Valarie Russell on August 29th, 2012

Happy Labor Day weekend… I guess that means the summer is almost over.  We will be at the farmer’s market on Saturday, and will have plenty of fresh veggies for your family gatherings. Available this Saturday: fresh green beans, potatoes, okra, zucchini – both green and golden, summer squash, as well as “candy” onions, Swiss chard, […]

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Valarie Russell on August 27th, 2012

We will be at the market from 4-7 on Wednesday under the pavilion on the corner of Bank and Market streets in beautiful New Albany, Indiana. There will be several other vendors set up as well…Rookies Cookies, Patticakes & Pies Catering, local Starlight honey, homemade soaps, Chef Walker’s Famous Barbecue and other produce vendors. Stop by for a visit! […]

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Valarie Russell on August 27th, 2012

It’s fall/winter squash time… and the buttercup squash is one of my new favorite squashes. I has lots of “meat” , a smaller seed cavity and very tasty.  It can be used either savory like this recipe or sweet like for making pies. By now most of you know how much I live Balsamic vinegar […]

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Valarie Russell on August 23rd, 2012

Green beans are back! Kenny’s eggplants are beautiful right now and there are going to be several different varieties this week. We will have potatoes, okra, zucchini – both green and golden, summer squash, as well as “candy” onions, Swiss chard, cucumbers, green peppers, jalapenos, mixed hot peppers, sweet  potatoes, cherry tomatoes,  etc… Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes…. […]

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Valarie Russell on August 20th, 2012

We will be at the market from 4-7 on Wednesday under the pavilion on the corner of Bank and Market streets in beautiful New Albany, Indiana. There will be several other vendors set up as well…Rookies Cookies, Patticakes & Pies Catering, local Starlight honey, homemade soaps, Chef Walker’s Famous Barbecue and other produce vendors. Green beans are back and […]

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Valarie Russell on August 15th, 2012

Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes…. what a bounty we have right now. We will have many varieties too choose from; Cherokee Purple, German Pink, Mr. Stripie,Super Beefsteak, Carolina Gold… just to name a few. Stop by and see Kenny’s unique collection, a fine selection to suit most any tomato connoisseur. Green beans are back! The plans are to have […]

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Valarie Russell on August 13th, 2012

We will be at the market from 4-7 on Wednesday under the pavilion on the corner of Bank and Market streets in beautiful New Albany, Indiana. There will be several other vendors set up as well…Rookies Cookies, Patticakes Pies & Cafe, local honey from Starlight, homemade soaps, Chef Walker’s Famous Barbecue and other produce vendors. Green beans are back! […]

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Valarie Russell on August 13th, 2012

Some of you may have seen these zucchini on Saturday at the market; others of you got them in your “Basket of the Week”. I thought I might share a recipe or two with you so you might use them this week. The first one is a stuffed  zucchini recipe I found on soupbelly.com and tried […]

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Valarie Russell on August 8th, 2012

Let’s all remember to celebrate “National Farmer’s Market  Week”  by coming out and continuing to support your local farmer!  We will be at the market from 8-1 on Saturday under the pavilion on the corner of Bank and Market streets in beautiful  downtown New Albany, Indiana. Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes…. what a bounty we have right now. We […]

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Valarie Russell on August 8th, 2012

Have you ever walked around the produce section of your local store and located the display of recipe cards? The purpose of this is to make their customers purchase more, and it works well if customers pick them up and buy the ingredients used to complete the recipes. Well, last fall I was at Meijers and noticed […]

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