Market Offerings for Nov. 4

Lavern's Vegetable Patch, Munkebo Farm, and Burt's Texas Garden: This week we should have Yellow Squash, Zucchini Squash, Turnip Greens, Turnips, Canola Greens, Collards, Radishes, and Hot Peppers. In addition, we'll have Dill Pickles, Pickled Beets, Chow Chow, Farm Fresh Eggs, and Jalapeno Jelly. Also bell peppers, mild hatch green chili, garlic, parsley, oregano, basil, lemon thyme, basil-walnut pesto, blue cheese dressing, apple crumble pie, berry crumble pie and bread, greens, salsa, and cucumbers. Plus a couple of bouquets of flowers! PRETTY!

Richardson Farms will not be at the Farmer's Market on Wed. Nov. 4th. as we will be loading the last 60 of our turkeys into the trailer to be taken to the processor. We leave at 3:30 AM....so, it is a must to load them late in the evening before. Thanks for your interest in Richardson Farms Meats.

Ray the Noodle Man: with Texas Wendish Heritage Society Noodles made the old fashioned way with eggs, flour and salt. Just like his Mom, known all over Central Texas as The Noodle Lady, started making some sixty years ago in Giddings.

Laura with gourmet Tamales: Green Chili Turkey, Red Chili Pork or Chicken with vegetables. Hot from the steamer and ready to eat with some home-made salsa from the market.

A Wild Soap Bar LLC: Located on Union Lee Church Rd. Serving up truly natural native soaps, body balms, and eco-friendly gift sets. Take advantage of their discounted Farmers Market prices! Use the contact form at http://www.awildsoapbar.com by 10am Wed. morning to order anything on the website for delivery to the Market or browse their fragrant weekly selection when you get there.

Goodwin Homestead: Stained glass mosaics for home and garden, and 100% wool, hand dyed, felted, and embellished bags.

Manor Farmers' Market is sponsored by: the East Rural Community Center, a non profit 501c3 organization, Manor Veterinarian Hospital & the Manor Chamber of Commerce.

Mayan Hot Chocolate

A decadent but healthy cool weather treat.

Ingredients:
1 c cooked butternut squash pulp
3 1/2 c milk
3 oz dark chocolate
3 oz semisweet chocolate
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground cardamom
1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg

Preparation:
1. In a blender, puree the squash with one half milk until smooth.
2. In a large saucepan, mix remaining half of milk, chocolate & spices.
3. Stir over low heat with a wire whisk until the chocolate is melted, then add pureed squash. Do not boil.
4. Strain through a coarse sieve to remove any trace of squash fiber before serving

Market Offerings for Oct. 28

Burt's Texas Garden, Laverne's Vegetable Patch, Munkebo Farm: More rain! What a blessing! This week we should have Yellow Squash, Zucchini Squash, Turnip Greens, Turnips, Swiss Chard, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers and Hot Peppers (jalapeno and cayenne), bell peppers, hatch green chilies, basil, oregano, escarole, endive, salad greens, chard and garlic. In addition, we'll have Dill Pickles, Pickled Beets, Chow Chow, Farm Fresh Eggs, Salsa and Jalapeno Jelly

Ray the Noodle Man: Texas Wendish Heritage Society Noodles made the old fashioned way with eggs, flour and salt....just like his Mom, known all over Central Texas as The Noodle Lady, started making some sixty years ago in Giddings.

Laura with Gourmet Tamales: Green Chili Turkey, Red Chili Pork or Chicken with vegetables. Hot from the steamer and ready to eat with some home-made salsa from the market.

Richardson Farms: Humanely raised, all natural beef, pork and poultry from a small family farm in Rockdale. Visit their website at www.richardsonfarms.com for the complete story on how your family's food is raised and cared for.

A Wild Soap Bar LLC: Eco-friendly native soaps, body balms, and gift sets. Take advantage of their discounted Farmers Market prices! Use the contact form on their website by 10am Wednesday morning to order specific items for delivery to the Market or browse their fragrant weekly selection when you get there. Cash only.

Goodwin Homestead: Providing handcrafted, glass mosaics for home and garden and 100% wool hand dyed and felted coin purses.

