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Fresh Peach Margaritas
Dairy free recipes, Drinks and Cocktails, From the Kitchen

Fresh Peach Margaritas

August 8, 2025 surreyfarms.net 3 Comments

Happy Friday! Today I’d like to share with you this recipe for a cocktail that takes fresh summertime peaches and turns them into a wonderful margarita full of flavor.

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Hoshigaki – The Japanese Art of Drying Persimmons at Folktale Winery in Carmel Valley, California
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Hoshigaki – The Japanese Art of Drying Persimmons at Folktale Winery in Carmel Valley, California

November 15, 2022 surreyfarms.net 9 Comments

A unique way of drying persimmons, this Japanese drying technique is getting its wave of popularity lately.

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Kale and Pear Salad
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Kale and Pear Salad

March 27, 2022 surreyfarms.net 2 Comments

Pear, bell peppers, olives, red onions and feta with kale sauted in garlic and herbs. These are the ingredients that make this salad so good.

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"Nature. That’s the one thing that tips the balance in terms of living here in California. Within minutes I can be in a desert, at the ocean, in the wine country, and that’s the most nourishing food for my soul. -Lara Pulver  

FOOD

  1. Buy it with thought
  2. Cook it with care
  3. Use less wheat & meat
  4. Buy local foods
  5. Serve just enough
  6. Use what is left
  7. Don’t waste it

U.S. Food Administration – 1917

Mediterranean Diet named best year after year

Year after year, when multiple diets are looked at for effectiveness, benefits for life and longevity, and long term sustainability, it’s the Mediterranean Diet that comes on top every time.

For the seventh year in a row, the Mediterranean style of eating earned the title of best overall diet, according to ratings that U.S. News & World Report announced.

The Mediterranean diet also ranked first in the categories of easiest diet to follow, best family-friendly diet, best diet for healthy eating and best diet for diabetes, bone and joint and heart-healthy eating,

The diet features simple, plant-based cooking, with the majority of each meal focused on fruits and vegetables, whole grains, beans and seeds, with a few nuts and a heavy emphasis on extra virgin olive oil.

Meals may include eggs, dairy and poultry, but in much smaller portions than in the traditional Western diet.

Eat a salad boost brain power

Older adults who reported regularly eating one to two servings a day of green leafy vegetables slowed their rate of age-related cognitive decline. So much so, in fact, that they tested as if they were 11 years younger!  Journal of Neurology

 

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 Start Gardening To Eat Better

A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that when older cancer survivors started an at-home vegetable garden, they boosted their daily produce intake, prevented some waistline weight gain, and reported feel greater “worth” compared to their counterparts who didn’t garden. Cooking Light Magazine.

Not exercising worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease, study reveals.

We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, diabetes and heart disease.  Source:  Journal of American Medical Associatio (JAMA)

diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight

Diet quality, not quantity, is what helps people lose and manage their weight most easily in the long run. If you cut back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods and eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods, you can lose significant amounts of weight — even without limiting portion sizes. The Times’s Anahad O’Connor reported this week,

Healthy Tip

“Green, leafy vegetables such as arugula, kale, collard greens, broccoli, spinach, and Swiss chard are among the foods that support brain health.” CBSnews.com

5 Lifestyle Habits that Help your live longer

  1. Not smoking
  2. Eating healthy
  3. Excercising regularly
  4. Maintaining a normal weight
  5. Drinking only in moderation

 

Gardening could be the hobby that helps you live to 100

According to a recent BBC article Many of the world’s centenarians share one common hobby: gardening.

Quotable quotes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

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