The weather forecast for PMA Fresh Summit in NOLA is sunny, warm and a bit humid! No hurricanes or big thunderstorms are in the forecast. Pack the short sleeve shirts and swim trunks. Wednesday - 78 and sunny Thursday - 81 and sunny Friday - 82 Partly sunny and very humid Saturday - 85 Partly sunny and humid  Find Chelan Fresh at Booth #2261 and look for SugarBee® buzzing around. Take a photo with our SugarBee® Apple mascot and tag #FreshSummit , #WhereIsSugarBee, #ChelanFreshSummit for a chance to win our Chelan Fresh prize pack! What does Better Together Mean? Booth #2261 Visit [...]

Witches, pumpkins, ghosts, cobwebs, trick-or-treating and… apples! Yes, Halloween is right around the corner and it’s the perfect time to get kids excited about eating apples. While bobbing for apples is a Halloween classic, we’ve come up with some more original and kid-friendly Halloween recipes and crafts featuring this fan-favorite fruit. Halloween apple recipes and edible crafts Chocolate Rockit™ apple spiders  Our very own mini Rockit™ apples make perfectly adorable little chocolate spiders! Kids can help thanks to our easy recipe and craft instructions.  Source: Chelan Fresh Halloween apple “bites”  These scary toothy apple “bites” use slivered almond as teeth. A very healthy Halloween [...]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Pears pack a nutritional punch and will help you start off on the right foot. We’ve rounded up recipes that showcase the versatility of pears and will have your family clamoring for more fruit at breakfast time. Breakfast pear recipes  Pear bread   This moist pear bread is bursting at the seams with pears, dates and walnuts. A simple crowd-pleasing recipe that will make your kitchen smell divine.  Source: Chelan Fresh  Roasted breakfast pears  Oven roasted pears are stuffed with greek yogurt and topped with orange peel, granola and pure maple syrup. Yum.  Source: Better Homes & Gardens  Spiced chocolate pear overnight oats   Enjoy this classic combo [...]

There are many advantages to buying fruit in season. Not only will it taste better, but it will offer peak nutritional value and will be cheaper to boot. Bartletts are hitting fruit stands right now, making it the perfect time to get better acquainted with this versatile and delicious pear variety. Bartlett pear profile:  Harvest season: early season/late summer Texture: grainy  Taste: juicy and sweet  Storage: not a storage fruit, best consumed fresh when ripe  Nutrition: high in fiber, vitamin C and antioxidants, low in calories, and free of fat, cholesterol and sodium   Identifying features: Aromatic Bartlett pears have a true pear shape and a definitive “pear flavor”. Bartletts will turn [...]

Hard to believe that the new school year is just around the bend. While we’re enjoying the last few weeks of Summer it’s time to get the kids ready and start planning lunch box menus. Pears make a wonderful addition to school lunches. They’re beloved by kids and pack a nutritional punch! They’re high in fiber and a good source of vitamin C and potassium. There are endless ways to add pears to your kids’ lunches. The simplest is to just include a whole and carefully washed pear. Try different pear varieties to discover which ones your children prefer. Another way pears can make their [...]

When you live in the heart of cherry country you sometimes forget to enjoy the bountiful harvest nature has to offer. But this week Chelan Fresh had the opportunity to pair our world famous Chelan Fresh cherries with the culinary creativity of CheffyK & CA. Their recipes inspire you to step back in the kitchen and do some quick, dicing, chopping and mixing to create amazing appetizers, entrees and desserts from scratch. Thank you to some of our favorite Registered Dieticians who joined us on the 2017 Chelan Fresh Cherry RD Tour Sylvia Klinger, Judy Barbe, and Dana McLaughlin for hanging in there and [...]

Beat the heat with some cherry-spiked recipes to cool off when sun is high. We’ve rounded up recipes to help you use up those summer cherries while lowering the temperature a few degrees. Popsicles, ice creams, frozen yogurt… all the classics are there, as well as some more original treats. There’s a little something for everyone!  Cherry vanilla and ginger float  Vanilla ice cream and dark cherries floating in sparkling ginger kombucha – yum! An original recipe to impress your friends and crank your BBQ up a notch.  Source: Chelan Fresh  Cherry ice cream with chocolate chips  Fresh cherries and chocolate chips come together beautifully [...]

Lucky for dads around the country, Father’s Day falls right during cherry season!  This Sunday, treat your pops to a special cherry-filled treat. Not only is this highly seasonal fruit bursting with vitamins and antioxidants, it’s also wonderfully flavorful and versatile.    We’ve rounded up some of our best recipes to help you say  “I love you dad” in the tastiest possible way. Cherry vanilla and ginger float  This grown-up version of an ice cream float uses trendy kombucha to give sweet Washington cherries a ginger kick.   Source: Chelan Fresh  Lemon poppy seed pancakes with cherry compote  Soft and fluffy lemony pancakes offer the perfect backdrop for our sweet homemade cherry compote. [...]

It’s official: cherry season has arrived! As we speak, market stalls are filling with these dark crimson beads just begging to be brought home and devoured. There are many reasons to eat cherries. They’re a good source of vitamin C, fiber and potassium, and are celebrated for being rich in antioxidants. Research has even shown that they can help reduce pain and inflammation associated with arthritis and gout. Oh, and they’re sweet and absolutely delicious!  Get off on the right foot and start your day with some cherries. We’ve rounded up 10 recipes to help you integrate them at breakfast time. Don’t wait too long to try them out; cherries are very [...]

It’s a classic tale. You chop, dice, slice or shave a raw apple or pear for your child or to use in a recipe only to have it turn brown and unappealing minutes later. Why does this happen? And more importantly, how can you prevent it? Browning is the result of freshly cut apple or pear flesh coming into contact with oxygen, a natural process called oxidization or enzymatic browning. Speed of browning can vary depending on the variety of apple or pear, and can also be impacted by the age of the fruit.    Fruit that has browned is perfectly safe to eat but it doesn’t look pleasing (just [...]