Sizzling Summer is here!

Hello All! Well the Chico heat is here and the almonds are well off to harvesting very soon. The almonds on the trees this year are very large, but not hugely abundant. We're having to irrigate regularly to ensure nice plump almonds. Keeping the weeds down is also critical so that harvest from mother earth's dirt floor won't pose any problems.

Believe it or not we're ramping up for Christmas already. So, if you have any special requests for gift basket ideas, post your idea and we'd love to hear from you!

Stay cool.

Customer's input for Yummy Thanksgiving feast ideas

Check out this customer's great Thanksgiving feast ideas using Maisie Jane's products! I'm going to try the dishes myself. They sound yummy! Here's her input:

"My Early Thanksgiving Weekend.
I went to a holiday party this weekend, an early Thanksgiving, and I took two side dishes. One dish, Chile-roasted Acorn Squash was out of the November edition of Sunset Magazine. I dropped by Maisie Jane's and grabbed the new Paradise Pepper Jelly they carry that is made by KB's Kitchen. I substituted the Pepper Jelly for the sweet and spicy glaze that the recipe called for. It was perfect because the Pepper Jelly is nice and smooth. I grabbed 2 acorn squash at the Saturday Farmer's Market in Chico, and I was all set. The recipe was so easy and super yummy.
The second dish I made was an Asian Pear, Persimmon and Almond Salad, which was from the Sunset Magazine web site. I know, I know, I love Sunset. I picked up the persimmons at your store. I have never used persimmons before, and I was so excited. I also grabbed a bag of your Honey Glazed Sliced Almonds to top the salad instead of plain almonds. They were an awesome addition to the salad. I used Berkeley Olive Grove's Extra Virgin Mission Olive Oil, which I was also able to get from your store to add the final flavor.
I wanted to share these recipes with you because they both got a lot of compliments, and I was so excited to be able to use local ingredients to make them great.
Next up, I am going to try out a cute idea I saw to use Martini Glasses to hold flavored nuts on an appetizer table. I have a bunch of Martini glasses, so I got Cinnamon Glazed Almonds, Country Herb and Garlic Almonds, and Curry Spiced Cashews from your store to put out for Thanksgiving. I will send you a photo to show you how great they turn out.
Thanks for all the great local foods."
******************************************************************-- Regards, Casey

Welcome to our first Blog and Updated Website!

Well folks, this marks a monumental moment for Maisie Jane’s. Not only is it our first ‘Blog’, you mark some of the very first visitors to our freshly updated and designed web site. Wow, what a journey this has been. We have really strived to create a website that not only shares all our tasty, farm-fresh foods with you, but an educational site as well. We want to connect you to our products and our farmers. We encourage you to take some time and explore our website; I bet you’ll learn a thing or two about almonds and how they are farmed. And, it’s not just almonds we feature and share with you. You’ll learn about other nut farmers and even about our sugar source, AND bees; don’t forget about the wondrous and amazing species that brings so many foods to our tables!

Please check in regularly with our Blog; as we plan on having frequent posts with great photos, recipes, and things you just won’t want to miss out on.

So Cheers to our new web-site and we hope you enjoy. We’d love to get feedback too. Also, please understand that there will be some ‘bugs’ we’re working out in the start-up of this new creation; so we appreciate your patience.

Welcome to the new world of Maisie Jane’s on the World Wide Web!

On a side note: Maisie Jane's chose The Chico Project to help with our new site....and WOW they have been great! I highly recommend them