Wednesday Night = Pizza, Lasagne & Live Music!

Stop by the Farm tonight for a yummy Italian meal and LIVE MUSIC!!

Our Menu features homemade, organic Pizzas and Lasagne. With our Pizzas, choose from: Carne, Artisan Cheese Medley, Garden Veggie and our newest: White Pizza! We also will have warm, homemade, 100% grass-fed beef lasagne, as well as a specialty veggie lasagne, waiting for you when you walk in!

Our entertainment of the evening is fantastic duo of acoustic bass and acoustic guitar, playing a variety of musical selections - everything from light jazz and pop tunes to Italian favorites!

Make sure your dinner plans tonight include the Loft...where every Wednesday we transform into a quaint, Itailian bistro for the evening! 

For a complete menu, or to make your reservations online, visit www.traderspointcreamery.com and click on the Restaurant page!

Join Us for the Wine, the Food & the Fun!

Wine Tastings Begin Every Thursday!

Along with our new menu and half priced bottles of wine...each Thursday we will be having Wine Tastings in the Loft from 6 - 7pm!! What better way to spend your Thursday evening??!

Our new Thursday menu includes many of our chefs creations, using ingredients straight from our Farm. We serve delicious, organic dishes from around the world, as well as local favorites! Where else can you go and get Portabella Duxelle Bruschetta with Goat Cheese, Fig BBQ Organic Pulled Pork Sliders and Prairie Paella all on one menu?!

To go with amazing food, there will be LIVE MUSIC this Thursday night, featuring a unique combination of Jan Alderidge Clark (jazz harp), Jennifer Kirk (acoustic guitar) and Mike Kessler (percussion).

And as if that's not incentive enough...we will still be having our half-priced bottles of wine each Tuesday and Thursday!!

For a complete menu, and to make your reservations online, visit www.traderspointcreamery.com and click on the Restaurant page!

 

Friday's American Grill Night with Live Music is a Big Success!

Last Friday, the Loft introduced "American Grill Night."  Those that came had a hard time choosing among the all-American favorites - burgers, chicken, pork chops, steaks, and mac 'n cheese. 

To go with amazing food, there will be LIVE MUSIC every Friday night. This Friday will feature a unique combination of Jan Alderidge Clark (jazz harp), Jennifer Kirk (acoustic guitar) and Mike Kessler (percussion).

Come on out to the Loft - enjoy great music, have something to drink, and order up some great food (sandwiches, full entrees, soups, salads, and more!). 

For a complete menu, and to make your reservations online, visit www.traderspointcreamery.com and click on the Restaurant page!

Saturday Night Classic Cuisine & Live Music!

It's time to restart that tradition of making Saturday Night your Date Night! And what better way to impress your date, whether it be a first date or a steady date, than to bring them to the Loft for our Saturday Evening Continental Classics Dinner?

Our Continental Classics menu highlights include: Creole Crab Cakes as an appetizer, Wild Mushroom Salad, Pan Seared Sea Bass and Marinated Strip Steak as entrees...to name a few!

Toss in a Candlelight ambience and live music, and you'll have a night to remember!

For a complete menu, and to make your reservations online, visit www.traderspointcreamery.com and click on the Restaurant page!

Sundays on the Farm!

Are you looking for a fun-filled, family day?? We've got you covered from morning to evening!!

Stop by the Loft for our Sunday Brunch (voted "Best Brunch in Indy"!) anytime from 9am - 3pm. Follow that up with a Safari Ride around our Pastures! Make sure you get out to the Farm now for our Safari Rides before the weather changes and the Rides end! 

Come back to the Loft for Family Style Dinner on Sundays and enjoy a "homestyle meal just like Grandma used to make!" The food is delicious and created in entrees large enough to share with the whole family! So come order some Chicken and Dumplings or Roast Beef and Mashed Potatoes and pass it around the table!

For complete menus, and to make your reservations online, visit www.traderspointcreamery.com and click on the Restaurant page!

Saturday Green Market & Loft Breakfast

• The Loft's Saturday Breakfast, 9 - 11:30 am, includes: Chef's Organic Scramble, Sausage* and Skillet Fried Red Potatoes
• Cost: $10/plate for an adult, $6/plate for kids
• *vegetarian option available

Come pick up some seasonal produce at our Green Market and enjoy a delicious breakfast - every Saturday!

TPC Eggnog is BACK!!

Our Famous Eggnog is back!! If you have never had our Eggnog before, take a sip, and then realize what a difference small handcrafted batches, made with Nature's Finest ingredients really makes.

Feel free to stop by the Farm, after November 16th, for a sample or to purchase a bottle...it's a sure crowd pleaser for the Holidays!!

You can also find our Eggnog in local outlets starting November 16th!

