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Quarantine Family Activities!

Cooking projects for kids:

Now is a good time to try out cooking staple foods from scratch with kids:

  • Homemade pasta (just flour and eggs – you can find eggs twice a week at the farmers’ market!)
  • Homemade smoothies (freeze into popsicle molds if you have them for a frozen dessert, and use market produce like fruits and greens)
  • Try snacks such as roasted chickpeas or granola bars
  • Sun tea (place a few tea bags in a large glass pitcher or jar, set in a sunny spot for ~6 hours. Maybe try some medicinal mushroom tea from the farmers’ market!)
  • Popcorn: Each kernel has a small amount of moisture inside, which is why heating up the kernels creates pressure, causing the corn to pop! Spices that you have in your pantry can create endless varieties for flavoring your popcorn. A combination of nutritional yeast, salt, pepper, sugar, dried dill, onion powder, and garlic powder will make your popcorn taste shockingly like Cool Ranch Doritos! (popcorn is a whole grain, very low in calories, and contains a healthy amount of fiber). A quick google search will result in a huge variety of popcorn seasoning ideas if Cool Ranch isn’t your thing. Plus, you can pick up a bunch of spices and some popping corn right at the farmers’ market!
  • Try out some natural dyes (try using farmers’ market scraps like yellow or red onion skins, wilted spinach, coffee grounds… or wait for colorful produce like beets, red cabbage, blueberries, etc.): It’s easy, fun, and a little bit messy!
  • Value your leftover food scraps by creating an at-home compost with this comprehensive guide to composting: https://learn.eartheasy.com/guides/composting/

Engage in bird watching:

  • Attract birds to your backyard by putting out a bird feeder
  • You can make your own with a variety of household items – a simple box made from popsicle sticks, an old shoe nailed into a tree, or an emptied milk carton with holes cut into it can all make wonderful bird feeders
  • Attract birds with birdseed and for best results, hang bird feeders out of reach of squirrels!
  • The Southern Adirondack Audubon has has a complete list of birds in our region so you can learn to identify birds on your own.

Explore the outdoors with family-friendly garden and art activities:

  • Garden treasure chest – Turn an empty cardboard egg carton from the farmers’ market into a treasure chest. Kids can decorate/paint the outside and then use the chest to collect garden treasures.
  • Leaf rubbing – Use an unwrapped crayon horizontally to rub the imprint of a leaf onto paper. Place the leaf under the paper and rub hard enough to create the imprint of the veins and ribs.
  • Press flowers: Forage for small flowers or get some extra at the farmers’ market and press them in between heavy books. Unveil your flowers a few days later and admire!
  • Insect homes: Get creative with cardboard boxes, an empty toilet paper roll, sticks, dirt, and check back in a few days to see what insects are inhabiting their new home!
  • Decorate rocks: Write cheerful messages for passersby or delivery workers, go crazy with paint, or go the nature route and go on a rock hunt to find rocks that have been hidden by adults!
  • If you don’t have a use for your itty bitty crayon stubs anymore, give them a second life by melting them into new shapes.

 

