I know we discussed this book a couple of years ago but it's so great and such an awesome read on one young couples adventure into eating within 100 miles of thier home for a full year. So please check it out again! I'm sure Second Story can order them for you and would be a great for a bookclub.
http://100milediet.org/
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Potatoes & Macadamia Nut Sour Cream
Potatoes, Potatoes, Potatoes! We will be bringing up potatoes tomorrow, Friday July 23rd to Laramie Farmer's Market. We are very excited. I have a beautiful bowl of Red Rose potatoes on the counter this morning that I'm going to whip up tonight for Ricky when he returns home from farm tonight.
We will also have more beets, some carrots, possibly green beans. As well as all the other goodies that are starting to take off in this heat.
So we hope to see you down at the market from 3-7. Come early as we've been selling out by around 5pm everyday.
I'm sharing my favorite macadamia nut sour cream recipe to top those delicious potatoes or you can use this as a sandwich spread, dipping for chips and crackers, in burritos or as a ricotta.
Macadamia Nut Sour Cream
1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (soaked for at least 2 hours, drained and rinsed)
1- 2 lemons
sea salt to taste
1/3 cup water
So in a blender add the drained macadamia nuts, the fresh squeezed juice of 1 -2 lemons (depending on taste), sea salt and enough water to just make the mixture continue to pull through the blender. Blend until smooth. Will have the consistency of ricotta cheese.
Use your imagination as to how you use. It's a great vegan alternative!
We will also have more beets, some carrots, possibly green beans. As well as all the other goodies that are starting to take off in this heat.
So we hope to see you down at the market from 3-7. Come early as we've been selling out by around 5pm everyday.
I'm sharing my favorite macadamia nut sour cream recipe to top those delicious potatoes or you can use this as a sandwich spread, dipping for chips and crackers, in burritos or as a ricotta.
Macadamia Nut Sour Cream
1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts (soaked for at least 2 hours, drained and rinsed)
1- 2 lemons
sea salt to taste
1/3 cup water
So in a blender add the drained macadamia nuts, the fresh squeezed juice of 1 -2 lemons (depending on taste), sea salt and enough water to just make the mixture continue to pull through the blender. Blend until smooth. Will have the consistency of ricotta cheese.
Use your imagination as to how you use. It's a great vegan alternative!
Garlic
Here is a great link on how to clean, dry and store garlic to last the year!
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/storing-garlic.htm
http://www.garlicfarm.ca/storing-garlic.htm
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Garlic Scape Pesto
Good Morning!
It was a great farmers market yesterday in downtown Laramie. HOT! Very hot for Laramie. It was wonderful to see so many people out and about on a beautiful summer's day.
Ricky surprised me by bringing garlic scapes up from the farm and I promised to share our garlic scape pesto recipe with you all. It's great on toasted bread, crackers or with pasta.
1/4 # garlic scapes (use just the stalks, wash and roughly chop)
1/2 cup organic olive oil
1 cup Parmesan (fresh, not grated, from Whole Earth Grainary is the best)
3 T. fresh lime juice
sea salt to taste
In a blender or food processor, mix the garlic, salt, lime juice and Parmesan into a paste. Then gradually blend in the olive oil.
Enjoy, it's delicious. I found this recipe when I was selling garlic scapes as the produce manager at Moscow Food Co-op in Moscow Idaho from Mary Janes Farm. Here is their farm link.
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/
Check it out, they started out with a small farm selling organic, delicious camp food and have expanded from there. You can also find her awesome organic farm magazine downtown at the Grand Newsstand.
Have a wonderful and safe weekend and we'll see you next week. I think we'll have new potatoes next week and I'll publish our yummy macadamia nut sour cream recipe to top those yummy spuds.
It was a great farmers market yesterday in downtown Laramie. HOT! Very hot for Laramie. It was wonderful to see so many people out and about on a beautiful summer's day.
Ricky surprised me by bringing garlic scapes up from the farm and I promised to share our garlic scape pesto recipe with you all. It's great on toasted bread, crackers or with pasta.
1/4 # garlic scapes (use just the stalks, wash and roughly chop)
1/2 cup organic olive oil
1 cup Parmesan (fresh, not grated, from Whole Earth Grainary is the best)
3 T. fresh lime juice
sea salt to taste
In a blender or food processor, mix the garlic, salt, lime juice and Parmesan into a paste. Then gradually blend in the olive oil.
Enjoy, it's delicious. I found this recipe when I was selling garlic scapes as the produce manager at Moscow Food Co-op in Moscow Idaho from Mary Janes Farm. Here is their farm link.
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/
Check it out, they started out with a small farm selling organic, delicious camp food and have expanded from there. You can also find her awesome organic farm magazine downtown at the Grand Newsstand.
Have a wonderful and safe weekend and we'll see you next week. I think we'll have new potatoes next week and I'll publish our yummy macadamia nut sour cream recipe to top those yummy spuds.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Gearing up for farmers market season!
Hello everyone,
Well it's that time again. Time to meet your friends and make some new ones at the Laramie Farmers Market starting this Friday, July 2nd from 3-7 pm in downtown Laramie. We had a little late start this year with Mother Nature; but with the warm nights and hot days we have plenty of spinach, romaine lettuce, beautiful red leaf lettuces, scallions, radishes and some other surprises. Hope to see you there!
