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Farmers Market 2/21/13

February 21, 2013 by Elisabeth Norris Leave a Comment

Nothing too exciting to report this week. Once again I didn’t make time to plan anything for next week so I just kind of went with the usual. No fruit this week due to an abundance of bananas and strawberries… it kind of feels incredibly wrong buying strawberries at this time of year but dang it, they are both at the farmers market (way too expensive) at Costco (4lbs)! I needed them for some recipe development and freezer jam. Maybe Celebrate the early early stages of spring with some strawberry shortcake???

Veggies for the day

  • Flat leaf parsley
  • Baby yukon gold potatoes
  • Avocado
  • Lacinato kale (2 bunches)
  • Radishes, mixed variety
  • Carrots
  • Green onions
  • Leeks

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Farmers Market 1/24/13

January 24, 2013 by Elisabeth Norris 2 Comments

Pretty minimal farmers market run today. Almost didn’t go but am glad I did.

The veggies

  • Kale
  • Green onions
  • Carrots
  • Avocado

Fruit

  • Pomello
  • Cara cara oranges
  • Blood oranges
  • Pink lady apples
  • Lemons

And one item I couldn’t resist… a bag of very rip persimmons for $1. Not sure what I will do with them but I will have to figure something out in the next couple of days.

Very ripe persimmons

(PS: The site is a bit jankey right now because we installed some new stuff (specifically Jetpack) over the weekend to take advantage of all the new WordPress awesomeness and ran out of time to get all the bugs worked out. My theme isn’t playing nice with all the new stuff. Good thing I don’t have much of a readership right now, huh?)

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Farmers Market 1/3/13 & 1/10/13

January 10, 2013 by Elisabeth Norris 4 Comments

The start of the new year is now past. Everyone is seemingly falling back into the routine of life, myself included. December was nuts. I didn’t make it to a single farmers market in the month of December. Part of me enjoyed the break from having to be at a set place at a set time to pick up produce (oh how convenient our big box grocery stores are.) But by the end nothing can come close to what you can find at the markets. I was happy to return.

The winter market is in full swing. By full swing, more than half the vendors are gone for the winter thus making the selection and variety much smaller. Which means I need to supplement a bit more than I do in the higher production months. Spring will be here before know it though. And until then, I am more than happy to revel in winters bounty of citrus!!! And finding it for a $1 per pound?! Overbuying is happening.

So yes, I did go last week and I did go today. I have been a little slammed with things. I’m not giving this up though. I love being able to look back and see what I am buying. I have considered including the supplemental produce I buy to get a bigger picture of our produce consumption but I am not sure I want to complicate this post. I LOVE its ease and simplicity to do… hence why you consistently see these posts every month.

Anyways onto the fruits and veggies.

So for 1/3 I piked up:

First market haul of the year

  • kale
  • Pea shoots
  • Kohlrabi
  • Green cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Green onions
  • Yellow onions
  • Garnet yams
  • Tomato
  • Ginger

The Kohlrabi is very new to me. I picked it up on a whim. Apparently it is very similar to broccoli stems. I can’t say for certain because I haven’t cooked it yet. Soon though. And Pea shoots! I can’t wait to talk more about pea shoots. These were an awesome discovery that have been right under my nose for a while. Liv grew a bunch of these in the garden this last summer and I didn’t quite grasp why or how you eat them. Basically they are the tendril tops of sugar snap peas. They are tender and taste like peas in the fraction of the time it takes to grow the pea pods. Incredible addition to salads.

First market haul of the year

  • Pomelo (pink flesh)
  • Blood oranges
  • Cara Cara oranges
  • Satsumas
  • Pink lady apples

And for today’s haul:

Kitty inspection

  • Curley kale
  • Garnet yams
  • Red bell pepper
  • Jalapeños
  • Tomatoes
  • Green onions
  • Celery

Kale and chard were about the only greens one could find in the market today. No leaf lettuce, spinach, pea shoots, and not even lacinato kale. And yes, I had lots of greens on my list this morning. Kitty decided to get in my shot and started inspecting things. Which resulted in her taking a few bites out of the celery leaves.

Testing the celery

I think she wanted to know why I was questioning her inspection.

Winter citrus

  • Blood oranges
  • Pink Lady apples
  • Lemons
  • Satsumas

I was telling my citrus lady that I really like that they have been leaving on the leaves and stems on the oranges (adds so much to a photograph) and she told me that they started doing that to cut cost. By not stripping the leaves and stems off and not washing them they are able to offer the citrus to us at a lower cost (and less labor for them). I am more than happy to scrub my oranges clean and shiny… I wash all my produce anyways.

