April

This Month's Features

Melissa's Salsa Contest!

Turn up the Heat to Win!

Think that you make the best salsa on the planet? Now here's your chance to prove it! Submit your best hot or mild salsa recipes for a chance to win a Melissa's Cinco de Mayo Party Basket and a $100 Jewel gift card.

Ethnic Sensations

Pan Seared, Bison Filet Mignon Steak with Porcini & Red Wine Sauce

If you love the taste of red meat, but shy away from it because of health concerns, this is your new go-to dish.

Guest Chef

Ingredient Challenge: Sunflower Chokes

Chef Tony Kim, executive chef for Hashigo Restaurants in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa, CA, submitted a warming dish of simmered flavors to spotlight this month’s featured ingredient.

Positively Ageless

Asparagus

Spring is just around the corner! Time for the perennials to start blooming and, yes, this includes asparagus!

Product Spotlight

April's Fresh Fruit

Take a look at our fresh April fruit...

April's Fresh Vegetables

Take a look at our fresh April vegetables...

Certified Organics

Produce - The Key To Good Health

Billboards tell us every day to eat burgers on white bread, TV commercials encourage us to eat quick, fast, processed food to make the most of our busy lives.
Chef in the Kitchen

April 2011 Calendar of Events

Taking a look at April events...
Cooking with the Kids

Simple Sides: Eggplant

This feature will focus on providing a child or a group of children, working together under the supervision of an adult, with two uncomplicated, healthy and delicious side dish recipe options centered around one seasonal fresh produce item that a child can contribute to the family meal.
Produce Corner

Fruit Name: Origins Facts & Fictions

Many of the words that we use for fresh produce items today have been passed from country to country and culture to culture for centuries; each lending a particular sound, description or sometimes even a local myth, to a word’s provenance.