This year we have added the Fort Collins Old Town market on Saturdays from 8 am - 12 noon on Oak Street. We had to add another market to bring in more revenue and to distribute more veggies. Even though we only have 1.25 acres, Ricky is such an amazing planner and green thumb that we were not able to distribute all that we grew last year.
So if you miss us on Friday maybe we will see you in Fort Collins.
We are excited to see the many faces of the market that we don't see in winter here in Laramie and we look forward as always in supplying you and yours the best produce we can grow.
See you Friday in front of Citrus Salon, look for the big red tents!
P.S.
I made a promise to post every week so please check back weekly for updates, recipes and tidbits.
Sincerely,
Ricky and Danielle
Well it's that time again. Time to meet your friends and make some new ones at the Laramie Farmers Market starting this Friday, July 2nd from 3-7 pm in downtown Laramie. We had a little late start this year with Mother Nature; but with the warm nights and hot days we have plenty of spinach, romaine lettuce, beautiful red leaf lettuces, scallions, radishes and some other surprises. Hope to see you there!
This year we have added the Fort Collins Old Town market on Saturdays from 8 am - 12 noon on Oak Street. We had to add another market to bring in more revenue and to distribute more veggies. Even though we only have 1.25 acres, Ricky is such an amazing planner and green thumb that we were not able to distribute all that we grew last year.
So if you miss us on Friday maybe we will see you in Fort Collins.
We are excited to see the many faces of the market that we don't see in winter here in Laramie and we look forward as always in supplying you and yours the best produce we can grow.
See you Friday in front of Citrus Salon, look for the big red tents!
P.S.
I made a promise to post every week so please check back weekly for updates, recipes and tidbits.
Sincerely,
Ricky and Danielle
Friday, April 2, 2010
Spinach and Potatoes
Hello,
As we sit in Laramie watching it snow we are hoping it is snowing down at the farm. Ricky planted spinach seeds on Wednesday March 31st so hopefully we'll have spinach soon for the Big Hollow Food Co-op and Sweet Melissa's.
We will be turning the soil in the next couple of weeks and planting potatoes. That is always a fun, get your hands in the dirt job, muddy job.
Also be on the lookout for an email coming soon regarding our online ordering this year. Where you pick what you want and what amount and we'll have it packaged and ready for pick up either at the market, or delivery for those who can't make it to the market.
Thank you to all who support us and we look forward to seeing you in July at the market. Ooooh that seems a long ways away.
As we sit in Laramie watching it snow we are hoping it is snowing down at the farm. Ricky planted spinach seeds on Wednesday March 31st so hopefully we'll have spinach soon for the Big Hollow Food Co-op and Sweet Melissa's.
We will be turning the soil in the next couple of weeks and planting potatoes. That is always a fun, get your hands in the dirt job, muddy job.
Also be on the lookout for an email coming soon regarding our online ordering this year. Where you pick what you want and what amount and we'll have it packaged and ready for pick up either at the market, or delivery for those who can't make it to the market.
Thank you to all who support us and we look forward to seeing you in July at the market. Ooooh that seems a long ways away.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Planting has begun!
Hello everyone,
It was a long hard winter in on the plains of Laramie...but I think spring is springing. I awoke to robins chirping outside our window this morning.
Yesterday Ricky and I attended the Big Hollow Food Co-ops Annual Meeting and it was fun. It was great to see so much support! Ricky and I had a table where we were sampling Blossom Fine Foods Gluten-Free deserts (which you can find at the Co-op) and answering questions about the farm.
Many have asked us to do a CSA and after much consideration we have decided not to. What we are going to offer this year is an online order where you can preorder what you would like and then have the convienence of picking it up at the farmers market or we can deliver it to you if you are not able to make it down.
We feel CSA which stands for Community Supported Agriculture is best served by people supporting the farmers market that we have fought so hard to establish and by supporting local Laramie vendors and the community.
Maybe next year we might do a CSA and then not do the farmers market. We will have to see. Many local businesses will be offering our veggies: Sweet Melissa's, Big Hollow Food Co-op, Calvaryman and Coal Creek. If you would like to see us at other venues in town please let them now we are able to supply them with clean, local, fresh food and delivery is free.
Thank you for supporting Laramie and keeping it local.
It was a long hard winter in on the plains of Laramie...but I think spring is springing. I awoke to robins chirping outside our window this morning.
Yesterday Ricky and I attended the Big Hollow Food Co-ops Annual Meeting and it was fun. It was great to see so much support! Ricky and I had a table where we were sampling Blossom Fine Foods Gluten-Free deserts (which you can find at the Co-op) and answering questions about the farm.
Many have asked us to do a CSA and after much consideration we have decided not to. What we are going to offer this year is an online order where you can preorder what you would like and then have the convienence of picking it up at the farmers market or we can deliver it to you if you are not able to make it down.
We feel CSA which stands for Community Supported Agriculture is best served by people supporting the farmers market that we have fought so hard to establish and by supporting local Laramie vendors and the community.
Maybe next year we might do a CSA and then not do the farmers market. We will have to see. Many local businesses will be offering our veggies: Sweet Melissa's, Big Hollow Food Co-op, Calvaryman and Coal Creek. If you would like to see us at other venues in town please let them now we are able to supply them with clean, local, fresh food and delivery is free.
Thank you for supporting Laramie and keeping it local.
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