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Category Archives: A farmers’ market cornucopia
The last couple of weeks at Chez Bee
Some of the goings on around my neck of the woods…
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Drinks, Food, Gardening, Snapshot
Tagged Australia, Autumn, Cooking, Dinner, Farmer's market, Farmers' markets, Food, Gardening, Happiness, Inspiration, Local food, Preserving, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Seasonal and local
Tonight’s dinner was so yummy I had to share it. Plus, it just happened to come together as a completely local (Victorian) and seasonal main course (except for the condiments). I’m always quite impressed when we manage to pull off … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Ethics, Food, Local
Tagged Australia, Broad beans, Cooking, Dessert, Dinner, Farmer's market, Farmers' markets, Food, Gardening, Local, Local food, Make your own, Spring, Vegetables
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A farmers’ market cornucopia: tomatoes
The last week or so it’s been raining and raining and raining. Signficant parts of the state have been flooded (and other states too). And the tomatoes don’t like the rain much either. So at the farmers market this morning … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Food, Make your own
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Farmer's market, Farmers' markets, Floods, Food, Make your own, Preserving, Summer, Tomatoes, Vegetables
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A farmers’ market cornucopia: February 2012
These photos are from a trip to my local farmers’ market in mid-February. I like that I am now starting to get a selection of seasonal snapshots of what we are eating at different times of the year. You can … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Food, Local, Snapshot
Tagged Australia, Farmer's market, Food, Fruit, Local, Local food, Organic, Summer, Tomatoes, Vegetables, Yoghurt
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Gem squashing it
As mentioned in my last post, I bought some gem squash to try during my last trip to the farmers’ market. They’re commonly eaten in South Africa but it’s the first time I’ve ever seen them in Australia and … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Food, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Farmer's market, Food, gem squash, Recipe, Side, Side dish, Side dishes, South Africa, Summer, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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A farmers’ market cornucopia: January 2011
It’s an absolutely lovely time of year at the market. Mostly warm sunny mornings (despite our reletively nonexistent summer this year) and a banquet of all sorts of fresh fruit and veg. Cindy, I’m hoping you can help me with … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Environment, Farmer's market, Food, Summer
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A farmers’ market cornucopia: November
:: Little bits of summer are starting to show themselves at our farmers’ market. I bought our usual orange haul (to last us two weeks) and then discovered my favourite stone fruit farmers had arrived at the market for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Farmer's market, Food, Fruit, Spring, Vegetables
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Baked salmon deliciousness
Last weekend I missed my usual Farmers’ Market because I had to work all day Saturday. They are only on every two weeks in my area so missing one means 4 weeks between visits. And this week I was having … Continue reading
Posted in A farmers' market cornucopia, Dinner, Environment, Food, Health, Recipe
Tagged Australia, Cooking, Dinner, Environment, Farmer's market, Fish, Happiness, Health, Recipe, Spring, Vegetables
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A farmers’ market cornucopia: early October
Last weekend at the Farmers’ Market it was really starting to feel like spring. It was a lovely sunny morning and I had chats with a number of the stall-holders about how happy everyone was to be finally seeing spring … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Farmer's market, Food, Fruit, Spring, Vegetables
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