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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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Happy National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day! Here a Happy National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day! Here are a few of our favorite peanut butter products from around the market:

🥜Assorted Peanut Butters- Saratoga Peanut Butter Company
🥜Roasted Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies- The Chocolate Spoon 
🥜PB Cookie Cups Organic Dog Treats- Mugzy’s Barkery 
 
Online preordering for curbside pickup this Saturday opens tonight at 9 pm, be sure to stock up on these tasty treats and more! Just click the “Shop Now” button on our page.
 
What’s your favorite peanut butter product from the market? Let us know in the comments! 
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Have you tried any of @nettlemeadowfarm's newest S Have you tried any of @nettlemeadowfarm's newest Schroon Moon spreadable cow's cheeses yet? Go for savory or sweet with 5 different flavors. Pick some up at this Saturday's market - we'll be open 9:30am - 1:30pm at the Wilton Mall food court!
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We are honored to be nominated as one of the Best We are honored to be nominated as one of the Best Farmers’ Markets in the Capital Region for the Times Union’s Best of 2021! Thank you to all of our amazing customers and community for your continued support! You can vote for us daily under the category “Goods & Services” using this link: https://www.timesunion.com/bestof2021/ 
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Starting off the week with another MCM (Market Cru Starting off the week with another MCM (Market Crush Monday!) This week we talked to Kim from Mugzy’s Barkery who brings healthy, locally made dog treats to the market. 
 
1. How did Mugzy’s Barkery get started? 
My sister Jaime started the business just over 5 years ago to have a healthier treat option to give her beloved Olde English Bulldog, Mugzy. Our treats are all natural and organic, providing a healthy alternative to mass-produced treats for caring dog parents. 
 
 2. What’s your favorite part about vending at the market?
Definitely getting to see all the dogs! The funny thing is I know all our regular customer’s dogs by name, not the owners. 
 
3. What are your most popular treat flavors?
Pumpkin paws (grain-free biscuits) and the pupcakes (a bite-sized treat) are really popular with the dogs but we also have flavors like PB cookie cups, apple cheddar training treats, banana buddies and more, so something to fit any pup’s tastes!
 
The PB cookie cups have been tried and approved by our market assistant’s dog, Lacey! 
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