BFM Pop Up Markets

03 Friday Apr 2020

Posted by Bob and Robin in BFM, Lark and Larder, Local Farmers Markets, Local Harvests, Local Markets, Ohana Micro Greens, What's For Dinner?

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Lark and Larder, PopUp Markets

LOVE Spring Veggies?
Produce Pop-Up This Saturday at Lark & Larder!

Lark and Larder is hosting another Produce Pop-up this Saturday, 4/4 (tomorrow), from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m..
Ohana No-till Farm will have spinach, spring mix, micro greens, baby carrots, and garden plants.
Black Fox Farm will have spinach and micro greens.
Black Kettle will be bringing fresh pies. Order for pick-up from here: https://blackkettlepies.square.site/ or take your changes.
Come early for the best selection.

Pay attention to the BFM Local Food Locator week to week to find out who will be popping up next!
Get a Great Deal on Local Food at the Boise Co-op!
The Boise Co-op is offering 10% off all local food items for the entire month of April! You’ll fInd Many products from our Farmers, Ranchers and Vendors at the Co-op.
When you shop at the Co-op, you are supporting a local business AND supporting local producers. A Win-Win for Local!

Connect With Others to Grow Your Own Resilience Garden!
The Treasure Valley Food Coalition just launched their new “Feeding Ourselves, Building Resilience” campaign. The goal of this campaign is to encourage everyone to plant a garden this year – a Resilience Garden. These gardens will accomplish several things: provide food, give all of us something very meaningful to do, and network the community into a common goal of feeding ourselves.

Want to start a garden but need some supplies? Or do you have a little extra you are willing to donate? Fill out their online matchmaking form and connect with other members of the community to help one another grow a successful garden!

Some Tips for a Successful CSA Experience

Due to the postponement of the Farmers Market opening, many of our farmers (Black Fox Farm, Fiddlers Green Farm, Hen and Hare Micro Farm, Peaceful Belly & Whistlepig Farms are offering CSAs to help you continue to eat and enjoy the best food around! New to CSA’s? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it’s like a vegetable subscription that connects you directly to a farm or group of farms.
Since a lot of people are new to the CSA’s, and since there are a lot of new rules to follow regarding social distancing, Jessica Harrold from Hen and Hare Microfarm offers some tips to to ensure that everyone has a happy & safe CSA experience. Please be sure to check in with your specific farm’s guidelines and procedures as they may vary:
Please be respectful of the designated pick up times – don’t show up early or late. These times are set based on delivery time and the host’s availability. If you are unable to make it due to an emergency, please communicate with your pick up location (or farm, based on their specific policy) to make other arrangements that are convenient for your pick up site host.
Be respectful of people’s space. Many pick-up points are people’s homes that volunteer to let other CSA members pick up produce there. It is thoughtful to leave your pets at home or in the car (windows down during the summer!) During this time, it is also a good idea for just one family member to pick up the CSA – leave children at home if possible to reduce the number of people in someone’s yard to reduce the overall risk of exposure. If you do bring your kids, please make sure they are respectful of other people’s space as well, including flower beds and other yard spaces.
If your CSA is an open box model, please follow the amount guidelines laid out by the farm, and don’t take extra produce! Also, don’t rummage through the box- just touch one bunch when you pick it up.
If your CSA is boxed up, but you don’t see your name, please talk to the farm or pickup point. Don’t pick up someone else’s box if you don’t see yours! This year it is important to practice safe social distancing! If you see another person at your pick up point, please give them extra space while they get their share.
We’re so happy to hear that so many people are supporting local through a CSA Share this year! Thank you so much!

And, don’t worry.
The Boise Farmers Market will be open soon.
We LOVE Seeing Our Farmers! Thanks, Guy!

Check out this fun video shot by our favorite photographer, Guy Hand! He caught up with some of your favorite farmers to see what they are up to in this “Local Food Update”:

Thank you to our sponsors:
We appreciate the support of our season sponsors, especially in this uncertain environment. Please support them in any way you can. Thank you!

