- We're delighted you enjoy fresh sprouts as much as we do. If you've decided which type you favour, do go into your Preferences and rate them higher so you get the type you like more often. Harvie provides a lot of recipes for you, but because the one below is often repeated at our mealtable, we're including it here for you:
Super Sprout Salad Recipe
Get this:
- 1/3 Crunch bean sprouts (chickpeas, peas)
- 1/3 Brain Booster sprouts (Alfala mix)
- 1/3 pea shoots or another leafy green
- 3 small or 1 large Radish chopped (easter egg, black flesh, watermelon, or all types)
- 2 Jerusalem artichokes chopped
- 1/3 cup seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sesame)
- 1/4 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, chashews)
- 1 chopped apple or pear
- 1/2 cup raisins or cranberries
- other yummy additions :- mushrooms, turnips, kohlrabi, any seasonal vegetable.
Dressing
- 1 Tbs soy sauce
- 1 Tbs sesame oil
- 1 tsp maple syrup
1/2 cup of olive oil (or sunflower, veggie oil)
- 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 clove of garlic (or scapes) minced
Adjust according to your taste shake well
Do this:
- mix all ingredients well in a large bowl and pour dressing over the salad and enjoy
Speaking of Preferences, we want you to enjoy the adventure of eating from our urban farm, but also to get into eating what you want as much as possible within local seasonal availability. To give you that freedom we use Harvie. To use it, go into your Preferences and rate each vegetable so the system can give you the most of what you like most. We're delighted that Harvie let's us give you this level of selection.
Zucchini 500
Racing zucchini? Yeah! Not only for speed, but for pretty too. Memorial Centre Farmers' Market annual tradition sees racers of all ages create cars of all types and race them on a cub car track at market. The 2019 races are this coming Sunday, July 21st. You may join the car building workshop at Minataur Saturday, or make your own at home or early on race day Sunday in time for your heat(s).
Intro video:
Details:
https://www.memorialcentrefarmersmarket.ca/
