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Citrus, citrus and more citrus

Need some ideas

Citrus cocktails

citrus salads



Or chicken skewers with meyer lemon salsa

Both the Wednesday and Saturday market have a wonderful array of citrus
This is the Wednesday display from DeSantis Farms

At the Wednesday Market Beauty for the Eye

You might think you are familiar with what a farmer offers but every season offers something new.

You might think Ortiz Bros only has vegetables but they always have a seasonal flower bouquet. Pictured here curly willow, eucalyptus and statice fragant and long-lasting.

Skyview Nursery has colorful plants that survive the cold nights in Sonoma County.
The colorful violas and pansies have a sweet fragrance. Just as lovely in your house as providing some color in your yard. Glenn also has hardy greens which will thrive in the winter months. You can still have a winter garden. Talk to Glenn about your micro-climate and he can recommend the plants that will thrive for you all year round.

Ortiz and Skyview are both at the Wednesday and Saturday markets. Wednesday is a great market to chat with the farmers. 8:30 -12:00 ez parkking.

Eating locally Santa Rosa Seafood

A recent AP article says "Americans have come to expect they can get blueberries even when they are not in season in the US."

Seafood is another category where imported fish is growing dramatically.

Eating locally is really a guide to eating seasonally. It is the best way to guarantee food that is not only good for you but truly tastes wonderful.
If you follow the seasons in purchasing seafood you will open yourself to many new
kinds of fish. Right now Santa Rosa Seafood has rosefish.

Rosefish - This important commercial fish is a member of the rockfish group. Also known as "ocean perch," although it is not a true perch.


rosefish (red fish) Saltwater fish with red flesh, Sebastes marinus, sometimes called ocean perch. Recipes from Yahoo Answers

BAKED OCEAN PERCH

1 lemon, sliced thin
1 med. onion, sliced thin
Salt & pepper to taste
1 1/2 lb. fillets of ocean perch
1 c. sour cream
1/8 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. paprika
1 tsp. mustard

Set oven for 400 degrees. Cover bottom of baking dish with lemon and onion slices. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Lay fillets on top. Cover. Bake 20 minutes. Remove cover; combine remaining ingredients; spread over top. Broil 3" below heat until browned.

OCEAN PERCH FILLETS WITH DIABLO SAUCE

1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen perch fillets
1 tsp. seasoned salt
1/4 tsp. seasoned pepper
2 tbsp. butter
1 slice dry white bread, crumbled
1/3 c. chili sauce
1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease shallow baking dish; arrange fillets in dish and sprinkle with seasoned salt and pepper.

In small skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in bread crumbs; sprinkle over fish. Bake 15 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

SAUCE:

In a cup, combine chili sauce, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce. Serve with fillets. Makes 3 servings.

PERCH BAKE, ITALIAN STYLE
Makes 6 servings.

2 lbs. fresh ocean perch
3 c. sliced onions
2 tbsp. butter or cooking oil
1 tsp. salt
1/2 c. mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. paprika
Oregano or chopped parsley

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook onion slowly in butter or cooking oil until limp, not brown. Spread onions over bottom of shallow, 2 quart baking dish. Cover with fish fillets. Combine mayonnaise or salad dressing, cheese, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and paprika; mix well.

Spread evenly over fish. Bake for about 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Sprinkle with oregano or chopped parsley as desired, just before serving.

hope this helps. good luck and enjoy.

Vegan Snacks for the Big Game Bolani

From Chowhound
"..sometimes, it’s like hitting a vegan food jackpot – like the bolanis and sauces from East and West Gourmet Afghan Food.
Bolani is a traditional Afghani thin flatbread stuffed with either spinach, potato, lentil or pumpkin and baked. Even though it’s low-fat, low-cal and low-carb, it’s very tasty as well as filling. One serving of the spinach bolani is just 103 calories.
Top with any one or a combination of their many sauces and spreads for a delicious layering of flavors. For the spreads, I got the Lentil Curry and Cilantro Pesto. The curry is not really spicy hot but it’s got plenty of taste. The pesto is also very nice and light as it’s made without any oil.

Available at numerous farmers markets throughout Northern California and a few in Southern California, they’re very generous with their samples. They’ll just keep handing you sample after sample after sample. The only item that isn’t vegan is the Garlic Mint Cheese, but it is vegetarian."

