Living local in Eugene, OR
Posted in Grains & legumes, Markets & farms, Soups on Mar 6th, 2009
Matt has been feeling under the weather most of the week and chicken soup was the perfect antidote. The broth tastes much like chicken tortilla soup. It has a little kick from the dried chile and cumin, which I think is better for sinuses and dulled tastebuds than plain chicken soup.
The soup was also a [...]
Posted in Grains & legumes, Markets & farms, Salads on Mar 2nd, 2009
I am still reeling from an amazing weekend and will hopefully be posting a recap of Organicology and our visit to Beast in a future post. For now, I will share a great recipe, again out of the Heirloom Beans cookbook. The recipe recommends Wren’s Egg beans, but I used Ayers Creek Farm borlotto lamon [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms, Portland, Soups, Vegetables - cool weather on Jan 11th, 2009
We made our first winter squash soup of the year with the Sibley Squash that I picked up at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market this morning . Our main purpose of going to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market was to procure some Ayers Creek Farm heirloom beans but I couldn’t resist when I saw this beautiful squash [...]
Posted in Bandon, Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms on Jan 2nd, 2009
The holidays are over, but I still wanted some local cranberries. Every time I am in the produce section at the grocery store, I look at the box in hopes to see Oregon cranberries. Instead I walk away disgusted that a grocery store in Eugene buys cranberries from Wisconsin. What the heck?
We did manage to [...]
Posted in Dark Days Challenge, Markets & farms on Jan 1st, 2009
Beans and grains have become a bit of an obsession around here. We are headed to the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market next weekend in search of some beans. A helpful reader turned me on to Ayers Creek Farm (thank you!), owned by Anthony and Carol Boutard. I have exchanged a few emails with Anthony and read [...]
Posted in Markets & farms on Dec 29th, 2008
I wanted to follow-up my last post, Pot Beans, with some more information on local beans and grains. I mentioned the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project in that post, but thought such an exciting project deserves more than a mere mention.
I learned about the Southern Willamette Valley Bean & Grain Project through my [...]
Posted in Markets & farms, Misc on Dec 9th, 2008
We picked up our second order from Eugene Local Foods and we couldn’t be more pleased with our box o’ loot. For those unfamiliar with Eugene Local Foods, it is an online source for local fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, etc. The farmers let them know what they have available each week and they put it [...]
Posted in Markets & farms on Dec 9th, 2008
We stopped by the mini-farmer’s market at Hideaway Bakery on Saturday. I was impressed with the number of vegetables available so late in the year - one farmer even had some cherry tomatoes. There were about 5-6 stands in total - Pleasant Hill Orchards/River Bend Farms selling apples, apple cider, and hazelnuts, Groundwork Organics with [...]