Chili Pints For Sale in the Farm Store

As the temperatures drop...it's CHILI TIME!  Come on in to the Loft and enjoy a bowl of our almost-famous 100% grass-fed beef chili.  Or if just beans are what you desire - get the vegetarian chili!

And if you don't have time to sit and enjoy chili in the Loft (or you want it for a late night snack!), pick a pint up at our Farm Store! 

Winter time is CHILI TIME, and TPC has you covered! 

Get Orchard Trio and Strawberry Yogurts Before They're Out of Season

For a limited time only, Traders Point Creamery will continue to have its Orchard Trio and Strawberry!

As strawberry season has ended and the orchards are starting to experience frost, we will be discontinuing our Orchard Trio and Strawberry Yogurt flavors.

Get in and get these great flavors before our stock runs out! They will only be available for a limited time!!

The Farm is Closed on Thanksgiving!

The Loft Restaurant, Dairy Bar and the Farm Store will be closed on Thursday, November 26th, for Thanksgiving!

We will re-open on Friday for lunch and dinner, as normal, as well as normal Farm Store hours! We hope you all enjoy your Thanksgiving celebrations!

In the Month of Giving Thanks, We Thank our Vendors

If there is any doubt how far the Creamery’s Winter Market has come over the years, you need only poke your head through the doors of the Red Barn this Saturday to be convinced. The first image to meet your eyes will be the tables of Seldom Seen Farm, piled shoulder high with leafy vegetables, root crops, squashes, all imaginable members of the cabbage family, herbs and more, including botanical autumn wreaths for your holiday table.  No, you’re not imagining this. It really IS mid-November, and what you are seeing was not shipped from a factory farm thousands of miles away.  It was grown right here in Hendricks County and brought to you within hours or days of picking. As you wander further into the Barn, this scene of plenty is repeated at the tables of Homestead Growers, Life Farm, New Leaf Farm, Redwine Farm and Countryside Orchard. Your loyal support over the years provides the dollars and the incentive for all of these local families to keep growing their farms and expanding their season.

If you are the designated turkey cooker for your Thanksgiving gathering this year, you have no shortage of providers to choose from this year.  Luella Porter will be back for the next two weeks with plenty of frozen birds, as will KG Acres from right here in Lebanon (they have both fresh AND frozen available). Rob North of Earthcure Farm (574-892-6351) will return on November 21(he uses only soy-free feed, and features smaller birds for those who don’t need to feed a large crowd of guests).  All three farms grow heritage breed birds under pastured conditions with no hormones, antibiotics, or other chemicals. Please see phone numbers below if you need to reserve a bird of a particular size or breed, or need more details on how the birds are grown or fed. If turkey is not the meat on your holiday menu, see Swiss Connection or Phelps family farm for beef, pork or lamb.

While you are visiting and shopping, please say hello to our two newest vendors, Bee Haven Honey, joining us from their farm in Muncie, and Nadines Herbal Remedies, from just down the lane in Zionsville.  And rest assured that your two old favorites, Feast Catering and Daina’s Petite Pies, are just taking a short break this month. Both will re-join us in December.

* Aboubakar Allal - handmade silver, leather and wooden works, as well as traditional drums from Niger, Africa

* Bee Haven Honey – honey and hive products. This week’s features: CHUNK HONEY COMB AND CREAMED HONEY 

* Bluffwood Creek Organic Farm and Apiary -honey sticks, hand cream and lipbalm

* Countryside Orchard – Enterprize, Gold Rush and Fuji apples; also CARAMEL APPLES and CIDER

* Daina's Petite Pies – WILL RETURN IN DECEMBER

* Feast Catering – WILL RETURN IN DECEMBER

* Flower Child Aromatherapy – handmade soaps, sachets, incense, perfumes, and liquid hand sanitizer

* Grabow Orchard – apples, quickbreads, shortbreads, cookies, and APPLEWOOD CHIPS FOR YOUR GRILL OR FIREPLACE

* Harvest Cafe Coffee Company - freshly brewed coffee, a variety of freshly roasted coffee beans or freshly ground beans, loose tea, iced tea and iced mochas

 * Homestead Growers – variety of mushrooms, arugula, lettuce greens, butternut squash

* Kelsey's Cultured Foods - cultured organic vegetables

* KG Acres – Heritage breed turkeys and freshly cut herbs. Take your choice of frozen turkeys at Market, or to get a fresh or frozen bird in your weight specifications, contact Laura at 765-482-7329

* Life Farm - certified organic produce; This week’s features include: HOOPHOUSE SALAD TOMATOES

* Literally Divine Toffee and Truffles-chocolate and vegan truffles (made with organic ingredients) and almond toffee (both vegan and organic), coffee toffee made with Harvest Cafe Coffee's beans, and ice cream toppings

