FarmVille 2

Recipe #2 Inspired by FarmVille

In celebration of FarmVille's 5th Birthday and the Summer of FarmVille, we're excited to give you a special sneak peek at recipes that are coming to FarmVille 2: Country Escape soon! You can now bring FarmVille to the dinner table with real recipes from Zynga's Executive Chef. All recipes are made with locally sourced, sustainably produced, organic ingredients. Check back throughout the week, as we will continue to release new recipes from the game that you can cook right at home.

Today's recipe is something sweet and savory to start off your day. Pair this side with a good ole fashioned burger instead of traditional fries to spice up your summer BBQ.

SWEET POTATO FRIES

Serves: 1-2 people

Cook time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 Large Sweet Potato
• 1 tbs Saute Oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Chipotle Powder

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Cut the sweet potato lengthwise into 6 to 8 wedges
• Lightly coat wedges on a baking sheet
• Bake in oven for about 20 minutes until slightly browned and crispy
• Remove from the oven and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and chipolte powder to taste

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Commenter of the Week Winner! (6/25/2014)

 

 

Hey, Farmers!

Every day we invite farmers to share their thoughts with us here on the blog. As thanks for participating, we select on of you to receive 100 FREE Farm Bucks every week! 

This week's winner is Kim Pfleger! Congratulations Kim, and we're glad you're as excited for My Family Farm as we are. 

If you want to be next week's winner, all you have to do is leave a comment on any blog post. As long as it's constructive, you'll be automatically entered to win 100 Farm Bucks!

 

Getting Started

Make a Sweet Treat to Celebrate FarmVille's 5th Birthday

In celebration of FarmVille's 5th Birthday and the Summer of FarmVille, we're excited to give you a special sneak peek at recipes that are coming to FarmVille 2: Country Escape soon. You can now bring FarmVille to the dinner table with real recipes from Zynga's Executive Chef! All recipes are made with locally sourced, sustainably produced, organic ingredients. Check back thoughout the week, as we will continue to release new recipes from the game that you can cook right at home.

To kick off the "Summer of FarmVille", our first recipe is Vanilla Mint Cupcakes - the perfect sweet treat to celebrate FarmVille's 5th Birthday!

 

 

VANILLA MINT CUPCAKES

Serves: 1 dozen cupcakes

Cook time: 40 minutes

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

• 2 Eggs, separated 
• 1 3/4 cups Cake Flour, sifted
• 2 tbs Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/2 cup Butter, room temp
• 2/3 cup + 1/4 cup Sugar, divided
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup Milk
• 1/8 tsp Cream of Tartar

Mint Frosting:

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp
• 3-4 cups of confectioner's sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp pure peppermint extract

Directions:

Cupcakes:

Separate eggs when they're cold. Cover and let them come to room temperature.

Beat butter until soft, add larger amount of sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy. Slowly add egg yolks and vanilla. Mix until fully incorporated.

With the mixer on low, alternately add dry ingredients and milk-beginning and ending with flour.

In a clean bowl, whisk egg whites and cream of tartar until they hold soft peaks. Gradually add the smaller amount of sugar and continue beating until they hold stiff peaks.

With a spatula fold egg whites into cake batter.

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes

Mint Frosting:

In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter until smooth and creamy, 2 to 3 minutes.

With mixer on low speed, add 3 cups sugar, milk, and both extracts; mix until light and fluffy. If necessary, gradually add remaining cup of sugar to reach desired consistency.

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New Limited Edition Items Are Now Available! - 6/24/14

 

 

What is your farm missing? The FarmVille 2 team has added lovely new animals, crops, and trees to the General Store, but they'll only be available for a little while! There are even new recipes available. Check out the details below!

