We are now in our Summer Market season with market being held every Friday indoors 3:30 - 6:30 at Cheviot School.
Cheviot Elementary School, 4040 Harrison Ave. 45211:
Cheviot Elementary School, 4040 Harrison Ave. 45211:
Parking is accessed behind the school. Take Harrison Ave. to Carrie St. to McFarran St. You will see the Lettuce Eat Well Farmers' Market sign by the main entrance door. Once inside, enter through the double doors to your left and enter the gymnasium on your left.
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT
Eating From Our Farmers' Market - A Few Ideas
Growing up on a farm, I learned early on how to eat "locally." We didn't call it eating locally; we simply ate what we had available at the time, which was plentiful. A few years ago when I mentioned to a friend that, even though I no longer live on a farm, I still source about 80% to 90% of my food locally year round, she asked me if I felt deprived. I was stunned by her question, and responded with a resounding, No!
Eating from our farmers' market provides me with not only a plethora of choices; it also provides me with the most nutrient dense and delicious foods available, anywhere. And I know those foods were produced in the healthiest way, healthy for me, for the producers, and for the planet.
As I've often said, "You are what you eat ate." Whether you are eating beans or beef, you are what the beans or beef ate. Do you know what your beans or beef ate? I do because I eat from our farmers' market. Furthermore, I know because I visit the farms where the food is grown/raised. I ask a multitude of questions when talking with the producers, thus ensuring that all the produce at our market is grown using no synthetic chemicals, that the beef is 100% grass fed, the pork is pastured and fed NO gmo (genetically modified organisms), and that the eggs and chicken are from pastured chickens fed No gmo and no soy.
So that you, too, can know what you beans, beef, and lots of other good food ate, below I've included a few simple ideas to get you started on your adventure of Eating Well by eating from our farmers' market. Each of the items listed below are available at our market.
Breakfast: Sweet Italian sausage links, fried eggs
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, topped with a spoonful of fermented veggies
Dinner: Roasted chicken; salad with a variety of lettuces, shredded carrots, salad turnips, and a very quick and easy dressing of olive oil and vinegar of your choice.
Breakfast: Overnight oats, no cooking required (many ultra simple recipe ideas online)
Lunch: Black bean and ground beef chili, topped with grated cheese and a generous sprinkle of micro greens. Make a big pot of the chili on the weekend and freeze in small containers for a quick on the go lunch.
Dinner: Pork chops; salad made with Asian greens for a change of taste, and a dressing using another of the various olive oils and vinegars for variety.
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, topped with fresh herbs of your choice, snipped finely
Lunch: Chicken salad sandwich made from leftover roasted chicken, topped with a handful of micro greens.
Dinner: Ground beef burgers with a generous drizzle of Marinara sauce, raw veggie plate, choosing from the numerous varieties available each week. For extra protein and pizzazz, include a dip of nut butter or CocoGhee for the veggies.
Growing up on a farm, I learned early on how to eat "locally." We didn't call it eating locally; we simply ate what we had available at the time, which was plentiful. A few years ago when I mentioned to a friend that, even though I no longer live on a farm, I still source about 80% to 90% of my food locally year round, she asked me if I felt deprived. I was stunned by her question, and responded with a resounding, No!
Eating from our farmers' market provides me with not only a plethora of choices; it also provides me with the most nutrient dense and delicious foods available, anywhere. And I know those foods were produced in the healthiest way, healthy for me, for the producers, and for the planet.
As I've often said, "You are what you eat ate." Whether you are eating beans or beef, you are what the beans or beef ate. Do you know what your beans or beef ate? I do because I eat from our farmers' market. Furthermore, I know because I visit the farms where the food is grown/raised. I ask a multitude of questions when talking with the producers, thus ensuring that all the produce at our market is grown using no synthetic chemicals, that the beef is 100% grass fed, the pork is pastured and fed NO gmo (genetically modified organisms), and that the eggs and chicken are from pastured chickens fed No gmo and no soy.
So that you, too, can know what you beans, beef, and lots of other good food ate, below I've included a few simple ideas to get you started on your adventure of Eating Well by eating from our farmers' market. Each of the items listed below are available at our market.
Breakfast: Sweet Italian sausage links, fried eggs
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich, topped with a spoonful of fermented veggies
Dinner: Roasted chicken; salad with a variety of lettuces, shredded carrots, salad turnips, and a very quick and easy dressing of olive oil and vinegar of your choice.
Breakfast: Overnight oats, no cooking required (many ultra simple recipe ideas online)
Lunch: Black bean and ground beef chili, topped with grated cheese and a generous sprinkle of micro greens. Make a big pot of the chili on the weekend and freeze in small containers for a quick on the go lunch.
