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Tag Archives: fresh seasonal organic produce
Happy New Year’s
I dread, dread, dread the end of my favorite season of the year. With the passing of Labor Day weekend suddenly summer is “over”. Why, when so often the best ‘summer’ weather happens in September and October here in Illinois? … Continue reading
Eat your pea…tendrils please.
Meandering thru the market this weekend, I was drawn to, okay admittedly alot of things but needing to find some focus, a pile of beautifully bundled greens with delicate curling tendrils. Ah, the precursor to peas (who yes I did … Continue reading
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Tagged Andersonville Farmers Market, broccoli rabe, Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, fresh organic, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Henry's Farm, moira's blog, mushrooms, mustard greens, Nichols Farm, pea tentrils, River Valley Mushrooms, snow peas, sugar snap peas, sustainable, to market with mo
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Yes, Nettles Sting…
Running around, playing in the woods as a kid, nettles were something you tried to avoid at all cost. Nothing like killing the rest of your day (cue obbsessive scratching) cuz you ran bare-legged thru a patch of nettles. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, fresh organic, fresh seasonal organic produce, Green Acres Farm, Green City Market, green garlic, Henry's Farm, Italian Spinach, leeks, moira's blog, Nettles, spring onions, Stinging Nettles, sustainable, to market with mo
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A Rampstand? But of course…
Okay, unlike what seems like EVERYONE, this month, I am not really on the OMG ramps, ramps, ramps I must have NOW bandwagon. Don’t get me wrong, I love their ushering in of Spring, love there oniony-garlicky flavor, but quite … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, fresh organic, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, lemonade stand, moira's blog, pasta puttana, Ramps, sustainable, to market with mo, wild onions
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Shanks & Stout
Honestly, I don’t really get the corned beef fascination when celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Kinda right up there with consuming all things dyed green (ie. beer and the ever-so-irish bagel, yes that is sarcasm in my tone) but honestly, don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, Guinness, Guinness Chocolate Cake, Irish Cuisine, Mint Creek Farms, Nigella Lawson, Stout Chocolate Cake, sustainable, to market with mo
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Breakin’ Bread (an encore)
For some of us with Irish ancestry, one of the things we look forward to on St. Patrick’s Day is Irish soda bread and brown bread. And for others of said ancestry, Irish soda bread was just something you had … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, food artisans, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, Heritage Prairie Farms, Irish Brown Bread, Irish Cuisine, Irish Soda Bread, moira's blog, Spotted Dick, St. Patrick's Day, Ted's Organic Grains, Three Sisters Garden, to market with mo
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‘climb every mountain…’
March. Hum, still winter in Chicago. Still three months until summer begins. And still five months before tomato season begins. I don’t know about you, but right about now I start going thru (ok, really started after I ate my … Continue reading
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Tagged Andersonville Farmers Market, Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, food artisans, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, grilled cheese sandwich, moira's blog, sustainable, to market with mo, Tomato Mountain Farm, Tomato Mountain Organics
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dark chocolate a day, keeps the…
Valentine’s Day. You have come and gone, and per usual, with all the usual hype. Showering our true loves (or being showered) with cards, flowers, champagne, jewelry, lingerie, fancy dinners out (or in), carriage rides, those message hearts (is it … Continue reading
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Tagged Andersonville Farmers Market, Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, chocolate, chocolate fruit & nut clusters, dark chocolate, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, food artisans, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, moira's blog, to market with mo
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The darker the…
Black beans are delicious, black beans fill me up. Black beans are so damn yummy, they satisfy my tummy… Oh sorry, don’t mind me singing away to myself. O hey, anyone out there (or should I say first to) that … Continue reading
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Tagged Andersonville Farmers Market, Black Bean Chili, Black Beans, Chicago Area farmers marekts, Chicago Farmer's Markets, Evanston Farmer's Market, Farmers Markets, food artisans, fresh seasonal organic produce, Glenwood Sunday Market, Green City Market, moira's blog, Nichols Farm, sustainable, Three Sisters Garden, to market with mo
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Tiny but intense (encore cuz I just can’t get enough of them lately)
…clearly I am not describing myself, unless of course women who are six feet tall are suddenly deemed ‘tiny’. No, ‘tiny but intense’ best befits micro-greens. Let me tell you, I cannot get my fill of these petite doses … Continue reading
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