Sorry to take so long to get this up on the blog, but it's been a BUSY week. Things started happening on Wednesday when my friend (and market garden grower) Karen & I went to the "Preserving Food at Home: A Home Canning Workshop" sponsored by Penn State Cooperative Extension. There was a really good crowd of 40 (women & men!) gathered to learn the latest techniques and recommendations for preserving food at home. It must be the economy and the concerns about our food safety that has made these programs really popular this year! It was a special treat to see my former colleague Pat Leach, now retired from PSCE in Indiana County. Pat has such a wealth of knowledge and personnal experience in this area & is a Penn State Master Food Preserver. If you're interested in preserving, check out the Penn State publications and get a copy of the current Ball Blue Book. Be sure to check out the rest of the Ball site when you're there ..... tons of good info.
Then it was off to the Ambridge Farmers' Market after work on Thursday. Luckily, the rain wasn't an issue when we got to the market. It came by later in the evening, which was a good thing for the Beet Cooking Demo--> going on at market! I don't know about you, but most people have only boiled beets or avoided beets because they don't know what to do with them! Everyone was gathered around the tent to watch Renee Squire from the Beaver County Penn State Cooperative Extension office demonstrate grilling beets and sauteeing the beet tops with fresh onion & garlic as a side dish. The two of us from my office at work both tried the recipes and we loved them! Here's a grilled beet recipe using rosemary that might be interesting to try .....
Finally, a look at some beautiful veggies. These round zucchinis look perfect for stuffing. And remember that August 8th is "National Leave Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor's Porch Night" in case you are overwhelmed with this veggie!
Here's a cabbage that cries out "TAKE ME HOME"! It was so big that it had it's own personal tote for market. That's a lot of Haluski!
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