Memorial Day menu = handled 🍒🔥

If you’re showing up with the same BBQ sauce as everyone else… we need to talk.

This smoky, sweet, slightly spicy cherry BBQ-style sauce is the upgrade your grill has been waiting for. Brush it on ribs, burgers, chicken, or even roasted ...veggies and watch it disappear.

It’s bold. It’s unexpected. And it’s the kind of thing people ask you for the recipe before they even finish their plate 👀

🍒 Cherry Chipotle BBQ Sauce

Ingredients:

• 3 1/2 cups Northwest cherries, pitted
• 3/4 cup unfiltered apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup pureed chipotle peppers in adobo
• 1/3 cup chili sauce
• 1 small sweet onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic
• 3 tbsp dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tbsp butter (optional)
• 1 tsp mesquite liquid smoke
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• Sea salt and black pepper

Instructions:
Add all ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth.
Pour into a small saucepan and simmer on low heat until warmed through and thickened, about 15–25 minutes.
Ladle into jars, leaving about 1/4 inch of space at the top.
Process in a hot water bath for 10 minutes if preserving.

Yield: About 4 (8 oz) jars

Need a reason to get excited about snacking on Northwest cherries in a couple weeks?

We'll give you 12. 😉🍒

Zoom in for some good news, because it's Monday and you could use some. 😉

Not sure we love anything more than Northwest cherries... 😉

Who agrees?

Three cherry snacks. Zero self-control 🍒

If you’ve got cherries in your kitchen, here’s what you’re making next:

✨ Cherry parfait
Layers of yogurt, cherries, and granola that somehow feel like dessert and breakfast

🧊 Cherry popsicles
Blend, freeze, ...done. Your future self will thank you

🍫 Chocolate covered cherries
Sweet, juicy, and a little bit dangerous (you will eat 10)

Save this for when cherry season hits and you suddenly need snack ideas on standby 👀

In just a few short weeks, our orchards will look just like this. 🍒

Right now in the Northwest, growers are in full pre-harvest mode:
🍒 walking the orchards daily
🍒 watching the weather like hawks
🍒 dialing in irrigation
🍒 fine-tuning every last detail before... harvest hits

And we are so excited for it!

We cherry-ish you, Mom 🍒💐

Today’s all about you 💖

Happy Mother’s Day to the women who make life sweeter in every way.

A cherry-packed breakfast just hits different. 🍒

This is your sign to stop settling for boring mornings and make something that tastes like spring.

Grab this Cherry Poppy Seed Muffins recipe from nwcherries.com and save it for when cherries return in the next few weeks!

Cinco de Mayo just got a sweet upgrade 🍒🌮

If you’re still doing the same lineup every year... this is your sign to mix it up.

Add a little Northwest cherry magic to the party:
• Cherry margaritas with that perfect sweet-tart kick
• Fresh cherry salsa that ...belongs on everything
• Cherry-topped fish tacos that taste like summer

Save this for your menu + send it to the friend who’s hosting 👀