Friday Night Farmers Market Dinners 5-8pm
Our traditional Farmers Market dinners are served every Friday night from 5:00-8:00pm.
This week's organic menu will feature delicious Bar B Qued Pulled Pork sandwiches topped with your choice of caramelized organic onions and peppers or coleslaw, Creamy Basil Pesto Pasta Salad, and a Green Salad full of fresh local seasonal vegetables. A grilled whole grain vegetable burger is this week’s vegetarian entrée option. Each meal comes with an Ice Tea or a glass of Lemonade. Kids portions are available too!
Mark Your Calendars for Friday the 13th Farmers Market Dinner!**
The Farmers Market Dinner will be "The Great Organic Cookout". Join us for great food, music and fun for all as we head into Father's Day Weekend!
**Lucky Day...NO RAIN!!
Traders Point Ice Cream at The 54th and Monon Art Fair!
The Annual 54th and Monon Art Fair will be held this Saturday, June 7, 10am-4pm in the parking lots of the 54th and the Monon Shops located at 1134 E. 54th Street. Over 60 local artists will be featured in various mediums. Traders Point Creamery will be there with ice cream too! Our ice cream is the perfect way to keep cool during Indiana’s summer heat!
Admission to the festival is free. For more info: Katy at 253-1569 or Susan at 257-7551.
The Green Market
There is always something new at The Green Market here at Trader’s Point Creamery. This week, we’ll see two new dressings by Country Mouse, City Mouse. Perfect Pick has their Acapulco Gold salsa studded with corn and peas. Flower Child Aromatherapy has Jazz Me soap, using a jasmine absolute extract. Capriole Farms is joining us this week with their selection of goat cheeses! Soon we’ll see lamb, liquid honey, and an even more amazing array of fresh produce. I can’t wait to see what else the season brings, can you? 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, June 6:
* Bluffwood Creek Honey-creamed honey in a variety of flavors including lemon; honey sticks, lip balm, and salves all made with honey
* Capriole Farms-unique varieties of goat cheese
* Country Mouse City Mouse-condiments, dips and dressings made from generational recipes
* Flower Child Aromatherapy-handmade soaps, sachets, incense, and perfumes
* Fullcircle Farm-potted violas and daylilies 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
* Homestead Growers-mushrooms, mushroom patties, ravioli and tomato sauce
* Hoover's Country Store-nitrite and nitrate free bacon, ham and other pork products; real maple syrup!
* Life Farm-Certified Organic produce
* Magnolia Farm –asparagus
* Murphy Farms- fresh chicken eggs
* New Day Meadery-a variety of handcrafted honey wines
* Peace Leaf Tea-custom green tea blends and tea accessories
* Perfect Pick Catering-soup and salsas
* Phelps Family Farm-a variety of meats and sausages as well as eggs
* Redwine Farm- a variety of dehydrated vegetables, frozen whole tomatoes; lots of peppers; beef; turkey and duck eggs
* Schacht Fleece Farm-chicken, lamb, and turkey through out the season
* Seldom Seen Farm-a variety of greens plus tomato plants and herbs
* Seven Springs Farm-beef, stewing hens, eggs, and popcorn
* Tenamajelt – handcrafted leather work from Niger-born Aboubakar Allal
* The Swiss Connection-unique cheeses, meats and ice cream plus a variety of pet products
* Top to Bottom Cleansers-an all natural multi-purpose home cleanser for everything from mirrors to countertops
* Valentine Hill-a variety of homemade breads, including a new wheat-free Spelt bread and pasta; baked goods and pasta
* Zen Sheep Farm-Yarn, batting, and roving made from Certified Organic Wool and super soft bed pillows considered hypo-allergenic because they are made from wool!
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.
Celebrate National Dairy Month with a Visit to The Farm!
June is National Dairy Month and three servings a day are what the experts recommend for a healthy, happy body! Traders Point Creamery dairy products also delivers extra nutritional value and taste because they come from 100% organic grass fed cows. We personally invite you to visit the farm this month and see for yourself where our award winning dairy products come from.
There is a lot happening on the farm this month that you surely won’t want to miss! Our calves are getting bigger as they have started eating only grass now, instead of a milk and grass diet. The Creamery production room is bustling with activity as it tries to keep up with demand by adding new machinery to increase productivity. Now is a great time to take a moment to watch and see our dairy products being made. It is really exciting to see this local gem in action. This activity I am sure will make your mouth water with delight and I recommend walking upstairs and getting a sweet treat from our Dairy Bar. The Dairy Bar is open daily from 11am until 6pm serving up scoops of ice cream, old fashioned root beer floats, fresh smoothies, yummy baked goods and even cheese plates! If you happen to be here Wednesday through Saturday be sure
to try fresh organic lunches served 11am until 3pm.
Recipe of the Week
Strawberries with Honey-Sweetened Yogurt Cheese
2 cups of Yogurt Cheese (see below)
6-8 Tablespoons honey
6 cups sliced ripened strawberries
1-3 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
Combine the Yogurt Cheese with 5 tablespoons of honey and whisk together until smooth. In a separate bowl, sprinkle the strawberries with a little balsamic vinegar, then drizzle them with 1-3 tablespoons of honey. The amount of honey and vinegar should be determined by the tartness of the berries. Stir the berries gently with a spoon being sure not to bruise them.
Spoon the berries and their juice into 8 separate serving dishes and top with about ¼ cup of the sweetened Yogurt Cheese.
Yogurt Cheese
2 quarts Traders Point Creamy Whole Milk
Triple thickness Cheesecloth
Line a colander with a layer of damp triple thickness cheesecloth. Put the yogurt into it and stand the colander in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 20 hours. Drain the liquid from the bowl and discard as much as needed during this process.
If you want an even thicker, denser cheese, pick up the 4 corners of the cheese cloth and twist them together, then put a weight on top of the cheese and let it drain another few hours.