 

Crops:

Red Spanish Marigold - 42 Coins                        

 

Trees:

Heirloom Fantasia Nectarine Tree - 22 Farm Bucks 

Fantasia Nectarine Tree - 13 Farm Bucks                   

Heirloom Tanzania Sour Plum Tree - 22 Farm Bucks                

Tanzania Sour Plum Tree  - 13 Farm Bucks                 

Heirloom Hognut Tree - 21 Farm Bucks                      

Hognut Tree - 12 Farm Bucks                         

                               

Animals:                               

Moura Pig - 41 Farm Bucks                             

Baby Dorper Sheep - 21 Farm Bucks                            

Black Banteng Cow - 43 Farm Bucks                            

White Buckskin Minihorse - 43 Farm Bucks

Baby Moura Pig - 28 Farm Bucks   

Dorper Sheep - 34 Farm Bucks                       

Baby Black Banteng Cow - 30 Farm Bucks                  

Baby White Buckskin Minihorse - 30 Farm Bucks                     

                               

Recipes:                    

Red Spanish Marigold Plate 

Red Spanish Marigold Bouquet

Sour Plum Quencher Red Spanish Marigold Cup 

Red Spanish Marigold Boutonniere 

Fantasia Nectarine Cupcake 

Red Spanish Marigold Vase 

Red Spanish Marigold Doll 

Hognut Pie

 

Which items are you most excited for or interested in? Let us know in the comments below and you could win 100 FREE Farm Bucks as our Commenter of the Week!

My Family Farm: Tip #2 (Family Jobs Part 2)

 

 

 

The FarmVille 2 team wants you to be prepared for the release of My Family Farm! We discussed Family Jobs in our previous Tips post and now we're going to explore those a little more. 

We will be sharing tips like these in the weeks leading up the release of My Family Farm on 7/3.

 

Family Jobs Part 2 [Part 1] [Part 3]

Last time we talked about how your sweetheart could learn to do jobs around the farm, like Crop Care, but this time we wanted to tell you a little bit about why these jobs are so great, and give you a sneak peak at what a couple of them do.

The Crop Care Family Job works a lot like what you get from Farm Hands in that you can have your sweetheart Water, Fertilize, Speed Grow, or Harvest any crops on the farm, and they won't use any of your Water, Fertilizer or Speed Grow to help you. But the big difference is that Crop Care gives you a whole lot more help than a Farm Hand, making them really great partners on your farm!

 

"The first farming job your sweetheart can learn is Crop Care."

 

 

You can help them learn other farming jobs that go way beyond what Farmhands can do, like Tree Care, where your sweetheart can water, fertilize or speed grow trees, and Baby Animal Care where they'll be able to give Milk Bottles to raise up baby animals on your farm!

Finally there are three new farming job areas on your farm, like the Cave, where you can explore to find new rare resources to craft extremely valuable items to sell at your Market Stall or through the Big Harvest Order Board.

 

RSVP HERE

Do you have any questions about My Family Farm? Leave a comment to let us know and you could win 100 FREE Farm Bucks!

Did You Win a Baby Ayrshire Cow?

 

 

FarmVille 2 is giving away baby animals every week leading up to the arrival of My Family Farm! This week the winners receive a Baby Ameracauna Chicken just for commenting on, sharing, or retweeting a My Family Farm post. Congratulations to you all, and thank you so much for participating! 

 

Louise Tatum

Jessie Everett 

Ameen Shariff

Fozia Baber

Diana Natal

Jerome Koger

Sing Tungsing

Rosa Nera

Sherry Dixon

Gordon Reid

 

Next week we will give away Baby Sealpoint Rabbits. If you'd like to own one be sure to comment on, share, or retweet My Family Farm posts.

Learn about My Family Farm HERE

My Family Farm: Postponed!

Hey Farmers!

This is a quick update on the upcoming My Family Farm Feature. Please note that we’ve made the decision to delay the release date to as follows: General Access to My Family Farm will now be on 7/3 (instead of 6/26) and Early Access will be available on 6/26 (instead of 6/19).

We sincerely apologize for this delay. We understand that this is disappointing news and we want to thank all of you for your support and patience.