Dinner: Pork chops; salad made with Asian greens for a change of taste, and a dressing using another of the various olive oils and vinegars for variety.
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, topped with fresh herbs of your choice, snipped finely
Lunch: Chicken salad sandwich made from leftover roasted chicken, topped with a handful of micro greens.
Dinner: Ground beef burgers with a generous drizzle of Marinara sauce, raw veggie plate, choosing from the numerous varieties available each week. For extra protein and pizzazz, include a dip of nut butter or CocoGhee for the veggies.
SEASONAL PLANTS SELECTION
We currently have tomato plants, numerous varieties of herb plants, and a few other veggie and flower plant starts for your gardening pleasure. Get them while they last.
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
Some of you are long-time readers of the newsletter; others are new to the market and are reading the newsletter for the first time. This section is included each week to bring your attention to important happenings around the market and around town.
OODLES of EGGS: Linda of Honey Tree Acres has been bringing oodles of eggs. Their hens are being quite productive. If you have not yet tried their eggs, do yourself a favor and purchase a dozen this Friday. You will be amazed at how orange the yolks are and how packed they are with flavor - and healthy nutrients. This is due in large part to the fact that they are out on pasture all day and they receive NON GMO, soy-free feed that the farmers grind right on the farm.
OODLES of EGGS: Linda of Honey Tree Acres has been bringing oodles of eggs. Their hens are being quite productive. If you have not yet tried their eggs, do yourself a favor and purchase a dozen this Friday. You will be amazed at how orange the yolks are and how packed they are with flavor - and healthy nutrients. This is due in large part to the fact that they are out on pasture all day and they receive NON GMO, soy-free feed that the farmers grind right on the farm.
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FREE Cooking Classes Beginning May 12
I'm excited to announce that free cooking classes began at our market on May 12. The eight-week series is held from 4:00 - 5:00 and is taught by Margarita
Lewis, Ohio State University Extension Nutrition Specialist. You can register for the series or get further information by contacting Margarita at (513) 946-8973 lewis.2349@osu.edu
I'm so glad that Margarita is sharing her insights about food preparation with our customers. Her cooking classes, which are free and open to the public, help take the mystery out of preparing the foods many of our customers want to try but are unsure about how to start. Over the past two years I have been over the top pleased about the number of folks who email, call, and come to market saying that they found our market when they decided to focus on making better food choices as a way to better health.
Often, though, when I hear people say they want to make better food choices, I also hear their plight about not knowing how to prepare numerous items they see at the farmers' market. That's why I'm so pleased that we will now be able to take much of the mystery out of Eating Well by eating locally produced food items. By attending Margarita's cooking classes you can learn how to easily make a wide variety of dishes for your family, items they will likely ask for again and again. There's no better place to learn to prepare "strange" items than at our farmers' market, where Margarita shows attendees the various unfamiliar produce items and then shows/explains how to prepare the items.
If you would like to get a sneak preview of Margarita in action check out the link below. Thanks to Sarah Prud'homme, Media Specialist, for arranging Margarita's recent appearance on Local 12 morning show.
http://local12.com/news/good-morning-cincinnati/lettuce-eat-well-farmers-market-recipes-and-cooking-classes
I'm excited to announce that free cooking classes began at our market on May 12. The eight-week series is held from 4:00 - 5:00 and is taught by Margarita
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| Margarita explaining cooking class series to customer Photo courtesy of Kelby Bowers |
I'm so glad that Margarita is sharing her insights about food preparation with our customers. Her cooking classes, which are free and open to the public, help take the mystery out of preparing the foods many of our customers want to try but are unsure about how to start. Over the past two years I have been over the top pleased about the number of folks who email, call, and come to market saying that they found our market when they decided to focus on making better food choices as a way to better health.
Often, though, when I hear people say they want to make better food choices, I also hear their plight about not knowing how to prepare numerous items they see at the farmers' market. That's why I'm so pleased that we will now be able to take much of the mystery out of Eating Well by eating locally produced food items. By attending Margarita's cooking classes you can learn how to easily make a wide variety of dishes for your family, items they will likely ask for again and again. There's no better place to learn to prepare "strange" items than at our farmers' market, where Margarita shows attendees the various unfamiliar produce items and then shows/explains how to prepare the items.
If you would like to get a sneak preview of Margarita in action check out the link below. Thanks to Sarah Prud'homme, Media Specialist, for arranging Margarita's recent appearance on Local 12 morning show.
http://local12.com/news/good-morning-cincinnati/lettuce-eat-well-farmers-market-recipes-and-cooking-classes
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NOTICES
Karen Blocher, aka Green GRRRL Wisdom, will be at market on the following dates this summer: May 5, 19, June 2, 16, 30, July 14, 28, August 11, 25, September 8, 22, October 6, 20.
