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By cooking with local and seasonal ingredients found at our farmers’ markets, your food will not only taste great,
it will also provide even more vitamins and minerals simply because it is fresh.
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Recipe Key
Vegetarian: meatless, contains animal byproducts
Vegan: 100% plant based
Can be made vegetarian: contains meat that can easily be substituted for alternate protein
Can be made vegan: contains animal product (honey, cheese) that can easily be substituted or left out
(FM): available at a local farmers' market
Seasonality: is based on when you will see this item at it's height of the growing season in Humboldt
Storage: the best way to increase the shelf life of raw items
Preservation: best ways to prepare items for use throughout the year
The Basics: some fruits and veggies have special techniques for preparation, the basics are not listed for every item
Vegetarian: meatless, contains animal byproducts
Vegan: 100% plant based
Can be made vegetarian: contains meat that can easily be substituted for alternate protein
Can be made vegan: contains animal product (honey, cheese) that can easily be substituted or left out
(FM): available at a local farmers' market
Seasonality: is based on when you will see this item at it's height of the growing season in Humboldt
Storage: the best way to increase the shelf life of raw items
Preservation: best ways to prepare items for use throughout the year
The Basics: some fruits and veggies have special techniques for preparation, the basics are not listed for every item
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Base Recipes
These recipes are often used in other recipes listed under each seasonal item
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Master Food Preserver Resources Food Safety Tips Keep Food from Spoiling Visit their website for more information about how to safely preserve many foods that are grown and raised locally and to sign up for Master Food Preserver FREE monthly classes! |
Visit our Membership Directory to find out who grows one of these farm fresh ingredients. You can search for a specific item and it will let you know which local farms grow it!
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Farm Fresh Ingredients
Do you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? Fruit reproduce using seeds that are found within the part of the plant that you eat (or the fruit), while vegetables reproduce using seeds that are released in a flower. This is why tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and even mushrooms are considered fruit, while greens like lettuce and chard, root veggies like beets and turnips, and aromatics like garlic and onions are vegetables.
