HOME GARDENS & FARMER'S MARKETS EVENT - JULY 2010

[Derf]

Banner by Caroline Cooks

Come join us in July ...
Show us your Home Veggie Gardens and what 'zaar recipes you're making with the lovely fresh veggies and fruits
And if you are a Farmer's Market shopper, we'd love to see photos of your local Farmer's Market and the 'zaar recipes you'll be enjoying from what you buy there.

Here is our local Farmer's Market, the one I love, everything picked fresh that morning or just the night before, sooo fresh, crisp and delish These photos only show a small portion of it It is an outside market and takes up about an acre covered with each vendors open tents and goods. There are sections that sell local honey, every kind of berry you can think of, jams & jellies, pickles, exotic foods, locally grown/ground organic wheats & oats flours, local cheeses, apricots, peaches, apples, pears, plums, all when in season right off the trees, hot sauces and salsas, crafts, even local raised meats, beef, lamb, pork, chicken, all frozen ready for the freezer, or order it fresh, local baked goods and lots of breaky, lunch and snack places selling wonderful filled crepes, samosas, Polish dogs, popcorn, lemonade, and all the usual burgers and trimmin's. Even home made clothes, leathers and jewelery too It's a wonderful, fun, interesting place, I love my Saturday mornings there, nothing more fun than a lovely sunny warm summer morning wandering through the rows of fresh goods; all my fresh veggies and fruit for the week come from our delicious Farmer's Market, and you must be early cus all the real good stuff goes so fast, like the picked this morning walla walla onions The only thing better I can think of would be to have my own veggie garden again but most of the stuff is probably better than I could grow myself




HERE'S HOW TO PLAY
1. Pick something from your home garden, Pick a recipe from 'zaar's recipes, make the recipe using the item from your garden.
OR
2. Buy something from your local Farmer's market, Pick a recipe from 'zaar's recipes, make the recipe using the item from the Farmer's Market.
3. Tell us in this thread, what the item is and which recipe you have chosen to make for either of the above numbers 1 or 2. Make the recipe, review the recipe, photograph the recipe and post a photo to the recipe. Come back to this thread and show us one of your photos of the recipe to let us know you have made it.
4. We would love to see photos of your home garden or of your local farmer's market, if you have photos please do post them in this thread.
5. Please post your commitments like this:
Derf will make Tomato Pasta Salad #12345 by Tebo
6. Commitments will be listed on page one,
All commitments must be completed by July 31, 2010

Please check the naughty list stickie, if your name appears there you must complete that commitment before you can join us in this event.

[Derf]

RESERVED

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Bergy tags Mixed Green Salad and Mustard Vinaigrette #431347 by Chef mariajane C
Bergy tags Cajun Catfish Lite #313142 by ninja


Boomette will make :
Checca Sauce #395255
Blueberry Orange Pancakes #390691 by internetnut
Basil Mojito #420640 by Nif
Watermelon Mojito #368735 by carmenskitchen
Crazycookinmama's Shredded Carrot Salad #210774
Scoutie's Grilled Stuffed Tomatoes #304088
Tomato Salad With Lemon and Basil #317457 by January Bride
Honey Mustard Sprouts #192906 by Dicentra to use brussels sprouts from the market



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Debbwl will make:
T_Jones�s Roasted Pesto Beets #311921
Mama�s Kitchen Speedy Spinach Pesto #176624
Brezzermom�s What Did You Put in This Salad? #393326
Nif�s Nif's Grilled Tomatoes With Pesto and Cheese #385645
Debbwl has made Suzanna Marie�s Summer Vegetable Kabobs #380837
SparkleKristy�s Grape Granita - Sorbet - No Cooking Required - One Ingredient #427955
Shuzbud�s Zucchini/ Courgettes Sauteed With Sun-Dried Tomatoes #413205