Tiffany Wise of The Healing Kitchen will be at market the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month throughout the summer market season.
Tiffany Wise of The Healing Kitchen will be at market the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month throughout the summer market season.
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BEEF AND PORK
The first Friday of each month, Mike & Deb of Abundant Green Pastures Ranch supplies us with their 100% grass fed beef from their Red Devon heritage breed cattle, and pastured pork from Mahlon Schlabach. This collaborative arrangement between Mike and Mahlon is more efficient for Mahlon who, being Amish, necessitated hiring a driver to bring him to market. This arrangement is a win-win for all. If you are on the market's pre-order list you will receive further info from Abundant Green Pastures Ranch about the beef and pork. If you are not on the pre-order list and would like to be, please see further details below.
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Pre-ordering Pays Off
Have you ever arrived at market to purchase your favorite item/s from your favorite vendor/s only to be disappointed because the vendor/s sold out of the item/s? Did you know that no longer has to happen? At LEWFM you can pre-order your items and pick them up any time during regular market hours. Pre-ordering not only pays off for you, it also helps the vendors know how much to prepare/harvest, which greatly reduces waste. Pre-ordering is a real win-win for all, and it only takes a few minutes of your time to plan ahead and place your order. Given the importance of Eating Well, getting into the habit of placing your pre-orders each week will likely become a high priority on your weekly To Do List. There are two easy ways you can place your pre-orders: in person at market or via email. Here's how the email ordering works: Email me at LEWFMLOCAL@GMAIL.COM and ask to be added to the vendor email pre-order list. Each market week you will receive emails from the vendors detailing the items they have available for you to order that week. Reply to their email, letting them know the items you wish to order, then come to market on Friday to pick up your items.
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For a full listing of our vendors, their products, and services including:
- Kids & Krafts, where the kids can have loads of fun so you can leisurely shop the market
- Many food and non-food items
- and a list of vendors who accept credit cards
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BYOB: Bring Your Own Bags to Market
As a way to help reduce the use of plastic bags, we are asking customers to bring their own reusable bags to market. I realize that many of you are already doing this and we very much appreciate you doing so. For those who are not yet in the habit of grabbing a few reusable bags as you leave for market, it might take a bit of extra effort to develop this new habit. Doing so will result in short and long term benefits. To gain some insight into the importance of reducing the use of plastic bags, take a look at this brief video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhxX1g9A2OM
If you don't have any reusable market bags we've got you covered. Beginning this week I will have free reusable bags courtesy of Green Umbrella 10% Local Food Shift. To receive your free bag, check out this link for directions for signing up for the 10% Shift. https://greenumbrella.org/10shift Then, when you come to market just let me know that you've signed up for the 10% Shift campaign and I'll have a bag for you: one per customer, while supplies last.
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Produce Perks
For those who noticed the logo at the bottom of the newsletter recently and wondered what it means, here is the good news about a new program. Produce Perks is an incentive program that is meant to encourage and help those who receive EBT (formerly known as food stamps) purchase more produce. Produce Perks is a dollar for dollar match (up to $10), with the matching dollars used on produce. The Produce Perks website offers the following additional information:
Please help us spread the word about this very worthwhile program. One way to help get the word out is to stop by the market management booth to pick up brochures to share with those you know who receive EBT benefits. You could also leave brochures at your church, doctor or dentist's office, or any locations that would permit you to do so. For those who noticed the logo at the bottom of the newsletter recently and wondered what it means, here is the good news about a new program. Produce Perks is an incentive program that is meant to encourage and help those who receive EBT (formerly known as food stamps) purchase more produce. Produce Perks is a dollar for dollar match (up to $10), with the matching dollars used on produce. The Produce Perks website offers the following additional information:“Produce Perks” is an initiative modeled after a similar program in Cuyahoga County. Focus is on access and affordability of healthy fruits and vegetables for under-served consumers.
Produce Perks are incentive tokens given to customers at participating farmers’ markets who use an Ohio Direction Card (“electronic benefits transfer” or EBT card) to purchase food. A customer wishing to use their food assistance benefits can swipe their card at one central terminal, located at participating market’s information booths, and ask to withdraw a desired amount. The market provides tokens for the transaction and additional Produce Perks that can be spent on fruits and vegetables. As the name suggests, Produce Perks are only good for purchasing fruits and vegetables. All other tokens purchased with the Ohio Direction Card are good to use on eligible items at the market.
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We hope to see you real soon at Lettuce Eat Well Farmers' Market!
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