A new take on bananas
The CSIRO has identified that ‘Eating foods rich in resistant starch nourishes your gut bacteria, which helps maintain intestinal health and reduces the risk of developing colorectal cancer’. Well here is the good news! Green bananas with 38g per 100g are very high in resistant starch and there will always be green bananas at the market.
http://www.csiro.au/hungrymicrobiome/food.html
Knowledge about feeding the beneficial bacteria in our large intestine is gaining increasing exposure as more research is being published in mainstream media. Just as the microorganisms in our soil are important for strong healthy plants so is good health gut flora. If you are keen to know more try searching “microbiome” and learn about how important feeding the good microbiomes can be for your health.
We are fortunate to have a variety of bananas available at the market throughout the year – ripe and green – so perhaps you will be curious about trying some green banana recipes. Used a lot in the Caribbean diet, green bananas are prepared as you would a vegetable in a savoury dish. A green banana chip recipe is provided below.
Blueberries from Blueberry Fields is brought to our market by Anja who works for Lynette and Otto.
Come and meet Anja this week and try a blueberry. She will have more buckets this week so hopefully they won’t run out so early.
Coming Up:
Cooking Demo: 23rd September at 9.30am – Learn from the best as Jonathon Evans – chef from JuJu’s demonstrates how to make a delicious organic potato gnocchi. So easy and lots of fun!
Farm Walk – You are invited to our FREE – Open Gate Farm Tour at Bio Organic Farm Kyogle Rd Byangum at 10.00am on 26th September. This is part of a series of activities for the Spring Tweed Foodie Fest. Morning tea is available for $5.
Recipe of the week:
Green banana chips (Tostones)
Take a green banana and slice into ¾ slices. Fry these in a hot oil (coconut or macadamia) to a light golden colour but still slightly soft and then drain. When cool slice into thinner slices or rounds and fry again for about 3 minutes or until golden and crisp. Drain and cool then lightly salt and serve as dipping chips with a savoury dip.
Entertainment: Matt Aitchison – aka Favourite Son –
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Weather: A beautiful sunny day is forecast with a comfortable temperature range of 10-23 degrees.
Produce of the week (newest season produce is in bold):
- Avocados
- Bananas
- Beans
- Blueberries
- Broccoli
- Cabbages
- Capsicum (organic red)
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Corn
- Cos lettuce
- Cucumbers (Lebanese)
- Custard apples
- Fancy lettuce
- Fennel
- Leafy greens – lots if variety including herbs, kale, swiss chard and many more.
- Lemons
- Limes
- Mandarins
- Oranges
- Passionfruit
- Potatoes (various)
- Red Papaya
- Sweet potatoes
- Sprouts
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes
- Taro
- Swedes
Seasonal Produce List Updated:
Vegetables
Beans (+organic), Beetroot (+organic), 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), 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, Mandarins (organic), Oranges (organic), Passionfruit, Paw Paw, Pears, Rock melons, Strawberries, Watermelons.
Flowers
Gerberas, Lisianthus, Roses,
Eggs – including organic
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 and 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 Company) and goat, Salami (Nimbin Valley Diary) periodically. + lamb and chicken sourced within the broader market radius and locally caught fish -very seasonal).