Compiled by Olivia Glaser, SFM Intern

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This funding will allow us to provide a FRESH TENT that will include not just the supplies to make it happen, but taste testings and recipes for the community, education for children and a $2 coupon when we host the Fresh Tent which will be for 8 weeks in duration.
We need your support to make this happen and appreciate everyone who takes the time to vote for the Saratoga Farmers' Market.
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We are here today! Amazing music … fantastic ve We are here today!  Amazing music … fantastic vendors … added crafters … and we’re here until 1:30!
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We are excited about tomorrow's Holiday Craft Fair We are excited about tomorrow's Holiday Craft Fair  at Wilton Mall in the food court.
Here are some of the vendor highlights. We look forward to seeing you from 9:30 to 1:30 to celebrate the holidays.
* Hepatica Farm: Holiday Egg Sale: get 2 dozen of our Pastured Certified Organic Eggs for $12 or 1 dozen for $8. We also have ground chicken.
* Muddy Trail: We have 8 varieties including Alphabet Soup, Fiesta Chicken Tortilla, Ginger Scallion Ramen, Spinach Tortellini & more.  Serves 6-8! 
* Mugzy's Barkery: Mugzy's Barkery offers a variety of gift items. Pre-orders for Custom Bones begin now!  Text 518-573-0400, message us on fb or insta, or email  mugzysbarkery@gmail.com 
* Jireh Organic Farms & Livestock: Purchase $40 of meat - get Non-GMO Eggs half price!  GMO Free Pork: Bacon, Hams, Tenderloins, Hot Italian Sausage links, Breakfast Sausage, Ground Pork, Hocks, Organs and more!! GMO Free Chickens (whole & cut-ups), soup parts, feet for bone broth / collagen, livers, etc....
* Owl Wood Farm: Come out this Saturday to get delicious greens for the week. We still have a full selection. We plan to be attending a couple more markets so stock up on bulk root bags.
* Saratoga Peanut Butter:pick up our Classic and Holiday gift sets.
* Squash Villa Farm: Find us INSIDE starting this Saturday with our delicious meats and more.
* Scotch Ridge Berry & Tree Farm: Scotch Ridge will have our farm made all natural Christmas decorations available just outside the main market entrance each Saturday until Christmas. 
* Vashti's Kitchen Delights: Come and enjoy the fusion of Caribbean and American flavors at Vashti's Kitchen Delights. Our authentic cuisine is prepared with fresh herbs and spices! 
* Nally Coffee: Get a FREE cup of coffee with your purchase of any 1lb bag of coffee!
* Lovin’ Mama Farms: Happy December!  We have 5 greenhouses loaded with greens and potted herbs, and coolers full of storage roots.  It's amazingly fun and creative to eat local this time of year with seasonal greens and root veggies. 
* Hebron Valley Meats: We will be missing the farmers market this week but look forward to seeing everyone at the 12/9 market. 
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This weekend discover fabulously fresh products fo This weekend discover fabulously fresh products for all of your holiday baking…
* Buttermilk and Greek yogurt from Argyle Cheese Farmer.
* Honey, which makes a fantastic sweetener in many recipes, can be found at Ballston Lake Apiaries and Slate Valley Farms, as can maple syrup, which you can also find at Slate Valley Farms.
* Applesauce, cider, and fresh apples are always available at Saratoga Apple; equally good alternative sweeteners to consider, and applesauce can be an excellent replacement for oils in many recipes.
* Looking for deliciously locally made jams that are perfect for thumbprint cookies, Linzer cookies, and anything jam-filled? Visit Kokinda Farm.
* Consider making your peanut butter cookies pop this holiday season with unique flavors from Saratoga Peanut Butter.
* Are you making Tiramisu? Grab locally fresh-roasted coffee from Nally Coffee.
* And, of course, there are fresh farm eggs at Hepatica Farm, Grazin’ Acres Farm, and Jireh Organic Farm & Livestock.
* Is bread pudding on your holiday menu? Grab that main bread base from Katie Bakes Gluten-Free, NightWork Bread, or The Bread Butler.
* And check out Muddy Trail and their Perpetual Vanilla; it’s fantastic. They also have nine convenient baking mixes to browse and explore!
If you don’t want to bake, that’s A-OK, too! The Saratoga Farmers’ Market has the non- baker, ‘need a break,’ or ‘need something quick’ covered too. Just visit one of the pre-
made sweet treat vendors;
Goodway Gourmet
Katie Bakes Gluten-Free
NightWork Bread
Parchment Baking Company
Sweet Treats by Jennifer
Perogi, Pierogi, Pyroogi
#saratogafarmersmarket #saratogafarmersmarket🔆 #bakingseasonhasbegun #holidaybakingbegins #locallymadegoods

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