The question I often hear murmured at my farmer’s market stand is… How much salad mix should I buy? Am I buying enough salad mix? Maybe I should buy one more bag…? As the only farmer at the Lewiston Artisan Farmers Market selling pesticide-free, freshly harvested salad mixes, I hear it allllll the time. SoContinue reading “How Much Salad Mix You Should Buy for Your Party”
Category Archives: Meals
How to Make: Homemade Pizza with Farmer’s Market Vegetables
Get 2 recipes for homemade pizza dough for a quick & easy meal with vegetables from your farmer’s market or CSA share.
What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them
Something I never saw until I started growing in a local community garden was a salad turnip. It was white, round, and tender with the greens sticking out of it like a radish or beet…and I didn’t know what to do with it or when to harvest it. A few of them stayed in theContinue reading “What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them”
What is Raab & How to Use it
The flush of spring brings “raab” or “rabe” to the farmer’s market. Maybe you’ve seen this weird looking green at the farmer’s market table and thought about trying it. But then talked yourself out of it… It did say “Kale Rabe” or “Arugula Raab” on the sign…and it kind of looked like kale, but whatContinue reading “What is Raab & How to Use it”
4 Ways to Make Substitutions with your CSA & Farmers Market Veggies
Becoming confident in substituting vegetables for one another in recipes, is one of the easiest way to maximize your experience at the farmers market or as part of a community supported agriculture (CSA) program. You’ll save time by not having to add another thing to your grocery list and swing by the store after workContinue reading “4 Ways to Make Substitutions with your CSA & Farmers Market Veggies”
6 Ways to Celebrate Winter
A theme I leaned into this year was “in-season”. From foods to scents to activities to everything in between. Of all the seasons, it’s easy to let winter slip by, unnoticed and un-relished, as we hide away in the short day length, curled upon our couches taking in the blue light of our screens. There’sContinue reading “6 Ways to Celebrate Winter”
How to Make: Lamb Stew
Learn to make an easy, versatile, fall & winter lamb stew with root vegetables, greens, & local meat
How to LOVE & ENJOY Root Veggies
Root veggies are the ugly duckling of the vegetable world. You have your crisp and fresh lettuce leaves, your stunning red tomatoes…but a rutabaga? turnip? winter radish? These are stout, hardy, and grizzled. Root vegetables are a staple in fall & winter farmers markets, CSA shares, and recipes. But if you never grew up eatingContinue reading “How to LOVE & ENJOY Root Veggies”
How to Perfectly Roast Vegetables
Read for seven steps to perfect your roasting game, ensuring that you end up with beautifully browned, tender, and flavorful veggies every time.
5 Ways to Incorporate More Greens in Your Meals
Countless studies indicate incorporating green, leafy vegetables into their diets every day has a significant effect on one’s well-being and health. Leafy greens are filled with critical vitamins and minerals that can help the body in resisting long-term diseases, like Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Yet, many of us, including myself, were not raisedContinue reading “5 Ways to Incorporate More Greens in Your Meals”
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