As a small token of our gratitude, we'd like to give everyone a baby animal. Get yours here: http://zynga.tm/fhDj

Get More Neighbors With Add Me Friday! (6/20/2014)

 

Even the most talented farmers can use a helping hand from time to time. Whether it's some extra water or another plow to harvest your crops, a great Neighbor can make all the difference when you're having a tough day on the farm. 

However, we know it can be difficult to meet folks who are just as dedicated to farming as you are, so we're lending our players a helping hand!

Every Friday, we will be creating a blog post that is designed to help you find new FarmVille 2 Neighbors! Just leave a comment below to let other players know you are looking for Neighbors and don't be shy about making some new friends. 

Before you comment, please take a moment to read some quick guidelines:

Commenting Rules:

• Any comment in violation of the Terms of Service will be removed. A link to the Terms of Service can be found HERE.

• When posting, please be sure to include your profile link, or people won't be able to add you! When on Facebook, look in the upper right hand corner and click on your name. This is your profile page, and the only way others can find you. Once you are on your profile page, you will need to copy the URL in the browser address bar. Then you can paste that into your comment below this post.

• We encourage you to let others know what kind of farmer you are, and what kind of Neighbors you are looking for. Not everyone plays FarmVille 2 the same, so this information can be important! 

• Please refrain from spamming the blog post with tons of "Add Me" requests. This makes it harder for people to find Neighbors and we may have to remove your comments!

Community Neighbors:

In addition to our weekly "Finding Neighbors: Add Me" event, we also offer the Community Neighbors feature! The Community Neighbors feature allows you to add Neighbors to your farm who are not your Facebook friends. That way, even if your Facebook friends don’t play FarmVille 2, you can still get in on the fun! Visit the guide for all of the details: Community Neighbors.

We hope everyone finds lots of new friends and Neighbors. Come back to visit us often!

Celebrate FarmVille's 5th Birthday with the Summer of FarmVille

Today marks 5 years since FarmVille took the world by storm. To celebrate the hundreds of millions of players that have helped shape FarmVille into what it is today, we're proud to kick off the "Summer of FarmVille". Starting this month and throughout the summer, Zynga is rolling out special presents for players to unwrap across FarmVille, FarmVille 2 and FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Get ready to help us blow out the candles with these exciting new features across all your favorite FarmVille games:

The Dog Days of Summer in FarmVille 2: Country Escape:

Exciting new farmhands are sniffing their way into FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Later this month, you will be able to place a doghouse on your farm and use dogs such as a Border Collie and German Shepherd to retrieve premium goods as they wag their way through the farm adventures like Merryweather Mine and Pike's Landing.

You will also soon be albe to craft delicious recipes in a summer cook-off to earn special in-game items. In celebration of the summer cook-off, and for the first time in FarmVille history, we'll be sharing real-world recipes inspired by FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Recipes will be released on this blog starting next week, so stay tuned for more.

Love Blooms with My Family Farm in FarmVille 2

Wedding bells are ringing this summer in FarmVille 2. Starting July 3rd, you can start your own family with the introduction of My Family Farm. Customize your own virtual sweetheart and use their help to collect water, baby bottles, super feed and other valuable items. 

A big FarmVille thanks to all of our players! This is just the beginning of the Summer of FarmVille, so stay tuned for more exciting updates.

See the Weekly Animal Giveaway Winners! (6/18/2014)

 

 

FarmVille 2 is giving away baby animals every week leading up to the arrival of My Family Farm! This week the winners receive a Baby Ayrshire Cow just for commenting on, sharing, or retweeting a My Family Farm post.

All of the farmers listed below will receive their Baby Cows by 6/23. Congratulations to you all, and thank you so much for participating! 

Sharee Wilkins

Myrla Gonde

Cyndi Freeman Dillard

Loretta A. Chapman

Bouchra Yassine

Phyllis Worthey

Joan Henderson

Irene Mattig

Safy Shiry

Nellusiadi Sirait Adi

 

Next week we will give away Baby Ameracauna Chickens. If you'd like to own one be sure to comment on, share, or retweet My Family Farm posts.

Learn about My Family Farm HERE