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Farmers Market 11/15/12

November 15, 2012 by Elisabeth Norris Leave a Comment

While there is technically several more market days before thanksgiving, this is my final market before thanksgiving. Not that it matters that much given that I am not preparing the Thanksgiving meal and am instead brining a casserole that is full of stuff you don’t get at the farmers market. I was kind of amazed that no one had leeks. But I did find more baby yukon golds… the ones I bought several weeks ago were amazing! You know how potatoes are kind of just potatoes? These little guys, for some reason, maybe it is because they were pulled earl hence the “baby” but the flavor was incredible. I also didn’t find some greens I wanted but that is why I’m headed back out to do a Costco run and swing by New Leaf for things like leeks, arugula, and whatever else that is on my list that is not in front of me.

Oh! I wasn’t planning on this but they had corn! And since we still have green beans I decided I am going to do fresh version of my families green beans and corn recipe. Nope, can’t leave well enough alone. Have to go and change everything. Hopefully I can use that to get back into posting more regularly than my once a week farmers market trip.

  • Celery
  • Carrots (the cheap beat up kind for stock)
  • Green beans
  • Baby yukon golds
  • White corn
  • Tomato
  • Italian flat leaf parsley
  • Green onions
  • Yellow onions
  • Shallots

  • Bartlett pears
  • Granny Smith apples
  • Asian pears

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Farmers Market 11/1/12

November 1, 2012 by Elisabeth Norris 1 Comment

Back at the market this week. I didn’t go last week because I felt like I had just enough produce to get through another week. It was a creative stretch but I think we fared okay. I’m not sure if the expense evens out over the weeks or not but I definitely spent more than I would have liked today. When am I ever going to accept that food is expensive, even in my neck of the woods, even with shopping at the farmers market? In any case, here is this weeks haul.

  • Leeks
  • Green onions
  • Beets
  • Yellow onions
  • Baby yukon gold potatoes
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Green beans
  • Zucchini
  • Ginger
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Broccoli
  • Baby bok choy
  • Kale

  • Figs (only $3 for the basket!!)
  • Asian pears
  • Pink lady apples

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Farmers Market 10/18/12

October 18, 2012 by Elisabeth Norris Leave a Comment

The fruit I picked up today kind of strikes me. It just doesn’t seem right that I can buy peaches, watermelon, and grapes straight from the farmers market. California growing seasons never cease to amaze, nor the sheer access I have to so many different fruits and veggies because of my geographical location. I mean look at the berries I have been buying in the last month. Though things are shifting slowly, this is the last trickling of melons at the market and the same for peaches. You don’t see many pluots, plums, or nectarines. Grapes are in full swing though and I am hoping we see more apples and pears. I feel like we are lagging a bit in the fall varietals… oh wait, we don’t have fall yet.

  • Peaches
  • Watermelon
  • Grapes (can’t remember the variety)

Mostly the same in the veggie department. I did though find some firm/not sitting on the vine too long bell peppers for $1pr/lb.

  • Carrots
  • Kale
  • Parsley
  • Garnet yams
  • Tomatoes
  • Broccoli
  • Bell peppers
  • Green onions
  • Leeks

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Farmers Market 10/11/12

October 11, 2012 by Elisabeth Norris 3 Comments

Going to be short and to the point today as I should be making dinner right now instead of doing a blog post. Been a busy day but still managed to get to the market. Sorry the pics are so bad… I was in a rush and was too lazy to change lenses… the 35 is too tight for these kind of shots. Anyways…

  • Kale
  • Green onions
  • Eggplant
  • Lemons
  • Russet potatoes
  • Tomatoes
  • Zucchini

More strawberries! Have lots of plans for these guys outside of straight consumption.

Just incase you are wondering, I’m making a modified version of skillet chicken & zucchini using up some old tomatoes from last week and the zucchini this week. No mozzarella cheese though! Just some parm.

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Farmers Market 10/4/12

October 4, 2012 by Elisabeth Norris Leave a Comment

No more raspberries at the market this week. Kind of wish I would have bought two flats last week rather than one. But I did get a great price on strawberries! Six bucks for half flat of organic/incredibly still sweet strawberries! Half of the flat has already been cleaned and chopped into small pieces and frozen to help fight my sweet tooth at night. Not sure what I will do with the other half… ahh I love end of season abundance. Grapes have hit the market in full force. Prices are in the $2 – $2.50 per/lb range so I’m holding back a bit till they drop mid to late season. I did pick up some for $1.50 per/lb that are good but not the “oh my goodness” good. I figure it was good time to start breaking of the peaches which will be out of season soon.

Aside from the berries it was more of a stock up kind of trip. Greens/starchy carbs/fibrous carbs etc. I intentionally went light last week to use up what I had. By dinner last night I was down to a few onions, 1 head of garlic, a few jalapeños, 3 small eggplant, and a small nob of ginger. But the bins are replenished and it is another week ahead of on going challenge to do tasty and healthy things with veggies.

  • Italian flat leaf parsly
  • Green onions
  • Broccoli
  • Garlic
  • Cauliflower
  • Red potatoes
  • Lemons
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Yellow onions
  • Spinnach
  • Kale
  • Tomatoes

  • Grapes
  • Cantaloupe
  • Yellow peaches
  • Strawberries

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