Pear & Arugula Salad

Ingredients:

Arugula (AY RAAM Farms or Bouldin Food Forest)
2-3 Pears (Lightsey Farms or Bernhardt’s Farm)
Pecans – raw or toasted (Yegua Creek)
Pecan Parm (Perennial Pecan)
Honey (Austin Honey Co. or Round Rock Honey)
Mustard
White Wine Vinegar

Instructions:

Honey Dijon Vinaigrette: To make the vinaigrette combine white wine vinegar, stone ground or dijon mustard, and honey to desired taste.

Fill bowl with arugula, pear slices, and pecans. Top with a sprinkling of Pecan Parm and drizzle with dressing.

Naan “Pizza” with Summer Fruit & Vegetables

Naan “pizza” is one of those delicious meals that is so easy to make, and so much fun to play around with and try new combinations. Simply spread some cheese, hummus, or pesto on fresh Naan and load it up with seasonal fruit, veggies, and herbs! 

Ingredients

Naan (Lamba’s Royal Indian)
Sunflower Seed Hummus (Floreli)
Small Tomatoes (Bouldin Food Forest)
Arugula (Bouldin Food Forest)
Garlic (Bernhardt’s Farm)
Goat Cheese (Pure Luck Dairy)
Peaches (Engel Farms)
Basil (Sustainable Humane Earth)
Olive Oil (Texas Hill Country Olive Co)
Balsamic Vinegar (Texas Hill Country Olive Co)

Version #1

Spread thin layer of hummus on one piece of Naan. Top with fresh arugula, tomato slices, minced garlic, and a drizzle of olive oil.

Version # 2

Add 4-5 dollops of goat cheese (or vegan substitute), top with sliced peaches, basil leaves, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

Cook in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5 minutes or until the Naan is crispy and cheese is melted. Cut into slices and serve.

Lemon Garlic Pasta with Arugula and Zucchini

Ingredients

Garlic & Black Pepper Fettuccine (Gourmet Texas Pasta)
Zucchini (Animal Farm)
Arugula (A.Y. Raam Farms)
Garlic (Bernhardt’s Farm)
Olive Oil (Texas Hill Country Olive Co)
Lemon
Salt
Pepper

Instructions

Cook Pasta.

Slice Zucchini into thin rounds and add to separate pan. Add one clove of finely chopped garlic. Drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Sauté until slightly browned.

Add pasta to bowl and top with zucchini and fresh arugula. Add a drizzle of olive oil, fresh squeezed lemon, and salt and pepper to taste.

Spring Pea Shoot Salad
By Market Chef Monique Santua of Gastromonique

Ingredients

1 bag pea shoots, cut into bite sized pieces
3 rainbow carrots, sliced thinly
1 container peas, sliced on the diagonal
1 bunch brassica flowers, removed from stem
1 container pickled beets, cubed
1/4 c Rosemary Olive Oil
1/4 c White Lemon Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together olive oil and vinegar to make the dressing

Toss remaining ingredients with the dressing and enjoy!

To our deeply valued Texas Farmers’ Market community, we want y’all to know that here at TFM the health and well-being of our shoppers, vendors, and staff is paramount. We are taking the Corona Virus issue very seriously, and are working to ensure a safe and vibrant market for our vendors and customers. To this end, we wanted to let you know a few actions we’ll be taking to achieve this goal at our upcoming markets:

1.  We are increasing the amount of hand sanitizer access points for staff and customers.
2. We have implemented an hourly sanitation schedule for TFM staff to execute in our TFM booth and cafe area.
3. Sample the Market booth will no longer be self-serve.
4. We have asked that vendors follow the same steps we have outlined above and not offer self-service samples or condiments at their tents.
5. We implore all of our market shoppers, vendors and staff that if they feel something coming on and they don’t believe that it is just cedar fever, to please stay home.

With these action items in mind, we deeply hope that our local community will continue to support our farmers’ markets. Our markets are year-round, rain or shine and will continue to run every week unless instructed by the local government otherwise. Now, more than ever, we all need to be eating fresh, seasonal, local food to keep ourselves as healthy as possible. In addition, our markets are a vital part of the livelihoods of our farmers, ranchers, artisans and musicians and they need our markets to stay robust and stong now more than ever.

We also know that our fellow Austinites are hurting due to the cancellation of SXSW and many other events. If you are able, we ask that you check out these local resources to help our fellow central Texans during this difficult time: www.austincf.org/Stand-with-Austin,
www.ilostmygig.com, www.supportaustin.org, and www.gofundme.com/f/bandingtogether2020

Thank you for being a member of the Texas Farmers’ Market community and we hope to see you (with washed hands) at the markets!