* Nadines Herbal Remedies – Salves, balms and other herbal skin care products made from all-organic ingredients

* New Leaf Farm – cabbages, bell peppers, spinach and other greens

* Pet Lover’s Organic Bakery - handmade organic pet treats; 50% of sales go to benefit the Humane Society

* Phelps Family Farm - a variety of beef and pork meats, sausages and eggs

* Redwine Farm - farm fresh eggs, hot sauce and pepper seasoning,  mustard greens, pie pumpkins, turnips, kale, Swiss chard, spinach and butternut squash  

* Seldom Seen Farm - transitional organic produce.  This week's features are Cilantro, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Green Onions, Butternut Squash, Cabbage, Napa Cabbage, Kohlrabi, Collards, Kale, Salad Mix, Arugula, Fennel, Salad Turnips, Purple Top Turnips, Watermelon Radishes, Red Radishes, Rutabaga, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Beets and HANDMADE DRIED BOTANICAL WREATHS.

* Seven Springs Farm – Back for a limited return engagement!  You can still order a turkey by calling Luella 317-691-3948  or pick one out of the cooler...extras will be on hand at the Market!  $3.50/pound.  Also featuring: chicken, beef and taking adoption options on the new litter of BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES, who will be ready to go to their new homes by Thanksgiving

* The Swiss Connection - unique (and delicious) cheeses, meats (including beef sausage products) and ice cream, plus a variety of pet products.  Featuring for a limited time: LAMB CUTS, including lamb chops, ground lamb, stew meat, shoulder chops, leg steaks, rack of lamb, leg of lamb (both with bone and bone out), and shank.  THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL: BUY ONE PACKAGE OF STRIP STEAK, GET A BULK PACKAGE OF BEEF BREAKFAST SAUSAGE FREE

* Trader's Point Creamery - organic milk, ice cream, pourable yogurt, artisan cheeses, eggs, and ground beef

* Valentine Hill Farm - variety of whole grain breads, English muffins, Mediterranean herb pasta, European style lemon and orange pound cakes, and spritz cookies (all made with certified organic ingredients) 

Pre-Order Your Holiday Pie Hero Pies!

In the Loft Restaurant, we sell slices of these delicious, homemade pies...made specially by the Pie Hero for Traders Point Creamery! If you've been in the Loft for lunch or dinner and have tasted the pies, you know how "melt in your mouth" delicious they are!

And now, the Pie Hero is giving you the opportunity to pre-order your own gourmet, homemade holiday pie! Take the stress out of baking a homemade pie for Thanksgiving, and order one of the delicious (and organic!) Pie Hero Pies instead! All you have to do is place your order by Wednesday, November 18th!

Special Holiday Prices:

• One pie for $25!
• Two pies for $40!

Your pie will come frozen and will include baking instructions so you can experience that Fresh Baked Pie Hero flavor any time you want!

Choose from:

• Fresh Roasted Pumpkin
• Pecan
• Apple Cranberry

Your pie will be ready for pick-up at Traders Point Creamery any time before Wednesday, November 25th (hint: just in time for Thanksgiving!).

To order: email the Pie Hero at grey@piehero.com

For more information, visit www.piehero.com!

Food Inc. & the Farm: What a Friday Night!

We love this movie and are so happy to be able to show it to you on the farm!  We can't think of a better place to watch a film about the differences between fresh, simple, organic farm food and factory food.   

If you saw Food, Inc. in the theater, then you know this documentary is changing people's views on food, the industry that has grown up around it, and how many different (and totally processed) versions of corn exist! If you didn't get the chance to see Food, Inc. earlier, we can't stress enough that you should!

Recipe of the Week

Trader's Point Creamery Hot Chocolate

Combine the cocoa, sugar and pinch of salt in a saucepan. Blend in the boiling water. Bring this mixture to an easy boil while you stir. Simmer and stir for about 2 minutes. Watch that it doesn't scorch. Stir in 3 1/2 cups of milk and heat until very hot, but do not boil! Remove from heat and add vanilla. Divide between 4 mugs, and let cool to drinking temperature.

Quote of the Week

Let's balance food that people want to eat and corn syrup - we should either subsidize both or neither.

--speaker at "Can Local Food Feed Indiana & the World?", Nov 10, Indiana State Museum

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 11th -- Great Live Music & Dinner in the Loft!

Thursday, November 12th -- Great Live Music & Dinner in the Loft!

Friday, November 13th -- Great Live Music & Dinner in the Loft!

Thursday, November 26th -- The Loft Restaurant, Dairy Bar and Farm Store will be closed for Thanksgiving!

Saturday, December 12th -- Christmas on the Farm!