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Recipes

Onion or Scallion and Orange Salsa

This salsa is fantastic on anything grilled, or as an addition to a salad plate, over lettuce, or over cottage cheese. The milder scallion version is fantastic on lettuce or endive cups with a salty and creamy cheese such as soft feta, chèvre, or blue. From Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables

Makes 2 cups

1/2 cup minced scallions or onions (about 3 scallions or 1 medium onion)
2 large or 3–4 medium oranges peeled, seeds removed, diced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped chile pepper (or more or less, to taste)
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

1. Put the chopped scallion or onion in a strainer and run under cold water. Drain well.
2. Stir all the ingredients in a medium bowl. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.

Grilled Scallions with Sesame Oil

The intense heat of the grill or broiler caramelizes the natural sugars in scallions as they cook, making them exquisitely sweet and tender. From Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables

Serves 2

8 scallions, greens trimmed to 5 inches, cut in half lengthwise
toasted sesame oil
salt
freshly ground black pepper

1. Preheat the broiler or lightly oiled grill to medium-high heat. Arrange the scallions on a shallow baking sheet or aluminum foil.
2. Use a pastry brush to coat the scallions with a thin layer of sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper. Broil or grill until golden brown on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes.

Market News

We have over 600 products available this week. The first of the summer items, still being grown in greenhouses, are showing up. Super-early tomatoes and summer squash can be found, but you’ll have to act fast. The strawberries are still coming, but this may be the last week for asparagus. The mix of spring and summer is great for the variety, but as some things are on their way out and others are just arriving, the quantities of both can be limited.

One of my absolute favorite farmers market items is just coming into its peak, though, and will be with us for a while. I’m speaking of the lowly onion, but it really is so wonderful to have a variety of fresh onions available. I use onions for pretty much every meal, and when they’re out of season and I have to get storage onions from the store, I’m always disappointed. They’re dry, sharp in flavor, and many of them have bad spots in the middle. But right now there are a good half dozen varieties available, and it’s the perfect time to experiment with all the great things you can do with onions. We’ve got a range of sizes & flavors, so have fun!

As always, thank you all for your continued support of our local growers and for cooking at least some of your food with local ingredients. Whether you’re a 100% locavore or just get a thing or two, every little bit helps our community become a little bit more sustainable. We’ll see you on Thursday from 4:30 to 8pm at the old market on Broad Street!

Coming Events

Our guest this week for Meet the Grower is Christel & Russ Green from Greendale Farm in Madison. Greendale Farm is one of our pastured chicken growers, and is also hosting our next Farmer For a Day event. If you can’t join us then, you’ll get a chance to meet the growers on Thursday.

If you’d like to take a little road trip and visit 19 farms, some of them Athens Locally Grown grown growers, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is holding a full weekend of tours throughout upstate South Carolina next weekend, May 30 & 31. You can find full details, a list of participating farms, and maps on their website.

The Athens Farmers Market has re-opened for the season, and is every Saturday morning at Bishop Park. It’s a totally separate entity from Athens Locally Grown, but you’ll find many of the same growers at both. And of course, you can learn more about that market on their website.

Our second Farmer for a Day event is on Saturday, June 6th at Greendale Farm in Madison, where they pasture raise chickens for both eggs and meat. You can make reservations for this event by adding them to your order. Look in the “Event Reservations” category.

We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!