Fresh blueberries rule! Besides the berries (both Certified Organic and conventionally grown), vendors are capitalizing on availability so shoppers can find Blueberry Sage Limeade, Blueberry-Peach Granola, and freeze-dried organic blueberries. In their prime are other soft fruits like peaches, blackberries, Santa Rosa plums, strawberries and apricots. Melons are mostly still in the fields. Summer vegetables […]
Fresh watermelon makes its appearance just in time for July 4th picnics. Cantaloupe and other soft fruit like peaches, blueberries, and Santa Rosa plums are in their prime. Lingering are strawberries, blackberries and apricots. Eggplant is here now, as well as arugula, basil, beets and greens, green and red cabbage, carrots, Swiss chard, cilantro, cucumbers,
This season’s Market to Kitchen series returns for the second time next week with a chef demonstration by Chef Stephanie Bergeman. The free program on preparing homemade salad dressings for use with seasonal produce will be offered June 20, under canopies on the south side of the Coppell FM pavilion, beginning promptly at 10:00 a.m.
Fresh corn and blueberries are in! Find other summer fruits like strawberries, blackberries, cling peaches, and Santa Rosa plums. Other vegetable and herb produce includes arugula, basil, golden and purple beets and greens, bok choy, green and red cabbage, carrots, purple and white cauliflower, Swiss chard, cilantro, cucumbers, dandelion greens, fennel, garlic chives, garlic, green
Summer has arrived and the market has revved up. Most of the produce farmers have returned after the trials of the unusual spring weeks. Learn how to utilize this fresh produce in cool summer recipes. Chef Stephanie Bergeman joins the market this week at 10:00 for the second Market to Kitchen Chef Demonstration of this
Find fresh soft fruits like strawberries, blackberries, cling peaches (freestone peaches come later in summer), and plums. Blackberries and plums have a short season in North Texas so buy while they are available. Blueberries should arrive soon. Field lettuce may be gone with the heat. Hydroponic lettuce varieties will continue. Oyster mushrooms are a recent
Find fresh soft fruits like strawberries, possibly blackberries, cling peaches (freestone peaches come later in summer), plums. Root vegetables like turnips and radishes have been hurt by all the rain and flooded fields so if you find some, get them now. They will store for a while. Snow peas are done. Field lettuce will soon
Last Sunday evening marked the fifth annual Coppell Farmers Market Farm to Table Dinner. The market committee additionally thanks the farmers for their donations and assistance over the last few months to make this unique dining experience special for market customers and guests. Led for the fifth year by market vendors Chef Victoria Hooker who
Spring greens, greens, and more greens. Winter greens are still in with the cool, rainy weather, and spring tender greens are in as well. How do you use which and when is it safe to experiment? Elliott Grows can answer questions about the varieties of tender greens they grow hydroponically in green houses. Their latest
Fun finds at last week’s market included kimchi, flavored yogurts, chocolate gluten free pound cake and chocolate mint. Cardo’s, who sell the sunflower bouquets, also brought sunflower sprouts or “sunnies” described by a market committee member who ate them raw and said, “they do taste kind-of bright and fresh.” More and more peaches are showing
