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November 2006

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Tillen Farms™ Pickled Vegetables

Crispy, Crunchy Marinated Veggies

CAPSULE REPORT: Plucked from the field and marinated in a tasty brine, low-calorie Tillen Farms Pickled Vegetables are an hors d’oeuvre, a garnish, a crispy snack. They’re a quick and simple way to turn the ordinary into something special. No matter what the season, Tillen Farms Pickled Vegetables are always in season.

• Overview
• Pickled Vegetable Varieties & Serving Suggestions
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Fat-free, cholesterol-free, low-carb, low-calorie, all-natural, very tasty and exceptionally crisp. Got your attention?

They’re the  pickled vegetable family of Tillen Farms, located in Yakima Valley, of Washington State. Delicious vegetables are grown in the fertile volcanic soil, harvested at their peak of flavor and preserved in a hot brine of vinegar, herbs and and spices. Because of their unique, all-natural processing, the vegetables keep their crisp crunchiness, colorful appearance and fresh taste indefinitely.

Pickled Vegetable Varieties & Serving Suggestions

Tillen Farms Pickled Vegetables can be served as hors d’oeuvres, in salads, with cocktails, added to pasta dishes, crudité platters, used as plate garnishes or enjoyed right out of the jar as a snack. Even the brine in the bottle has a second purpose: when the jar is empty, use it to create a Dirty Martini, as a marinade, or whisk it with olive oil and Dijon mustard to make a delicious salad dressing.

Asparagus: Regular Pickled, Spicy, or White

Three varieties of pickled asparagus provide a world of possibilities—there are two ideas below. The rare white asparagus is grown in Peru.

• Wrap two spears—perhaps one green and one white—in prosciutto, serrano or Westphalian ham for an appetizer or hors d’oeuvre.
• Make open-faced hors d’oeuvres such as pumpernickel rounds topped with smoked salmon and asparagus or a toast triangle topped with sliced hard-boiled egg and asparagus.

Crunchy Carrots

Carrot sticks with a kick, from the piquant marinade.

• Blend into dilled cucumber salad.
• Mix Carrots with Snappers sugar snap peas into homemade potato salad.

Crispy Beans ~ Dilly Beans & Hot And Spicy
Beans

String beans harvested in mid-summer, trimmed at both ends, blanched and carefully hand packed to ensure perfect condition. Dilly Beans are a milder version of Hot And Spicy Beans, flavored with dill.

• Use as a super swizzle stick in Bloody Marys.
• Wrap in roast beef, thinly sliced boiled ham or
  smoked turkey slices and serve on an hors
  d’oeuvres platter.
• Use either in the cold potato and green bean salad described under “Sweet Bells,” below.

“Snappers” Sugar Snap Peas

Late summer harvested sugar snap peas, often confused with Japanese edamame, are a versatile delight.

• Garnish martinis and other savory cocktails.
• Garnish chicken salad.
• For a spiffy hors d’oeuvre, fill endive leaves with shrimp salad and top with Snappers.
• Add to pasta salad along with Greek olives, “Sweet Bells” (see below) and grated hard cheese (parmesan, pecorino or romano, e.g.).

“Sweet Bells” Bell Peppers

Colorful yellow and red bell peppers, a late summer/early fall crop, are carefully selected, quartered and blended together.

• Arrange with thinly sliced Italian cold cuts, provolone cheese, olives, anchovy and fresh sliced fennel in spirals for a beautiful antipasto platter.
• Roll around around tuna salad or goat cheese spread, chill and slice onto cocktail rounds.
• Layer onto sliced cooked eggplant, drizzle with garlic-flavored olive oil and balsamic vinegar and cut into pieces secured with a serving pick.
• Make a cold potato and green bean salad by tossing warm, blanched red potatoes with a good wine vinegar; mix Sweet Bells, Hot and Spicy Beans, extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper and diced parsley.

“Sunnysides” Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Slightly different from the rest, these roma tomatoes are marinated in a mix of canola and olive oils and spices, instead of pickled in vinegar. Use them in any recipe that calls for sun-dried tomatoes.

• Add to pizza, a pasta salad or an omelet.
• Serve with sliced fresh mozzarella.
• Combine with Sweet Bells, Hot & Spicy Asparagus, Italian cold cuts and provolone cheese for a tasty antipasto.

Tillen Farms offers a variety of gift packages that are something different, something colorful, and something gratefully low-calorie, fat-free and nutritious. There is a bit of sugar in the marinade, but a serving is still just 10 calories for asparagus, 15 for the string beans and snap peas, 25 for the bell peppers and 30 for the carrots. The sundried tomatoes, marinated in oil, weigh in at 40 calories a portion.

TILLEN FARMS Pickled Vegetables Crispy Asparagus, Crispy Carrots, Crispy Dilly Beans, Sweet Bell Peppers 12-Ounce Jar $6.49 Crispy Beans: Hot and Spicy, Crispy Snappers, 12-Ounce Jar $5.49 Sunnyside Tomatoes 8-Ounce Jar $7.99 White Asparagus 16-Ounce Jar $6.49 4 Favorites Gift Pack Asparagus, Carrots, Hot & Spicy Beans, Sweet Bells $23.95 Other Gift Packs On Website Purchase online at TillenFarms.com   Shipping additional. Prices and flavor availability are verified at publication but are subject to change.

The 4 Favorites Gift Pack.

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