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April 8 Market Newsletter: Easter Edition
This Week’s Newsletter:
Happy HEALTHY Easter!
Schedule
Market ChitChat
This Week’s Grower Notes
Recipe Inspiration
Healthy Holiday Series
Holidays are always such a joyous occasion and most are celebrated with FOOD! The downside is that many of the delicious foods our culture has come to associate with said holidays are not the best for us and leave us regretting that big meal or decadent dessert.
It doesn’t have to be that way! Following are some tips to avoid the regret and further down in this newsletter we are sharing some recipe inspiration in hopes that this will be your best Easter dinner ever!
Following are Ten Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating by Greta Macaire
1. Be realistic. Don’t try to lose pounds during the holidays, instead try to maintain your current weight.
2. Plan time for exercise. Exercise helps relieve holiday stress and prevent weight gain. A moderate and daily increase in exercise can help partially offset increased holiday eating. Try 10- or 15-minute brisk walks twice a day.
3. Don’t skip meals. Before leaving for a party, eat a light snack like raw vegetables or a piece of fruit to curb your appetite. You will be less tempted to over-indulge.
4. Survey party buffets before filling your plate. Choose your favorite foods and skip your least favorite. Include vegetables and fruits to keep your plate balanced.
5. Eat until you are satisfied, not stuffed. Savor your favorite holiday treats while eating small portions. Sit down, get comfortable, and enjoy.
6. Be careful with beverages. Alcohol can lessen inhibitions and induce overeating; non-alcoholic beverages can be full of calories and sugar.
7. If you overeat at one meal go light on the next. It takes 500 calories per day (or 3,500 calories per week) above your normal/maintenance consumption to gain one pound. It is impossible to gain weight from one piece of pie!
8. Take the focus off food. Turn candy and cookie making time into non-edible projects like making decorations, baskets or coloring eggs. Plan group activities with family and friends that aren’t all about food. Try serving a holiday meal to the communityor playing games.
9. Bring your own healthy dish to a holiday gathering.
10. Practice Healthy Holiday Cooking. Preparing favorite dishes lower in fat and calories will help promote healthy holiday eating. Incorporate some of these simple-cooking tips in traditional holiday recipes to make them healthier.
Schedule
Market ChitChat
Thank you to everyone whose patience picking up orders on Friday was greatly appreciated! It was one of those beautiful and busy days that makes you glad to be outdoors with good company!
Be sure to mark your calendar for Spring Open House on Thursday, May 4. Twice a year Market Pickup takes place on Thursday afternoon in connection with Dothan Nursery’s Open House. We encourage our Daleville customers to come if possible as its a great way to meet our vendors who will be on hand with goods, samples and new products. Dothan Nurseries is one of the prettiest places in the city and well worth the visit! (For those Daleville customers who cannot come we will make arrangements to make your delivery same time, same place the following morning.)
This Week’s Grower Notes
We have the best Growers in the Wiregrass! Please learn more about them on our Grower Page.
AVALON FARMS: This week we’ll be introducing Sugar Snap Peas. They’re delicious raw, steamed or stir-fried -and you eat them pod and all.
We’re re-listing Asparagus. The amount available is my best guess. If they make more than expected, I’ll list more Tuesday. So check back.
KATHY’S CHURPERSKathy’s Churpers will have decorated goose eggs just in time for Easter. These eggs have been blown/cleaned out and are empty inside, I then decoupage the outside to make beautifully colored eggs. They will be $5.00 each or 2 for $8.00.
HORTON’S FARM: So good to be home! I arrived home late Tuesday to find 200 pepper plants on the porch. I also found that some naughty horses had devoured my savoy cabbage in the little kitchen garden. Fortunately they did not like the taste of the emerging rhubarb so it did not meet the same fate. That being said, if all goes as expected we will be able to offer strawberry/rhubarb pie kits by the end of the month!
Speaking of strawberries, so happy to report that the week’s heavy rains did not damage them too much. So far we’ve got half of those peppers planted. With Saturday promising to be pretty I hope the get some new herbs and heirloom tomatoes out this weekend as well.
RICHTER FARMS: Happy Easter! The farm is keeping us busy with lots of eggs and piglets! Our roasts are still on Sale 20% off for your Easter Celebrations! I’m happy to see the Sourdough Starter has been a favorite at the market! And don’t forget the yummy homemade bread and muffins!
SANDY VALLEY: Off this week
Recipe Inspiration
Try this Honey Baked Pork Roast instead of a traditional cured ham. This recipe bakes the flavors of honey-baked ham into a pork picnic roast. The meat slowly roasts so that the sugar-honey spice rub bakes into a shellac-like crust. And the roast slices like ham, with firm but juicy slices that go perfectly with a simple honey-mustard sauce. Use a sharp knife to remove the skin when done, but leave the fat layer on to insulate the meat as it cooks.
What goes with Honey Pork? Honey Brown Sugar Roasted Carrots! The sweetness, the savoriness, the simplicity of the recipe, it’s pretty much perfection as far as super tasty side dishes go. Never mind that Peter Cottontail would be excited to see it on the menu.
The color may not be natural but these Easter Deviled Eggs are sure to be a crowd pleaser, especially with younger folks. The recipe is simple and fun enough they may just want to make them!
Nothing says “spring” like a Seven Layer Salad. This version made us chuckle a bit as it claims to be vegetarian but includes chicken. That being the case why not just use crumbled bacon from Sandspur or Richter Farms?
Tortellini Salad with Kale Pesto & Cherry Tomatoes is a stunning and healthy salad addition to any meal but is also a good recipe to keep in mind recipe for those crazy nights when you literally need to put something together in less than 20 min.
Sandspur’s Frozen Biscuits would make up nicely for this Savory Herb & Cheese Monkey Bread. This is another dish the younger folk would enjoy helping to make. The results are stunning and delicious!
A Horton Family Favorite! Oven Roasted Root Vegetables are a healthy and delicious side dish. They are perfect for a simple dinner or a holiday feast. We like to add a taste of pizzazz by using infused olive oil.
Eggstraordinary has many ideas for decorating and eating eggs.
Easter Ideas: is a newer board with a smattering of non-egg Easter ideas.
Footnotes
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com
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For Friday Pickup: Dothan: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville: Corner of Daleville Avenue and Hwy 134
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!