Market Recipe Blog: Baked Ratatouille (99% Farm Fresh!)
Market Recipe Blog: Baked Ratatouille (99% Farm Fresh!) You can find nearly all the ingredients for this dish (aside from salt, pepper and olive oil!) at our Saturday market. This magical moment of September bounty won’t last forever, so feel good about indulging in food as local and fresh as can be while it’s […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Tal A’xin – Maya In Exile Garden
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Tal A’xin – Maya in Exile Garden This week’s featured vendor is the Tal A’xin: Maya in Exile Garden, who sell Maya ancestral crops (the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash) among others as well as arrangements of beautiful flowers at the UBC Farm Saturday Farmers’ Market. In 1986, five […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: UBC Farm Practicum Stall
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: UBC Farm Practicum Stall This week, we’re featuring the UBC Farm Practicum market stall, which sells produce grown by amazing practicum students who are learning more about farming and how to grow and sell their own food. Come by their stall to pick up some groceries and hear more about […]
Market Recipe Blog: Khoresh Bademjan (Eggplant Stew)
Market Recipe Blog: Khoresh Bademjan (Eggplant Stew) Eggplants and tomatoes, members of the nightshade family along with tomatillos and peppers, enjoy a boon in late August! Savor them together in this vegetarian edition of Khoresh Bademjan, a soft stew with a sweet tang that will get you excited for the warming flavours of fall […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Blue Valley Farms
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Blue Valley Farms This week’s vendor feature is Blue Valley Farms, a family-owned local farm that carries a large variety of high quality, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables. They’ve been farming for over 15 years and they’re a fixture of the UBC Farm Saturday Farmers’ Market at their 10th season here! […]
Market Recipe Blog: Tomato Basil Bruschetta
Market Recipe Blog: Tomato Basil Bruschetta Tomatoes and basil love the hot summer temperatures, and we love pairing them together. Eaten fresh, summer tomatoes are nothing like their grocery store counterparts, and are fragrant, delicate and delicious. This is a timeless way to enjoy the magical mid-summer moment when tomatoes, onion and basil are […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Osoyoos Fruit Market King
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Osoyoos Fruit Market King This week, our featured vendor is Osoyoos Fruit Market King, who bring fresh fruit directly from their orchard to the market! They are a family-run business that has been growing fruit since 1994. We had a chance to interview Jas and ask some questions about their […]
Market Recipe Blog: Roasted Beet Tart
Market Recipe Blog: Roasted Beet Tart One of summer’s great treats is the rainbow of colours found in bunched beets. This tart gives you the perfect chance to show off the colours and patterns of these tender summer beets while taking advantage of fresh herbs and onions also found at the market stall. Look […]
Market Recipe Blog: Summer Gazpacho
Market Recipe Blog: Summer Gazpacho The height of summer usually means two things: hot temperatures and fridges stuffed full of fresh vegetables. This recipe will help you address both. Gazpacho is a refreshing chilled summer soup that you can easily customize with whatever veggies you have on hand. Mix it up with green tomatoes, […]
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Craftwilder
Saturday Farmers’ Market Vendor Feature: Craftwilder This week, we are featuring Craftwilder, a Chilliwack-based local company that makes kombucha with hand-picked, ethically harvested, wild ingredients! Their super refreshing kombucha also contains no refined sugars, and has little-to-no carbonation. We had a chance to chat with the owner, Ian, and ask him some questions. What exactly […]