Boise Farmers Market. Farmers you can Trust. Food you can Trace.

From Our Kitchen To Yours!

18 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by Bob and Robin in Acme Bake Shop Breads, Alley Gardens, Appetizers, Apricots, Arugula, Avocado, Backyard Garden, Bacon, Baking, Basque Bread, BFM, Boise Area Food Adventures, Boise Farmers Market, Breakfast At The Captains Shack, Brussels Sprouts, Buy Idaho, Cabbage, Captain's Shack, Comfort Food, Crab Cakes, Dessert, Dinner At The Captains Shack, Eggs, Greek Food, Green Salad, Healthy Eating, Herbs, Herbs and Spices, Ice Cream, Idaho Chicken, Idaho Dairy, Idaho Eggs, Idaho Greens, Idaho Lamb, Idaho Vegetables, Local Markets, Meadowlark Farms, Ohana Micro Greens, Omelet, Photos By: Bob Young, Rice Family Farms, Salads, Sausage, Scallops, Seafood, Spice Blends, Spices, Spring Greens, True Roots Produce, What's For Dinner?

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BFM, Buy Local, herb chart, spice chart

It could be anything! But hopefully, it’s always pretty good. Mostly healthy and always has a local product element. Local. That’s what we try to feature always! Beef, pork, lamb, seafood, greens, fruit, vegetables, eggs, mushrooms, sprouts. You get the idea. And what’s even more fun – sometimes … most times – is preparing the meals. Here are a few photos of some of the dishes we have made recently. If there is a recipe for the item, it may be in the recipe file as listed above or you can look for it by Clicking Here.
We were going to make Greek kabobs and I wanted to find a good Greek herb blend. There is a really good Greek restaurant near us, Mazzah Mediterrean and every time I walk by it, I get this wonderfully awesome aroma of Greek spices. So I found this chart of cultural Spice Blends. We used the Greek Spice and added Sumac and Marjoram. If you are looking for a particular blend, this may help. Save the image and print it out if you need to.

I recently saw an article where folks were planting vegetables and herbs in their front yards, instead of grass! Talk about local and fresh! But we have been doing this for years. Our front lawns, as small as it might be, is our herb garden. Pretty blooms. Great smells and absolutely fresh herbs. Something to think about.

I recently saw an article where folks were planting vegetables and herbs in their front yard, instead of grass! Talk about local and fresh! But we have been doing this for years. Our front lawns, as small as it might be, is our herb garden. Pretty blooms. Great smells and absolutely fresh herbs. Something to think about.

Lamb Kabobs with Greek Spices
From the spice chart above. Local lamb and vegetables.

Greek 5-Cheese Filo on Spinach Bed
Local spinach! No we didn’t make the filo.

Vanila Ice Cream
It was super. Local dairy products.

Bacon and Cheese Omelet
Apricots
Toasted Basque Bread
Local eggs, bacon and Basque bread.

Creamed Spinach Popovers
Local spinach and dairy

Braised Scallops on Shredded Napa Cabbage Strawberries

Braised Scallops
on
Shredded Napa Cabbage
Sliced Strawberries and Kiwi
Strawberries are local.

Braised Scallops on Crab Rice
Green Salad with Carrot Strings and Micro Greens
Greens and carrots for the salad are all local.

Crab Rice and Shredded Napa Cabbage

Sunnyside Up Eggs
on
Spinach and 5 Greek Cheese Filo

Sausage Links
Apricot Chunks
Local eggs, sausage and spinach.

Mushroom Omelet
Sausage
Pineapple
Toasted Basque Bread
Everything but the pineapple is local!

Parsley Salad
with
Shaved Radish and Fresh Miners Lettuce
All local from the Boise Farmers Market (I’m there every week!)

So there you have it. Not 100% local, but darn close. And this time of year with the Boise Farmers Market being open, it gets easier to buy those local products. Plus, our herb gardens are in full swing – bloom! Enjoy.