Recipes Using Sweet Potato Powder

Recipes Using Sweet Potato Powder

Sweet Potato Powder This freeze-dried powder is made from our 100% Certified Organic Sweet Potatoes.  The potatoes were baked and then freeze dried before being ground into powder.  It is gluten free and zero additives.  Pure sweet potatoes. Baby Food:  1/4 cup of sweet potato 

Butternut & Apple Harvest Soup

Butternut & Apple Harvest Soup

All this winter snow is making us crave some good old comfort food! This recipe utilizes our frozen diced butternut squash we sell at the Brookside Winter Farmers’ Market.  My wife made this for Thanksgiving.  The addition of leeks, potatoes, and apples made it less 

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins

Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins

If you’ve bought our frozen strawberries at the brookside farmer’s market we have a recipe for you! This recipe is from www.averiecooks.com   The muffins are easy to make, no mixer is needed, and frozen berries are used. Allow the berries to come up to room 

FARMERS MARKET RECIPE HANDOUT 2018

FARMERS MARKET RECIPE HANDOUT 2018

This is our 2018 recipe list full of creative recipes for some of those more uncommon produce items. Enjoy! To download the PDF click here: 7.21.18 Farmers Market Recipes Balsamic-Glazed Chickpeas and Mustard Greens (From: www.vegkitchen.com) Ingredients 10 ounces mustard greens 1/2 large red onion , 

Pickled Beets with Red Wine

Pickled Beets with Red Wine

Caught in a pickle? Have too many beets? Why not pickle your beets! This is recipe from the Washington Post that comes in handy when beet production is at its highest. SERVINGS: 7 PINTS INGREDIENTS 6 pounds red or golden beets 1 teaspoon whole cloves 

Do-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Do-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

This is a modified version of two recipes from www.cooks.com. This is a great recipe for busy cooks who have large dinners to prepare. Ingredients 6 lbs. potatoes, peeled, cooked, drained and mashes 1 cup sour cream 6 oz. cream cheese 5 tbsp. butter 1/2 

Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie

Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie

The Pumpkin Pie recipe is from Betty Crocker’s Cookbook 1971. Jim Leek’s Favorite Pie Crust source is unknown. This pumpkin pie recipe has been in the family for decades and is a crowd favorite. Once Sandra found Jim’s favorite pie crust, she never changed the 

Bourbon Sweet Potato Surprise

Bourbon Sweet Potato Surprise

Below is a modified version of “Sweet Potato Surprise” found in the Better Homes and Gardens magazine from November 1966. This is a great alternative to your typical sweet potato thanksgiving dish. This recipe has a fruity sweetness with the added apricots and orange peel. 

Farmers Market Recipe Handout

Farmers Market Recipe Handout

This week we provided a collection of recipes that utilized some of our greens that may not be commonly used for everyday cooking for some people. Check them out below and send us pictures of your creations! Printable version: 7.7.17 Farmers Market Recipes Asian Salmon Salad 

Carrot Apple Salad

Carrot Apple Salad

My Mom found this recipe a couple of years ago on allrecipes.com.  We adjusted it slightly to make it our own.  I absolutely love having a bowl of it in the fridge!  It’s great for taking to potlucks or large gatherings.  I know it is 

Roger’s Carrot Cake

Roger’s Carrot Cake

There is few things as amazing as baby carrots, especially in the spring.  Last week my youngest, Ajax turned four.  He had helped his Dad harvest a whole row of baby carrots.  I decided to use some of them to make his birthday cake.  He 

Curried Sweet Potato Soup

Curried Sweet Potato Soup

Hi, Everybody! I made this soup recently on a cold day.  I made the house smell so amazing.  And fogged up the windows too.  (I love seeing that when it is bitter cold outside.  Makes me feel so cozy.)  It is super simple and quick! 

Spicy Sausage Borscht

Spicy Sausage Borscht

It has been bitter cold here this week.  On the coldest day I decided to “beet” the chill by making this spicy Borscht.  I had made this version a couple of years ago and had remembered it fondly ever since.  Usually I am a big 

Kale Ricotta Cannelloni

Kale Ricotta Cannelloni

Here is a recipe that totally won me over.  It is a cheaters way of filling pasta by using egg roll wrappers instead of boiled noodles.  I was a little leery of trying it but since filled pasta is such a pain, I thought I 

Southern-Style Rice with Greens

Southern-Style Rice with Greens

I fell in love with this dish on a cold night about three weeks ago.  There is nothing better than quick easy comfort food!  This can be on the table in a snap, and that includes making a quick pan of cornbread too.  In our 

Cheesy Mac with Root Vegetables

Cheesy Mac with Root Vegetables

Hello Fellow Eaters, This following recipe is my favorite homemade mac and cheese recipe.  The cheese sauce comes out perfectly!  It is also a wonderfully easy way to slip root vegetables or winter squash into a kid friendly dish.  The above image was from a 

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

This is my mother Sandy, the Leek family matriarch’s, go-to recipe. We have all enjoyed it for many years. She remembers finding the recipe inside a magazine and it was part of an advertisement for sour cream. You never know where you will find a 

Roasted Chicken with Bread Salad and Arugula

Roasted Chicken with Bread Salad and Arugula

Hello Fellow Eaters! I found this recipe online this week and couldn’t wait to try it.  Oddly enough the weather cooperated by dipping down into the fifties and giving us some grey drizzly days, perfect for my first roast chicken of the season.  Arugula is an 

Hakurai Turnip Love

Hakurai Turnip Love

Hello Dear Readers, Please let me introduce you to a wonderful root vegetable, the Hakurai Turnip.  Don’t Look Away!  Yes, Yes, just like most of you I am not a huge fan of turnips in general.   They are such a humble root vegetable.  Most 

Quick Asian Noodle Salad

Quick Asian Noodle Salad

Dear Eaters, Here is a quick yummy recipe that is great for a light main dish or as substantial side dish.  I made it for dinner tonight along with a tomato salad and it was delicious.  The recipe calls for using either green beans or