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First of all, a big THANK YOU! to everyone who submitted posts for this month’s ‘Fresh From the Farmer’s Market’ blog carnival! The quality and breadth of this month’s submissions was fantastic! Below you’ll find videos, recipes, tips for foraging wild food, information about alternative milks, thoughts on local food and CSAs, and […]

Potato Gratin with Caramelized Fennel and Leek
1 fennel bulb, trimmed, cored, and any bruised outer leaves removed
1 medium-large leek
2 T butter, divided plus extra for pan
1 garlic clove
3 fist sized yukon gold potatoes, peeled
1 T. fresh thyme, chopped
Salt and Pepper
1/2 - 1 c grated hard, salty cheese (about 2 - 4 oz) (such as parmesan, […]

Thursday, March 27th is the deadline to submit something for the second ever Fresh From the Farmer’s Market Blog Carnival.
Follow this link to make a submission or simply email me a link to your page at jen (at) modernbeet (dot) com
Check out the first carnival edition here
About the Fresh From the Farmer’s Market Blog Carnival:
Farmer’s […]

Uncooked Seed Encrusted Amaranth Biscuits from Heidi Swanson’s ‘Super Natural Cooking’, a totally fantastic cookbook. This made about 35 1.5 inch biscuits.
I *love* homemade, fresh from the oven biscuits. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, with tea or an afternoon snack, freshly baked biscuits go with so many things.
A typical biscuit recipe makes between 16 and […]

Simple Nettle Soup
Recipe originally from a recent Mariquita Farms newsletter. Thanks Andy & Julia!
½ lb fresh nettles
approximately 4 cups water (for boiling nettles)
4 cups chicken broth (or substitute rich vegetable stock for a vegetarian version)
1 T. butter
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
Croutons (optional)
Wearing gloves or using tongs (nettles sting until they’ve been cooked), rinse nettles […]

Honey Roasted Rutabaga
1 large rutabaga, peeled
3 T. butter
3 T. honey
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Slice the rutabaga horizontally into 3/4 inch rounds. Slice each round into 3/4 inch pieces. Cut pieces in half horizontally if large.
Combine butter and honey in a medium-large bowl. Heat for 30 seconds or so until butter is melted. […]

Suyo Long Cucumbers : a slender asian variety

Tigger Melons : 1 pound fruits with stunning red and yellow stripes

Pantano Romanesco Tomatoes : medium sized red with hints of purple

Seedlings on the windowsill. (5 tomatoes: Purple Russian, Dr. Wychee’s Yellow, Pantano Romanesco, Riesentraube, Fuzzy Yellow; 2 cucumbers: Mexican Sour Gherkin, Suyo Long; purple […]