Derf made Cherry Tomato and Lemon Sauce by Love2Eat
Derf made Mixed Berries Marnier by Chia
Derf has made Garlic Tomatoes - for the Tapas Bar by ~Rita~
Derf made Best Caramelized Onions #83520 by Jodi B
Derf has made Grilled Limoncello Salmon Steaks #62547 by evelyn/athens
Derf has made Tomato and Spinach Frittata #391593 by Bergy
Derf has made Herb Grilled Steak #127835 by grandma2969








dianegrapegrower will make:
Roasted Root Vegetable #275267 by Erin Harris
Fabulous Zucchini Fritters #11811 by Sandra Silver
Confetti Latkes #168271 by Glori-B
MERP'd Fabulous Zucchini Fritters #11811 by Sandra Silver

Dreamgoddess will make 2- Handed Kitchen Sink Tomato Sandwich #77497 by Danny Beason.




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Flower 7 has made Lemon and Hot! Pasta Salad With Kidney or Cannellinni Beans #244240 by Palmen

FT has made Alcachofas En Vinagreta Aromatica (Artichokes in Vinaigrette) by Celticevergreen
FT Dilled White Bean and Grape Tomato Salad 428248 by Elmotoo
FT Lemon and Herb Chicken With Peach and Prosciutto Salad, 420317 by I'mPat
Traditional Devon Cream Tea Strawberry Jam - Strawberry Conserve by me
English Scones With Mixed Summer Berries and Cream by me also!


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I'm Pat:::
From the garden I gathered some parsley and chives and made Parsley and Chive Scones 410882 by Tisme


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MagpieDiner will make Parsley Pesto (Useful for Many Dishes!) #320393 by Zurie
magpie diner MERP'd Portabella Mushroom Bake #313978


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Rita will make Red Lentil and Swiss Chard Stew #147211 By: ellie_
Rita has made I have made Pesto With Kale #431350 by me
Rita made Lemon Basil Jelly #431332
Rita has made Grilled Balsamic Eggplant #432196
Rita has made Cucumber Tomato Salad #299849 by Mrs. Hughes
Rita made Poached Eggs and Kale over Rice #300928 Posted by californitexan
Red Cole Slaw #431832 By: ~Rita~
Grilled Balsamic Eggplant #432196 by ~Rita~
Marinated BBQ Pork Tenderloin #70904 By: T.L. Sim
Farfalle Tuna Salad #431834 by ~Rita~
Lemonade With Jar Jelly's Making It Your Flavor of Choice #431873 By: ~Rita~
Penne With Spicy Sausage and Chard #329104
Cucumber Tomato Surprise Salad (Raw Recipe) #337534
Poached Eggs and Kale over Rice #300928 by californitexan





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SarahBeth will make:
Easy Caprese (Insalata), #47909 by dawn
Touch of Mint Iced Tea, #51819 by Audrey M
Roasted Potatoes With Rosemary and Sea Salt by Bev

Sharon123 will make Chef1MOM's Fast and Easy Zucchini Pie #389469
Connie's Watermelonberry Juice Pick Me Up #377718!
LoriMama's Guy's Chop Chop Bread Salad #378225!



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Zurie will make Tomato Tarte Tatin by DrGaellon.

[Sharon123]

Hi! My garden is just getting going and guess what my first harvest was!
You got it-----ZUCCHINI!

So I will be making Chef1MOM's Fast and Easy Zucchini Pie #389469!

[~SarahBeth~]

My first tomato is red ripe and ready to pick! And my basil is going crazy and my mint smells lovely!

SarahBeth will make:
Easy Caprese (Insalata), #47909 by dawn
Touch of Mint Iced Tea, #51819 by Audrey M



Sounds delicious!

[Derf]

wow, can hardly wait to see your photos, would love to see your gardens

[~SarahBeth~]

I have a small plot with tomotoes, cayenne peppers and jalapenos.

Then I have basil, parsley rosemary and mint in a container herb garden! My cilantro died

This weekend on the way to the lake for 4th of July we will pass a million road side stands and I can't wait to stop and pick through the produce!

