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Farmers Market Challenge: Microgreens – Small Size, Big Flavour

July 13, 2016 By newwestfarmers

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“Daddy, why are you putting dead flowers onto mommy’s salad???”

Oh child, those aren’t dead flowers, nope, those are microgreens, and you better be liking them because they’re a new must-have staple in our market-buying groceries. (Note: Microgreens do not look like dead flowers; this was the observation of a three-year-old.)

When I walked past the Nutrigreens tent at last week’s market, I looked at my list and sure enough microgreens were there, but only on the maybe side. That meant that only after we got our necessities for the week purchased could we splurge on the maybes.

We are working with a budget after all; we’ve got to stick to the plan. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Eats and Drinks, Uncategorized Tagged With: buy local, eating well, farmers market challenge, food budgeting, local shopping, meal planning

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