A unique and delicious way to use ingredients that are plentiful at the market right now.
1st Monthly Market: Sat. Feb. 11th - 9:30 to 12:30 at St. John's United Church
Cookbook
Here is a summary of all our recipes. Scroll down, find one you like and get to work. Bon appetit!
With only 3 ingregients not available at the market (olive oil, parmesan and lemons), this is the perfect local summer salad (especially from a market in the garden behind St. John's church!).
This simple recipe takes advantage of local potatoes, plentiful at the market right now.
Another delicious way to use those plentiful scapes in season now.
This recipe takes advantage of late local apples and early local kale. Healthy, hearty and tasty!
A terrific way to use the last of the winter squash, with a light, healthy, complex flavour. These gnocchi are tender and sweet, quite unlike heavier, doughy potato gnocchi.
A tasty recipe that uses local ingredients - and will convert even sprout haters!
A beautiful, delicious soup that's perfect for the holidays! All the ingredients (except the cranberries, which will probably have to be from the mainland) are grown locally and are available fresh right now.
An excellent way to use up all the zucchini in your freezer! Great for lunches, these turnovers are healthy, satisfying and freeze well.
Sweet, spicy and delicious - a beautiful fall desert.
A unique and delicious soup using seasonal ingredients available at the market now.
This is the time of year when beets are so ready for your table. You can cook your beets on the barbeque in tin foil, stabbing the foil to let the steam escape, or you can cook them on the stove, as below, in a cast iron frying pan on a bed of thyme or rosemary.
Sweet taste of summer!
This recipe pays homage to most seasonal fruits, a favourite being raspberries. The term 'fool' is derived from the French word 'fouler', which means to mash.
If you check out your garlic plants you may well find some garlic scapes - curving stems which contain seeds. Garlic scapes are delicious, tender, and an ideal ingredient for garlic pesto.
Radishes usher in Spring with a loud crunch, adding colour alongside seasonal greens. Serving radishes with sweet butter and sea salt is simplicity itself. The addition of anchovies adds a whole other taste dimension.
It's asparagus season. Here's a delicious recipe for asparagus quiche.
An alternative to basil pesto, this recipe can be made from local ingredients (save the olive oil and salt). The addition of a little tarragon (mystery ingredient) sweetens up the dish. For any green and nut pesto use your imagination. Parsley and marjoram is another delicious combination. Walnuts are grown locally, or you can use sunflower seeds.
Use early spring rhubarb to make a delicous cake combination of sweet and tart.
Turnips are part of the radish family and a winter vegetable you should try if you haven’t already.
A great vegetarian main dish that can be spiced up with the addition of jalapenos to either or both sauce and filling.