4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION PICNIC DINNER!
Friday, 5:00-8:00 pm
Bring your family and friends to our weekly Farmers Market and share an old fashioned 4TH OF JULY PICNIC DINNER, complete with Sparklers, Flags, Horseshoes, and even Corn Hole games!
The Organic menu will feature 100% Grassfed Burgers, Brats & Hot Dogs, Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Portabella Burgers, Baked Beans and Coleslaw.
A la carte Festive Desserts include Traders Point Ice Cream, and Red, White, and Blue Shortcake made with Strawberries and Blueberries.
$15.00 per person (kids under 10 $6.50)
Meal includes Lemonade, Ice Tea or Milk
Shop for the weekend, feed the family, play to your hearts content and still have plenty time to go on to your favorite fireworks display!
You Are Invited To Our International Festival Dinner, July 11th!
Traders Point Creamery hosts a wonderful group of interns from around the globe!
We are pleased and excited to bring you some of their favorite regional dishes as part of our Friday night Dinner on the Deck.
Loft Restaurant Burger of the Week
The Burger of the Week is a Bacon Barbecue Burger featuring Gunthorps hand cut Bacon, our housemade Barbecue Sauce Farm Burger and our melted Fleur de la Terre Cheese.
The Green Market
Shop for your holiday weekend at the Green Market and celebrate our Country’s independence with a feast of local foods! Getting together to meet and eat is a beautiful thing that EVERYONE can enjoy. This week look for some new items: blueberries and garlic scapes from LIFE Farm, along with 4 new ice cream flavors from Swiss Connection (Cranberry, Cookie Dough, Granola, Mocha & Peanut). You just never know what amazing treats await you here at the Green Market. We’ll see you on Friday!
There isn't enough room to describe every vendor or every product at the Green Market. So, here's who is planning to be here this Friday, July 4:
* Bluffwood Creek Honey-liquid honey, creamed honey in a variety of flavors including lemon; honey sticks, lip balm, and salves all made with honey
* Burton’s Maplewood Farm-maple syrup and fruit preserves
* Capriole-artisan, farmstead goat cheeses
* Flower Child Aromatherapy-handmade soaps, sachets, incense, and perfumes
* Fullcircle Farm-potted plants, as well as produce
* Harvest Cafe Coffee Company-freshly brewed coffee, a variety of freshly roasted coffee beans or freshly ground beans
* Harvest Lodge Catering-a variety of tamales, sweets, soups, salsas, and granola
* Hoover's Country Store-nitrite and nitrate free bacon, ham and other pork products; real maple syrup!
* Life Farm-Certified Organic produce
* Murphy Farms- fresh chicken eggs
* New Day Meadery-a variety of handcrafted honey wines
* Redwine Farm- fresh produce, hot pepper vinegars and oils, beef, and eggs
* Seldom Seen Farm-a wide variety of fresh produce and fresh flower bouquets
* The Swiss Connection-unique cheeses, meats and ice cream plus a variety of pet products
* Valentine Hill-a variety of homemade breads, including a new wheat-free Spelt bread; baked goods and both wheat and spelt pasta
The Green Market runs from 4-8pm every Friday night from now through October. Please be prepared as most of the vendors accept only cash and check for payment.
Recipe of the Week
RECIPE: BRAISED RED OR GREEN CABBAGE
John Ferree of Seldom Seen Farm is our undisputed Cabbage King. Check out this simple recipe that shows off his tasty Brassica.
Ingredients:
1 red or green cabbage
1 med onion
3Tb butter
1Tb sherry vinegar
1 bay leaf
salt/pepper
1/2c water
1 apple
Remove the outer leaves from the cabbage. Cut in half, remove the core, and slice the cabbage very thin. Peel the onion and slice very thin.
In a large pan, heat the butter, add the onion, and cook for 5 minutes. Put the cabbage, vinegar, bay leaf, salt and pepper, and water in. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Peel and grate the apple, add it to the cabbage, and cook for another 5 minutes. Taste and correct the seasoning, and serve. Serves 4-6