[Derf]

~SarahBeth~ wrote:
I have a small plot with tomotoes, cayenne peppers and jalapenos.

Then I have basil, parsley rosemary and mint in a container herb garden! My cilantro died

This weekend on the way to the lake for 4th of July we will pass a million road side stands and I can't wait to stop and pick through the produce!

take your camera mmm my kinda weekend, have a lovely time

[Zurie]

Before I commit to a recipe, is it okay to post photographs? My garden has been fully organic from the start -- having been dug out of literally virgin soil in 1999! It needed a lot of compost and old chicken manure (best for veg gardens!). No chemical fertilizers or pesticides have been near the veggies.

The strange thing is, leave Nature alone and you simply do not have that many pests!!

So let me bore you. I'm bragging: hit me!

These were the first ripe tomatoes this year, and the greens are the "tame" arugula with the large leaves. I'm addicted to it.



Spring bounty: masses of herbs! The chives are garlic chives, which I love.



More pleasures ... Unfortunately someone has to rinse and pack away (me! ) The centre greens are bok choy, which for some reason thrives in my garden. See how healthy the leaves are!



Since I can't find the photo of my lovely sweet onions, here's a quickie shot taken at an organic veg market:

[Bergy]

Zurie how beautiful - Love every photo and envy your tomatoes - Ours are just beginning and it will be another month before they are ready

Bergy tags Mixed Green Salad and Mustard Vinaigrette #431347 by Chef mariajane

First, here are two photos- first one my mixed salad greens and the second one the lovely spinach. Then photos of the salad - The last photo has chopped sweet onion on it (I have to have onions in my salads) I won't post that to the recipe. I added boiled eggs to the recipe and cut the oil back to 2 tbsps - Still a great dressing.














c/e welcome All merp'd

[Derf]

wow Zurie, I love wondering through Farmer's markets, that one looks exceptional and Bergy your garden looks wonderful, I am envious Bergy that is a very inviting salad, mmm
I just have a tiny patch of herbs and a hanging cherry tomato basket, but really enjoy them

Derf made Cherry Tomato and Lemon Sauce by Love2Eat

Used fresh parsley and cherry tomatoes from my tiny patio garden and walla walla sweet onions from the Farmer's Market. This was a delicious sauce to which I added a chopped up cooked turkey pattie I had in the freezer, the walla walla onions and some veggie fusilli pasta, toped with a bit of sharp white cheddar, mmm mmm goooood

the sauce



with the additions

[Derf]

UPDATED TO HERE

[magpie diner]

I'm so glad you posted this over on the Veg*n forum or I would have missed it. This topic is right up my alley! And....hoping to get to at least 1 farmers market this Saturday so great timing.

We've had a terrible growing season so far, cold cold spring - so not surprisingly, the only things ready to harvest are all the leafy plants - kale, parsley & arugula in particular are going crazy.

MagpieDiner will make Parsley Pesto (Useful for Many Dishes!) #320393 by Zurie

As soon as the sun makes an appearance I'll get some good photos taken.

Thanks again!

[Derf]

magpie diner wrote:
I'm so glad you posted this over on the Veg*n forum or I would have missed it. This topic is right up my alley! And....hoping to get to at least 1 farmers market this Saturday so great timing.

We've had a terrible growing season so far, cold cold spring - so not surprisingly, the only things ready to harvest are all the leafy plants - kale, parsley & arugula in particular are going crazy.

MagpieDiner will make Parsley Pesto (Useful for Many Dishes!) #320393 by Zurie

As soon as the sun makes an appearance I'll get some good photos taken.

Thanks again!

to the photo forum

So happy you're joining us to enjoy the farmer's market and home gardens, looking forward to seeing your photos

Have added your tag to page one, thanks

[French Tart]

YAY! I got on, and only had ONE multiple post!
I will be by on Saturday night after my company leaves to TAG Derf!

[French Tart]

YAY! I got on, and only had ONE multiple post!
I will be by on Saturday night after my company leaves to TAG Derf!