Using the pencil, draw out the shape of tree you’d like, make sure that the points of your tree meet at the side. Leave enough room at the bottom for a base.

Carefully cut along the lines (parents can do this for the real little ones). Once your tree is cut out, paint the trees whatever color you or your little ones like. Washable acrylic paint is great for clothes and table tops. 

Once the pain dries, decorate your trees with pain, glitter, stickers, etc. The kids can even stick a photo of themselves on the tree as a cute gift to the grandparents!

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Frothy Monkey opened in 2004 as a coffee shop in a 1200 sq foot bungalow in the transitional 12South neighborhood. Over the years, the company expanded to four full service restaurants located in Nashville, Franklin, Chattanooga along with a wholesale bakery. Frothy Monkey is neighborhood focused and their food and drinks are made from scratch using original recipes and thoughtfully-sourced ingredients from regional farmers and producers whenever possible. Add some of their delicious coffees or Firepot Nomadic Teas to your farm box!

Strawberry season is short, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy these farm-fresh fruits all year long. Follow these steps to properly freeze strawberries!

You’ll need:
4-6 lbs fresh strawberries
Half baker sheets (fit best in most freezers)
Parchment paper
Paring knife

To freeze:
Gently wash berries under tap water. If berries are mushy or damaged, remove them.
Spread your berries out on a towel and allow them to air dry.
Using your paring knife, hull the berries by removing the stem and the bit underneath. You can also just slice the top of the berry off, but you get more of the fruit with hulling.
Line baker sheets with parchment paper and freeze the berries overnight.
When completely frozen, put berries in heavy duty freezer bags and label with the date.
Frozen strawberries will last up to one year. 

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We are so excited to partner with Georgia Grinders to offer our customers some of the tastiest nut butters we’ve ever tried! The butters are based off of Jaime’s Grandfather’s recipe and are made from simple and all natural ingredients. From almond butter to pecan peanut butter, they’ve got a lot of options that can be used in all kinds of healthy and delicious dishes. Add some of their goodies to your farm box!

Delicious Sausage and Beef!

Get ready to enjoy some of the best beef and sausage grown right here in Tennessee! Falcon Ridge Farm is thrilled to partner with family-owned and operated Lightfoot Farm Market & Processing located in Millington, Tennessee. The two brothers, Neil and Wesley, are third-generation farmers living and working the same land their grandfather planted for row crops years ago. They are now married and both families pitch in to make the business a success. Add their quality meats to your farm box!