Cooling cucumbers, a new ATM and more artisans…

What’s GREAT at the market this week?

cucumber

Cucumbers
As the weather warms up, cool down with refreshing cucumbers.

With a high water content (around 95 per cent by weight) they’ll help keep you hydrated and they’re also a good source of good source of vitamins A and C and minerals such as potassium and manganese.

Choose cucumbers that are firm to the touch and store in the fridge.

Serving suggestions:

  • Add diced cucumbers to some crushed garlic, Greek yoghurt, lemon juice and fresh herbs for a simple yet tasty tzatziki dipping sauce.
  • Place fine slices of peeled fresh cucumber between buttered soft white bread with the crusts removed and cut into fingers for a traditional English cucumber sandwich. Serve with tea as a light afternoon refreshment.
  • For adults only: slice into thin strips and add to a gin and tonic.avocado

Avocados
Although Doug and Blanche Narbey’s avocado season has finished Jumping Red Ant will have avocados for about another two weeks.

*NEW* ATM at the market!
 We now have an ATM onsite for your shopping convenience.

Coming soon: Christmas Artisan Stalls on 30th November and 7th December

Spoil yourself or purchase some unique and locally-made Christmas gifts for your nearest and dearest as we welcome designers and artisans to the markets on 30 November and 7 December.  Here we feature just two of the stalls:greenbird-gallery

Greenbird Gallery: Run by familiar Murwillumbah Farmers’ Market shopper Kerstein Trueman, Greenbird Gallery features homewares and personal items that are created with integrity and with respect for social and environmental sustainability.  Items for sale are handmade locally in the Northern Rivers and southern Gold Coast area and will include Olive and the Volcano Letterpress, Jo Jackson Jewellery, Pawpi Purses, Camphor Laurel Toys, A Happy Home and Church Farm Soaps.

Art Shed Angel: Lucy Campeanu presents a selection of her screen printed, plasma cut metal and other creative artworks.

Follow our Facebook and Instagram pages to see more designer and artisan stalls featured in the lead-up to and during their time at the market

Update for the market this week:

Entertainment:
Broadfoot

Weather forecast:Men's Shed Bread Boards (4)
Partly cloudy. The chance of fog inland in the early morning. Overnight temperatures falling to between 13 and 16 with daytime temperatures reaching around 30.

 Fortnightly, monthly or seasonal stalls:
 Murwillumbah Community Men’s Shed: Are at the market THIS week.
 Go Earth: Hamish will be back in the second week in December with his locally produced compost for all you enthusiastic gardeners.

Produce of the week:
(newest season produce is in bold)

  • Bananas
  • Beans
  • Beetroot
  • Blueberries
  • Broccoli
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Capsicum
  • Carrots
  • Corn
  • Cucumbers (Lebanese)
  • Kale
  • Radish
  • Silverbeet
  • Spinach
  • Strawberries
  • Sweet potatoes

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Seasonal Produce List:
(updated)

Vegetables
Beans (+organic), Beetroot (+organic), Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Capsicum, Cauliflower, Chard (organic), Chilli, Cucumber (+organic), Corn(+organic), Eggplant (+organic), Garlic (+organic), Herbs (basil + organic basil, coriander, fennel, ginger, rocket, turmeric and more), Kale (+organic), Kang kong, Lettuce (cos organic), Fancy Lettuce and mixed salad greens, Micro greens (+ wide variety of organic such as alfalfa, barley greens, sunflower, broccoli, chick pea), Peas incl snow peas (+organic), Mizuna, Onion (+organic), Mushrooms, Pak Choi (organic), Potato (Sebago) , Potatoes (kipfler ++), Pumpkin (+organic), Salad Mix, Silver Beet, Sprouts (+organic), Spinach (+organic), Sweet Corn, Sweet Potato (+organic), Tatsoi (organic) Swedes, Tomatoes (+organic), Taro, Watercress, Wheat grass, Zucchini (+organic).

Fruit
Apples, Avocados, Bananas (Cavendish, Lady Fingers (organic also) and Little Gem), Blueberries, Carambola (star fruit), Custard apples, Dragon Fruit, Grapefruit, Grapes, Kiwi fruit (organic), Lemons + Limes (incl organic), Mangoes, Mandarin (organic), Oranges (organic), Passionfruit, Paw Paw, Pears, Rock melons, Strawberries, Watermelons.

Flowers
Gerberas, Lisianthus, Roses, Tropical flowers – currently red and yellow heliconias.

Eggs
Including organic

Mushrooms
Gourmet mushrooms from Wollumbin Gourmet Mushrooms and general mushrooms from Mountain View Eggs.

Nuts
Pecan nuts and macadamia nuts, nut oils, butters and choc coated nuts.

Dairy
Cows milk, cheeses and yoghurt, kefir, cultured butter ++.
Goats milk and soft cheeses, kefir.

Honey
Raw unprocessed honey, creamed honey, creamed honey with cinnamon and bees wax candles.

Rice and Breads
A variety of artisan sour dough breads baked with a range of organic flours, including spelt and rye, and flavours that use local market products including macadamia nut bread!

Meat
Beef, lamb and pork (All Natural Meat Co.) and goat, Salami (Nimbin Valley Dairy) periodically.
+ lamb and chicken sourced within the broader market radius and locally caught fish – very seasonal).

Seafood
Locally harvested oysters by Noel Baggalay from his Brunswick and Tweed Rivers oyster farm. Seasonally caught local fish, prawns and other seafood as it becomes locally available.

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