Foil pack dinners are one of those summer meals I come back to because they make dinner feel easy without turning into another round of sandwiches. Everything cooks together on the grill, cleanup is minimal, and everybody gets their own little packet of sausage, potatoes, and vegetables. I spent a whole summer doing foil packs when we remodeled our kitche This week’s Swift River CrossFit x Davis Natural Produce recipe features fresh fennel from Davis Natural Produce. If fennel isn’t something you cook with often, this is a great place to start. Grilling softens its crunch and mellows its fresh anise flavor, especially when it’s paired with Italian sausage, potatoes, peppers, lemon, and garlic. You can grab fresh, organic, locally grown produce from Davis Natural Produce at IME in North Conway Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, or at Tuckerman Brewing on Fridays from 4:00–6:30 PM. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Everything cooks together in one...Read more

Eggplant is one of those vegetables that can sometimes leave you staring at it and wondering, Okay…now what? This is my answer. These Mediterranean Stuffed Eggplants are filled with ground turkey, tomatoes, garlic, onion, feta, and plenty of herbs. The eggplant gets soft and almost creamy in the oven, while the filling is hearty enough to make this feel like dinner—not a vegetable side dish pretending to be one. It’s also exactly the kind of recipe I love for the Swift River CrossFit x Davis Natural Produce partnership: fresh local produce, straightforward ingredients, and a meal you can actually make on a weeknight. Grab fresh, organic, locally grown eggplant from Davis Natural Produce at IME in North Conway Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, or at Tuckerman Brewing on Fridays from 4:00–6:30 PM. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Eggplant is actually the star. No breading or frying required. It’s a complete meal. Turkey adds plenty of staying...Read more

This week’s veggie focus is carrots, and I wanted to keep this one especially simple. These Honey Thyme Roasted Carrots and Green Beans are the kind of side dish that works with just about anything: grilled chicken, burgers, pork, salmon, or whatever else is already happening for dinner. The honey is intentionally light here. It adds just enough sweetness to help the carrots caramelize without turning the whole pan into a sweet glaze. Fresh thyme keeps the flavor savory and summery. This recipe is part of the Swift River CrossFit x Davis Natural Produce partnership, where I’m sharing easy, practical ways to use fresh local produce without making dinner more complicated than it needs to be. You can grab fresh, organic, locally grown produce from Davis Natural Produce at IME in North Conway Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, or at Tuckerman Brewing on Fridays from 4:00–6:30 PM. Why You’ll Love This Recipe It uses simple, everyday...Read more

There’s something so nice about a vegetable side dish that feels fresh and summery but still takes almost no brainpower to make. These roasted green beans with lemon and dill are exactly that kind of recipe. They’re simple, quick, and full of flavor—but not too much flavor. The lemon stays in the background here, just enough to brighten the green beans without taking over, and the dill gives everything that fresh, garden-y finish that makes this feel a little more special than plain roasted vegetables. This recipe is part of the Swift River CrossFit x Davis Natural Produce partnership, where I’m sharing practical, family-friendly ways to use fresh seasonal produce. If you’re picking up green beans this week, you can grab fresh, organic, locally grown produce from Davis Natural Produce at IME in North Conway Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, or at Tuckerman Brewing on Fridays from 4:00–6:30 PM. Why You’ll Love This...Read more

Some dinners need to check a lot of boxes: filling, fresh, family-friendly, and realistic for a weeknight. These lighter street corn beef bowls do exactly that. The bowl starts with crispy air-fried sweet potatoes and Siete-seasoned ground beef, then gets topped with a creamy street corn mixture made lighter with plain Greek yogurt. I kept a spoonful of mayonnaise in the dressing because it gives the corn that familiar street-corn flavor, but the yogurt does most of the creamy work. This recipe is part of the Swift River CrossFit x Davis Natural Produce summer recipe partnership, bringing together practical meals and fresh local vegetables for busy families in the Mount Washington Valley. Fresh local corn is especially good here. Grab produce from Davis Natural Produce at IME in North Conway Monday–Friday, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM, or at Tuckerman Brewing on Fridays from 4:00–6:30 PM. Why You’ll Love This Recipe It is...Read more