Petal Works: Happiness flags, sparkling semiprecious stone beadwork, photography, greeting, gift, and postcards, coasters.

3rd Annual Harvest Party A Roaring Success!

Manor area children picked out the perfect pint sized pumpkins to carry home while others participated in old fashioned gunny sack races at the 3rd Annual Manor Farmers Market Harvest Party on Oct. 21. 100+ young folks and old folks and everyone inbetween came together for a special afternoon of fall family fun! To view a slideshow visit http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?token=813303114114%3A1951582118

Harvest Party Oct. 21 - Free Pumpkins!

The Manor Farmers Market is hosting a Harvest Party on Wed, Oct. 21 from 4-7 pm at Jennie Lane SmartPark in downtown Manor with live music by Chrissy Engle in the gazebo. There will be a free pumpkin giveaway to Manor children at 4 pm while supplies last, gunny sack races & games for the kids, gardening demos, rain harvesting info, a spinning wheel demo, and more in addition to the usual fresh produce, farm eggs, delicious prepared foods, and local artisans.

The Harvest Party is sponsored this year by Manor Veterinary Hospital, John Jonse Farmers Insurance, Jerry Farmer Lawn & Grass, The Law Office of Jamie Balagia, KST Electric, Bluebonnet Electric, Austinuts, Anderson's Coffee, A Wild Soap Bar LLC, Decker Creek B&B & Biscuit, Organics by Gosh, Sustainable Food Center, and Country Vista Residential Care Home. Thank you Manor area businesses!

Come on out, meet your neighbors and enjoy some Fall family fun while supporting your farmers market. Buy local. Buy Manor!

Food of the Week

Food of the Week . . . Cauliflower
Did you know that along with its wealth of vitamins and minerals, cauliflower, like the other cruciferous vegetables, contains powerful sulfur compounds that have repeatedly been found to help prevent cancer? Since 1993, the National Cancer Institute has been demonstrating that prevention, rather than cure, is the way to decrease deaths related to cancer. And they have found the way to prevention is eating the proper foods! Research on the prevention of cancer, as well as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, all points strongly to the food we eat as a factor that has the potential to cut back dramatically on the rates of these chronic diseases. And some of the best foods for disease prevention are the sulfur-containing cruciferous vegetables, such as cauliflower. These vegetables contain compounds, including sulforaphane and isothyiocyanates, that help the liver to neutralize potentially harmful cancer-causing compounds and to suppress tumor cell growth and the movement of cancer to other parts of the body (metastasis).

5-Minute Healthy Sauteed Cauliflower

Enjoy the extra flavor and health benefits from combining cauliflower with turmeric for this easy-to-prepare, great-tasting side dish that will complement almost any meal. Turmeric has long been recognized as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both Chinese and Indian systems of medicine, and modern scientific research continues to reinforce the benefits of this tasty spice. (I use tumerice to color soups, beans & rice.DL ) One serving of this dish also provides 181% of the daily value (DV) for vitamin C, 46% DV for vitamin K, and 33% DV for folate. Enjoy!

Prep and Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
1 lb cauliflower
5 TBS low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1 tsp turmeric
Mediterranean Dressing
3 TBS extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp lemon juice
2 medium cloves garlic, pressed or chopped
sea salt and pepper to taste

Optional:
1 TBS chopped cashews (pecans)
2 TBS Parmesan or Romano cheese
2 TBS chopped cilantro
1 TBS mango chutney
1 TBS chopped cilantro


Directions:

Cut cauliflower florets into quarters and let sit for 5 minutes to bring out their hidden health benefits.
Press or chop garlic and let sit for 5 minutes.
Heat 5 TBS broth in a stainless steel skillet on medium heat.
When broth begins to steam, add cauliflower and turmeric and cover. For al dente cauliflower, cook for no more than 5 minutes.
Transfer to a bowl. For more flavor, toss cauliflower with the remaining ingredients while it is still hot. (Mediterranean Dressing does not need to be made separately.)
Serves 2

Used by permission from World's Healthiest Foods www.whfoods.org