How often do you use leeks and toss the dark leafy green tops because the recipe doesn’t use that part? Or purchased onions at the farmers market that still had their greens attached and didn’t know what to do with that part? Before you give…
I make no secret about how much I love carrot tops. I specifically look for them at the farmers market, and they’re one of my favorite “secrets” to share when helping people save money at the market. Do you know what to do with carrot…
It’s the start of National Farmers Market Week! And to start it off, I’m making my Farmers Market Celebration Bread. I’ll start this off by saying that I’m not much of a baker (though I am a great armchair critic of The Great British Baking Show), but this bread is truly foolproof. And it kind of looks like a cross between a funfetti cake and zucchini bread.
So you know how I keep mentioning that you should keep the beet tops? If you didn’t know what to do with them before, try this out. One of the trends I find most exciting in the food world is repurposing what a lot of us used to think of as scraps. By finding new uses for the “scraps,” we really get the most out of our food, and not just in the nutritional sense; its quite economical too. If we are spending more money up front for the best fruit and vegetables, we should get as much out of them as we can. This recipe is one such way to stretch our farmers market buys further.
