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Everything you need to know about Thanksgiving… and more!

329394297_95052d76f7I’m not sure how November got here so quickly, let alone Thanksgiving! I asked several people what sort of recipes they wanted for the big day, and most of them told me the same thing. They wanted a delicious meal that didn’t take a lot of work. Also, it had to be somewhat affordable. With that in mind, I put together this delicious, easy-on-the-wallet Thanksgiving menu (with a few healthy “Shari” touches).

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Touring Michigan’s apple orchards

little-boy-picks-applesOctober makes me think of certain foods and one of those foods is apples.  Did you know that Michigan is the third largest apple producer in the country?  (We are behind Washington state and New York).  We have about 950 family-operated apple farms in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and this year’s apple crop will be one of the biggest in recent history – around 26 million bushels.  I was especially happy to learn that Meijer was the number one seller of Michigan Apples in the world!

A few weeks ago I went on a tour of apple country – right up Fruit Ridge road off of I-96.  The site of the orchards with tree branches full of bright red and green apples was truly amazing!  Our tour took us from the orchards, to the packing houses and finally to a kitchen to create delicious apple recipes.

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