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Mar Vista Farmer’s Market Wrap-Up 2-18-10

Mar Vista Mom — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:27:42 +0000

Today’s shopper is Kathy Owens and she’s making a cheese plate from Lelio & Sons Cheese. Kathy’s showing off her cheese plate with Chris Masson of the Cheese Booth. She’s got cranberry-cinnamon goat cheese, parmigiano-reggiano, stilton with apricot, havarti with dill, smoked gouda, jarlsberg, danish blue, and garlic and herb chevre. She’s going to serve it with a big beautiful baguette. Yum!

The Master Gardeners were on hand today in the Green Booth, as they are every month. Great gardening tips, free plants and seeds. They are awesome!

An original post by Sarah Auerswald for MarVistaMom.com.

Mar Vista Farmer’s Market Wrap-Up 1-24-10

Mar Vista Mom — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:45:27 +0000

Today’s shopper is Jennifer Wilson and she’s going to make vegetable juice. She’s buying all organic vegetables, starting with beets, then celery, carrots, parsley and apples. She throws them all in her super-duper juicer, and bingo! Delicious and healthy!

Today in the Green Booth, The Master Gardeners were on hand, as they are every month, doling out equal amounts of advice and seeds — all for free. They are awesome.

The MVCC Green Committee met this week as well (here’s Sherri Akers and Jeanne Kuntz at today’s meeting) — also a monthly event — and they are gearing up for the 2010 Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase. Save the date: April 25.

Mar Vista Elementary school was represented by a bunch of MVM’s seeking donations for their annual Silent Auction.There’s a new farm selling at the market as of today: Weiser Family Farms from Tehachapi, with purple carrots, striped beets, and heirloom potatoes. Very cool. The LA County Department of Health was here today giving out Free H1N1 shots — and they’ll be at the market next week as well.Plus Tulips are in season!

Mar Vista Farmer’s Market Wrap-Up 12/6/09

Mar Vista Mom — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:01:43 +0000

Today’s shopper is Sara Davenport, owner of Broadway Skin Studio, a full service medical spa specializing in skin rejuvenation and facial contouring. Sara is going to make guacamole. She takes 2 avocados, peels and chops them, but takes care not to mash them into a paste. She then chops 1 beefsteak tomato, 1/2 a red onion, and a habanero pepper (which is spicy-hot, so use at your discretion) and adds it all to the avocado. The she juices 2 lemons and does a final mix, again, trying to leave it chunky. Delicious!

And you can eat it with these chips sold right here at the market! Plus you can order your holiday tamales here, too — but hurry! December 20th is fast approaching…

Today at the Green Booth, the Master Gardeners (Sharon Moore and Sarah Spitz) were on hand to give out plant samples and seeds again, and to answer your gardening questions. They’ll be guests of the Green Committee once a month, so check back next time.

New at the market today: Lark farms from Fillmore, with Hot House tomatoes. Welcome!