And from Davis, California
The most addictive thing to come out of Afghanistan since opium. Bolani means "filled bread" in Farsi. It is a thin flat-bread baked with vegetables in them. They are low-calorie, low-carb, low-fat, and low-sodium; but they are nutritionally dense and sustainable and can be served as a whole meal in itself. Best of all, they are deliciously addictive.
In the US, East & West Gourmet Afghan Food is the only trademarked manufacturer



Saturday market

49'er Fever

49'er fever has hit town. For some it it is more about the snacks during the game.
If you want to have the best things to eat come to the Saturday market and stock up.

We've got the best game day treats around.

Mi Fiesta is great for one stop shopping - chips, dips, salsas, tamales, enchiladas and plenty for the vegetarians on your guest list.

Wednesday Market Gets A Big Shout Out

The Press Democrats Michelle Anna Jordan gives the Wednesday market a big shout out!

Here's what you missed if you didn't come to the market



More Information

Michele Anna Jordan's blog: Eat this now


Santa Rosa's mid-week farm market awaits
By MICHELE ANNA JORDAN
FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 4:00 a.m.


The Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market has always taken on both Wednesdays and Saturdays, yet even after several decades at the same location, the east parking lot of the Veterans Building at the corner of Maple and Brookwood Avenues, the Wednesday market is nowhere near as well attended as the Saturday market.

But this market is an excellent mid-week resource, offering opportunities unavailable on Saturday. Parking is easy, as is getting into and out of the market. The market's leisurely pace makes it easy to chat with farmers and ranchers, one of the ways to truly understand what you buy.

Dream Catcher Ranch attends only on Wednesdays. Last week, the Santa Rosa ranch had several types of meat, including pork bellies and jowls, for sale and also was soliciting members for its CSA program, which offers Berkshire pork at just $5 a pound and bison, available only to CSA members, for $9.50 a pound.

Neufeld Farms has dried pears, apricots, pluots, white nectarines, yellow nectarines, Bing cherries and delicious Royal Anne cherries that include, the vendor warned me, pips, underscoring a new trend, the surprise of seeds.

Tom Noble of Armstrong Valley Farm also cautioned me that his clementines have seeds; his brother suggested posting a warning sign. I blame this on the popularity of seedless watermelon, which is grown not for taste but for seedlessness. But people, fruit has seeds! As heirloom varieties become increasingly common, expect to encounter more seeds and pips. It is simply how nature works.

Armstrong Valley Farm also has beets, lemons, limes, grapefruit, huge delicious carrots, potatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, shallots, cauliflower, winter greens and eggs, which are, overall, in limited supply in the winter

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Mei-Hee Hill Gardens of Sebastopol still has fresh jalapeños, along with dried chiles, kale, lettuces, chard and wonderful labeled plant stakes for your spring garden. Hector Alvarez also has fresh and dried chiles, along with onions, fresh tomatillos, persimmons, winter squash and, of course, honey.

Triple T has braising greens, lettuce mix, herbs, broccoli, spinach, hot sauces, chicken and duck eggs and, sometimes, fresh chicken, which you need to request, as it is not displayed.

When it comes to prepared foods, there's plenty, including roasted almonds from Redel's Roasted Almond; jams from Just Like Grandma's; a selection of oils from The Olive Press; breads and pastries from Full Circle; dips and sauces from The Hummus Guy; tamales, enchiladas and salsas from Mi Fiesta and lobster cioppino and smoked trout from Santa Rosa Seafood, which also has fresh fish, clams, mussels, octopus and salt cod.

Bohemian Well-Being Farm attends this market with shiitakes, oyster mushrooms and other fungi, including maitake mushrooms, which you should ask for if you don't see.

DeSantis Farms has an extraordinary selection of familiar and exotic citrus, including Cara Cara oranges, and Schletewitz has good sweet potatoes, naval oranges and other citrus and some late-harvested crimson grapes.

With rain predicted, at last, for the next several days it is important to keep in mind that all our year-round farmers markets, including this one, take place rain or shine. Santa Rosa's Wednesday market opens at 8:30 a.m. and wraps up at noon.

Michele Anna Jordan discusses what is fresh at the farmers market each Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. on "Crush Bites" on KRSH-FM. Email Jordan at michele@micheleannajordan.com You'll find her blog, "Eat This Now," at pantry.blogs. pressdemocrat.com