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This site is the main source for all of the latest news and information about sweet cherries from the Northwest including: health information, recipe ideas, tips on freezing, canning and drying, as well as information about the famous growing region located in the great Northwest. More than 2,500 growers in the Northwest work tirelessly throughout the year to bring to you the largest, sweetest, freshest, highest quality sweet cherries available.
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Feeling the winter stress creep in? Cherries may actually help take the edge off. 🍒✨
Research shows that the powerful phenolics in cherries help protect your brain cells from oxidative stress - the kind of damage that can leave you feeling mentally drained. And that’s not all. Cherries also support serotonin, one of the key “feel-good” neurotransmitters linked to reduced stress and improved mood.
In short: cherries don’t just taste amazing… they help you feel a little brighter too. 🌿💛
Feeling the winter stress creep in? Cherries may actually help take the edge off. 🍒✨
Research shows that the powerful phenolics in cherries help protect your brain cells from oxidative stress - the kind of damage that can leave you feeling mentally drained. And that’s not all. Cherries also support serotonin, one of the key “feel-good” neurotransmitters linked to reduced stress and improved mood.
In short: cherries don’t just taste amazing… they help you feel a little brighter too. 🌿💛
When the nights get longer and the temps drop, a good night’s sleep feels even more essential. Cherries can help with that. 🍒💤
Cherries are one of the few natural sources of melatonin, the hormone that helps regulate sleep. Enjoying dried cherries, cherry juice, or cherry preserves in the evening can support a more restful night, making winter bedtime routines a little easier and a lot cozier.
So whether you’re winding down with a warm snack, making a soothing dessert, or simply adding cherries to your nightly routine, let them help you drift off a bit smoother this season. ❄️✨
When the nights get longer and the temps drop, a good night’s sleep feels even more essential. Cherries can help with that. 🍒💤
Cherries are one of the few natural sources of melatonin, the hormone that helps regulate sleep. Enjoying dried cherries, cherry juice, or cherry preserves in the evening can support a more restful night, making winter bedtime routines a little easier and a lot cozier.
So whether you’re winding down with a warm snack, making a soothing dessert, or simply adding cherries to your nightly routine, let them help you drift off a bit smoother this season. ❄️✨
If you need a crowd-pleasing dessert for a holiday party, this one is a guaranteed hit. Inspired by the classic Cherry Garcia flavor, this 5-ingredient mousse is rich, creamy, chocolatey, and bursting with fresh cherry chunks. It takes just 10 minutes to whip together, and you can prep individual servings ahead so they’re ready to pull out of the fridge when the party is in full swing. Easy, impressive, and totally irresistible.
🍒 Cherry Chocolate Mousse 🍫
A holiday dessert that disappears fast.
Ingredients:
🥛 16 ounces heavy whipping cream
🧀 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
🍥 1/2 cup powdered sugar
🍒 1 1/2 cups fresh cherries, pitted and halved
🍫 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
Instructions:
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the heavy whipping cream and mascarpone until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes.
2. Mix in the powdered sugar and whip until stiff peaks form, about 1 more minute.
3. Fold in fresh cherries and chopped chocolate. Divide into serving bowls and chill for at least 1 hour.
Bring this to a party and watch it vanish. 🍒✨
If you need a crowd-pleasing dessert for a holiday party, this one is a guaranteed hit. Inspired by the classic Cherry Garcia flavor, this 5-ingredient mousse is rich, creamy, chocolatey, and bursting with fresh cherry chunks. It takes just 10 minutes to whip together, and you can prep individual servings ahead so they’re ready to pull out of the fridge when the party is in full swing. Easy, impressive, and totally irresistible.
🍒 Cherry Chocolate Mousse 🍫
A holiday dessert that disappears fast.
Ingredients:
🥛 16 ounces heavy whipping cream
🧀 8 ounces mascarpone cheese
🍥 1/2 cup powdered sugar
🍒 1 1/2 cups fresh cherries, pitted and halved
🍫 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
Instructions:
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the heavy whipping cream and mascarpone until soft peaks form, about 3 minutes.
2. Mix in the powdered sugar and whip until stiff peaks form, about 1 more minute.
3. Fold in fresh cherries and chopped chocolate. Divide into serving bowls and chill for at least 1 hour.
Bring this to a party and watch it vanish. 🍒✨
Happy National Pastry Day! 🥐🍒
Today calls for something flaky, cozy, and a little bit sweet - and a homemade cherry danish checks every box.
Whether you use dried cherries simmered into a quick compote or a spoonful of cherry preserves, the bright cherry filling brings the perfect pop of color and flavor to buttery pastry layers. It’s an easy treat to make at home and even better to share on a chilly morning with coffee.
Celebrate the day right... make it a cherry danish day. 🍒✨
Happy National Pastry Day! 🥐🍒
Today calls for something flaky, cozy, and a little bit sweet - and a homemade cherry danish checks every box.
Whether you use dried cherries simmered into a quick compote or a spoonful of cherry preserves, the bright cherry filling brings the perfect pop of color and flavor to buttery pastry layers. It’s an easy treat to make at home and even better to share on a chilly morning with coffee.
Celebrate the day right... make it a cherry danish day. 🍒✨
If you want a holiday cocktail that looks festive and tastes even better, this one’s your new signature sip. Bright red, cherry-forward, and served in a martini glass with fresh cherries on top - it’s the kind of drink that makes any gathering feel instantly celebratory. 🍒🍸✨
🍒 Crimson Cherry Martini🍒
Bold color, big flavor, effortless holiday magic.
