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Pot a Plant for Mom!
 Kids are invited to help celebrate Mother's Day on
Sunday, May 11, by potting a plant for Mom - free to the first 100 visitors.
And the Dane County Timebank will once again host its popular plant
exchange from 10 til noon. Bring your healthy perennial divisions, vegetable seedlings, bulbs, houseplants, seeds, etc. to trade or sell them for time dollars. Please label them with your name and the name of the plant. Stay for a while or just drop off your plants. Most plants will be worth .25 or .5 time dollars, but you don't have to be a Time Bank member to exchange plants. Questions - call 663-0400.
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Have you ever tried Laotian foods? Scrumptious "Brunch by Tui" (pictured below) is offered every Sunday!
We're cautiously expecting a market day like last week but rain or shine, it'll be perfect weather for eating brunch with friends under our community tent.
So before you shop the market for fresh locally grown foods, stop by Tui's Juice & Smoothie cart for some curried squash, shrimp tofu spring rolls or chicken and rice.
Or get a cup of coffee and visit one of our baked goods vendors for a sweet treat!
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Friends of the NFM
The market is a way for people to become involved in our Northside community and learn about all the great services, businesses and people who live here!
So maybe you don't have time to spare but you love the market and want to help out!
Join the Friends of the Market! The generous contributions of friends and volunteers like you make the market possible. Together, we make it fun and easy for Northsiders to get to know each other, eat healthy and shop locally!
Download Sponsorship form
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Opening Day Brag!
by Lynette Jandl
 The fourth annual Opening Day
of the market was the best yet, according to vendors and shoppers. The weather was sunny, warm and inviting. Some of our 20 vendors sold out and will bring even more next week. They said they did a lot better than they had expected and were all very pleased with their sales and the great turn-out. Shoppers enjoyed being outdoors after that long rough winter and said they were glad to be able to eat fresh produce again. The Cinco de Mayo entertainment was lively, colorful and added a wonderful festive flair to the 2008 Opening Day! (Pictured: Volunteers Mimi, Bianca and Suzette)
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Easy Rhubarb Custard Pie
submitted by Lynette Jandl |
Ingredients
1 pie shell, unbaked
fresh rhubarb, diced (2-3 cups)
2 eggs
1 c. sugar
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 c. milk (Blue Marble, of course) |
Directions
1. Mix last four ingredients together until sugar dissolves.
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Fill unbaked pie shell 1/2 to 3/4 full with rhubarb.
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Pour custard mixture over rhubarb.
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Bake 10 min at 425°, then at 350° for 35-40 min until set.
Find more ways to use market foods in our Recipe Index |
The Off the Vine e-newsletter is written and edited by volunteers Amy Pace, Lynette Jandl, Jim Franck and Chris Moore.
Herb photo by Chris Moore.
People photo by Jim Franck. Would you like to contribute to this newsletter? Email us. |
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Northside Farmers Market
Sundays 8:30am - 12:30pm ~
May through October
Northside TownCenter, Northport and Sherman
www.northsidefarmersmarket.org |
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