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• Chicken Cacciatore

  Bob's kitchen boasts Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermens Market as well as our onsite retail store Forland Family Market's fresh food. Dedicated customers like Bob fall in love with fresh and support local farms. Dedication of our customers is realized as local farm numbers rise. This week 7 new farms will be at the market. Summer season is ramping up quick as we see blueberries, blackberries, peaches, strawberries, squash, zucchini, beans, new potatoes, sweet corn, lettuce, vegetable transplants, flowers, herbs, and so much more that is new to the season. Gulf Seafood, especially fresh shrimp is always here as well as eggs, chicken, beef, pork and lamb. Fresh baked is a treat as well as locally roasted coffee. Food staples are plentiful! Include fresh to your kitchen this week! Here's Bob..    Recently I had the opportunity to meet an author online through Facebook and we friended each other. Her name is Sophie Patrick and she specializes in writing books about healthy living. One of her books is entitled, Healthy Eating Made Easy: 50 Simple Tips for Healthy Living Through Clean Eating.  A ...

• Three Ch"ears" for Corn! (Author, Liz Tetley)

  

  Three Ch"ears" for Corn Whether you eat it on the cob, in a salad or soup, or as a snack, corn will likely make an appearance in your summer diet. A very versatile veggie, corn is bursting with flavor and nutrients. • Fiber: Helps you feel full longer, which will help you maintain weight control. Fiber from corn also reportedly feeds the good bacteria in your gut, which leads to a healthier you all around. • Vitamins and antioxidants: Including those that help with vision. • Natural sugar: But less sugar than some fruits (banana, apple, beets). Get your locally grown corn at Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermen's Market Tuesdays (2 p.m.- 6 p.m.) and Saturdays (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.). Join us for the 2nd Annual Corn Fest on Saturday, June 16th (9 a.m. – 2 p.m.) featuring a classic car show, crafts for kids, and a corn eating contest.  SPONSORED BY: Bryant Bank L. Tetley

• The Blue Zones 1. Eat fresh

  The Blue Zones A few years ago, in coordination with National Geographic, author Dan Buettner published a book that he titled The Blue Zones that was based on research he conducted among the peoples throughout the world that exhibited unusual longevity traits.  To do so, he found locations where living past 100 years old was normal and the average lifespan far exceeded the world average.  I won’t go into all his findings and conclusions but there are some items worth noting that he found in these peoples throughout the world: Intergenerational living arrangements (the delightful owners of Forland Family Market must on to something) Walking as the main means of transportation (love the construction of sidewalks everywhere) Lots of social contacts (something you can get at the Market) Learn something new often (I hope that this blog does that for you) Being active outdoors (i.e. gardening).  Also, the people tend to stay active late in life.  Continuing to work past 100 years old is not unusual.   Of course, the primary recommendations from his book relate to fresh foods.  Keep in mind, most ...

• Coastal Alabama Fritatta

  You must understand that I am an unabashed fan of the Coastal Alabama Farmers’ and Fishermen’s Market; I make no pretense about it.  Fresh, healthy food from local people.  However, the experience of shopping at the Market goes deeper than that simple, definitive statement.  The vendors are, without a doubt, some of the nicest people you’ll meet anywhere and they are passionate about what they do.  For an example of that passion, I urge you to stop by the Sweet Bee Farm booth sometime and strike up a conversation with Daryl Pichoff.  First, he’ll give you a sample of honey and then, if you start asking questions, you’ll learn how passionate he is about the purity of his honey, about protecting his bees (of course, it’s well known that something dreadful is happening to bee populations), and about his selectivity regarding where he will allow his bees to collect pollen and pollenate plants.  From him, I learned some of the methods that local farmers are using to minimize or eliminate pesticides from their crops and, in turn, that protects ...

• Follow Me To The Market

  

  Follow Me To The Market I could never resist a farmers’ market. I enjoy checking out what the local vendors have brought to market, taking some time to meet them and then planning a menu. Right here in our own backyard, Baldwin County has a real gem in the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermen’s Market in Foley.   It’s Summertime and the living is supposed to be easy. So, something easy that doesn’t require a lot of prep time is high on the list. Four vendors helped create the dinner menu tonight: SHRIMP on the GO, Forland Family Farm, Sweet Bee Farm, and Mood Rock Baking. On the Menu: Sesame Seared Tuna (SHRIMP on the GO and Sweet Bee Farm) Sweet Corn (Forland Family Farm) Curried Brown Rice Grilled Peaches (Forland Family Farm) Lemon French Macarons (Gluten-Free) (Mood Rock Baking) The tuna, sweet corn and peaches can all go on the outdoor grill. Sesame Seared Tuna ¼ cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons sesame oil 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar Up to four Tuna steaks ½ cup sesame seeds 1. In a bowl, stir together the soy sauce, honey and sesame oil. Divide into two equal parts. Stir ...

• Slow Money - Recipe of the Week: Sweet Potato, Corn, Black beans, Tomato

  Slow Money   Are you familiar with the Slow Money movement?  The movement focuses mainly on the benefits to our economy based on farmers’ markets and similar venues.  Quoting from their website: “Today, people are hungry for real alternatives to faster and faster, bigger and bigger, more and more global. Investing in local food systems is a way to begin fixing our economy and our culture from the ground up.”  “We are building a movement of individuals who … are choosing a constructive, hopeful course of action. Slow Money … is built on the premise that … we need not only new technologies and new policies, but also new sensibilities and new behavior, without which the words sustainable and transparent and accountable and socially responsible and metrics and impact will mean little in the end.”   Principles of Slow Money We must bring money back down to earth. There is such a thing as money that is too fast, companies that are too big, finance that is too complex. Therefore, we must slow our money down — not all of it, of course, ...