Ingredients:
🍒 1.5 oz cherry juice or tart cherry concentrate
🥃 2 oz vodka
🍊 0.5 oz triple sec or orange liqueur
🍯 0.5 oz simple syrup (optional, for sweetness)
❄️ Ice
🍒 Fresh cherries for garnish
Instructions:
1. Add cherry juice, vodka, triple sec, and simple syrup to a shaker.
2. Fill with ice and shake until icy cold.
3. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
4. Garnish with fresh cherries on a cocktail pick.
Red, refreshing, and perfectly festive - the ultimate holiday martini. 🍒✨
If you want a holiday cocktail that looks festive and tastes even better, this one’s your new signature sip. Bright red, cherry-forward, and served in a martini glass with fresh cherries on top - it’s the kind of drink that makes any gathering feel instantly celebratory. 🍒🍸✨
🍒 Crimson Cherry Martini🍒
Bold color, big flavor, effortless holiday magic.
Ingredients:
🍒 1.5 oz cherry juice or tart cherry concentrate
🥃 2 oz vodka
🍊 0.5 oz triple sec or orange liqueur
🍯 0.5 oz simple syrup (optional, for sweetness)
❄️ Ice
🍒 Fresh cherries for garnish
Instructions:
1. Add cherry juice, vodka, triple sec, and simple syrup to a shaker.
2. Fill with ice and shake until icy cold.
3. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
4. Garnish with fresh cherries on a cocktail pick.
Red, refreshing, and perfectly festive - the ultimate holiday martini. 🍒✨
It’s time to dig into that freezer. 🍒❄️
If you’ve been saving frozen cherries for “the right moment,” this is it - holiday season is the perfect excuse to turn them into a rich, ruby-red cherry simple syrup.
Use it in cocktails, mocktails, sodas, pancakes, oatmeal, desserts... anything that needs a little extra festive flair. It’s quick, delicious, and instantly transforms your holiday creations.
It’s time to dig into that freezer. 🍒❄️
If you’ve been saving frozen cherries for “the right moment,” this is it - holiday season is the perfect excuse to turn them into a rich, ruby-red cherry simple syrup.
Use it in cocktails, mocktails, sodas, pancakes, oatmeal, desserts... anything that needs a little extra festive flair. It’s quick, delicious, and instantly transforms your holiday creations.
Fact or Fiction:
“Cooking cherries eliminates their health benefits.” 🍒🔥
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Fiction!
While heat can reduce certain nutrients in some foods, cherries hold onto many of their biggest benefits even after cooking. Their antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and polyphenols remain present in baked, roasted, and simmered dishes - meaning cherry pies, sauces, compotes, and crisps are still delivering measurable goodness.
In fact, some studies show that cooking can make certain antioxidant compounds more available to the body. So go ahead and enjoy those warm winter cherry recipes without worry - the flavor isn’t the only thing you’re getting. 🍒✨
Save this for your next myth-busting moment in the kitchen.
Fact or Fiction:
“Cooking cherries eliminates their health benefits.” 🍒🔥
.
.
.
.
Fiction!
While heat can reduce certain nutrients in some foods, cherries hold onto many of their biggest benefits even after cooking. Their antioxidants, fiber, vitamins, and polyphenols remain present in baked, roasted, and simmered dishes - meaning cherry pies, sauces, compotes, and crisps are still delivering measurable goodness.
In fact, some studies show that cooking can make certain antioxidant compounds more available to the body. So go ahead and enjoy those warm winter cherry recipes without worry - the flavor isn’t the only thing you’re getting. 🍒✨
Save this for your next myth-busting moment in the kitchen.
Holiday sides that steal the show are officially in their era. This roasted butternut squash with cherries is sweet, savory, crunchy, and downright irresistible. Perfect for December dinners, potlucks, and those “I need something easy but impressive” moments. Save this for your holiday table.
🍒 Butternut Squash with Cherries 🍽️
Serves a crowd, disappears fast.
Ingredients:
🎃 1 butternut squash, skin removed and cubed
🫒 2 tbsp olive oil
🍒 1/3 cup dried cherries, chopped
🌰 1/3 cup hazelnuts, chopped
🍁 1 tbsp maple syrup
🧀 1/3 cup crumbled feta
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400. Spread cubed squash on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast 15 minutes.
2. Pull the tray out and sprinkle chopped dried cherries and hazelnuts on top.
3. Drizzle with maple syrup, toss everything together, and roast another 15 minutes.
4. Finish with crumbled feta and serve warm.
Notes
Double it if you’ve got a full house.
Share this with someone who’s hosting this year or save it for your holiday lineup. 🍒✨
Holiday sides that steal the show are officially in their era. This roasted butternut squash with cherries is sweet, savory, crunchy, and downright irresistible. Perfect for December dinners, potlucks, and those “I need something easy but impressive” moments. Save this for your holiday table.
🍒 Butternut Squash with Cherries 🍽️
Serves a crowd, disappears fast.
Ingredients:
🎃 1 butternut squash, skin removed and cubed
🫒 2 tbsp olive oil
🍒 1/3 cup dried cherries, chopped
🌰 1/3 cup hazelnuts, chopped
🍁 1 tbsp maple syrup
🧀 1/3 cup crumbled feta
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 400. Spread cubed squash on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast 15 minutes.
2. Pull the tray out and sprinkle chopped dried cherries and hazelnuts on top.
3. Drizzle with maple syrup, toss everything together, and roast another 15 minutes.
4. Finish with crumbled feta and serve warm.
Notes
Double it if you’ve got a full house.
Share this with someone who’s hosting this year or save it for your holiday lineup. 🍒✨