Maritza Owens
Beat the Heat with Less Meat

Suddenly it’s Summer! After a long, beautiful spring, who expected it to become so hot so fast? And who wants to cook over a hot stove when the temperature is 100°?  At Harvest Home, we discovered a great summer meal maker: Pasta salad.

Beat the Heat with Less Meat
Maritza Owens
Balancing Your Food Budget with Beans

If managing your food budget seems harder these days, Harvest Home has a trick for you: Cooking with beans.  Beans? YES, deliciously easy way to balance your BUDGET while improving your diet! Beans can make a meal or stretch the meat in a dish without changing the taste.

Balancing Your Food Budget with Beans
Maritza Owens
It’s Spring! Mornings Just Got Better

Finally, there is sunshine in the morning instead of winter gloom! In a hurry to enjoy the day?  Wait!  Take a few minutes for a quick breakfast. A quick breakfast jump-starts you and powers you through the day ahead.

It’s Spring! Mornings Just Got Better
Maritza Owens
Good for You Treats from the Easter Bunny

Bunnies like carrots! Carrots are loaded with Vitamin C and make a delicious dessert to satisfy any sweet tooth. Our Carrot Cake (recipe below) includes carrots (of course), applesauce, eggs, and walnuts, the perfect combination of protein, carbohydrates, and healthy fats like Omega-3. It’ll get you hopping with health like that Bunny!

Good for You Treats from the Easter Bunny
Maritza Owens
Beat The Increasing Cost Of Eating

Is food costing more than it used to feed your family? The price of food is rising! At Harvest Home, we looked for ways you can save a few dollars, stay healthy, and not give up on taste. Try cutting back on how much meat you use in a dish. Replace meat with tofu or beans.

Beat The Increasing Cost Of Eating

Savory Sweet Roots Mash-Up Celeriac, Parsnip and Potato

Savory Sweet Roots Mash-Up Celeriac, Parsnip and Potato

The potatoes provide volume and a familiar flavor base, the parsnip adds sweet, creamy, earthy goodness. Potatoes are on the HHFM list as a good source of vegetable based protein. The celeriac sends the mash OVER-THE-TOP with hints of herbaceousness and celery, along with a hearty texture.

Join Us THIS THURSDAY, Oct 19, 2017 for Savor The Season Uptown!

Ever wonder about the great food above 96th Street? Come get your fill this Thursday, October 19, 2017 at the Museum of the City of New York as Harvest Home Farmers Market hosts Savor the Season Uptown!

 

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

The snappy taste of a fresh apple is like biting into the crispness of fall weather. It's apple season and Harvest Home Farmer's Markets are bursting with different varieties: crisp, snappy, juicy, tart or slightly sweet and all freshly picked by local farmers for the best taste.

 

TO-MAY-TO, TO-MAH-TO, TO-MAH-TE PERFECT NOW

TO-MAY-TO, TO-MAH-TO, TO-MAH-TE PERFECT NOW

No matter how you pronounce it, the perfect tomatoes are here NOW! Red, succulent and drenched with the juicy taste you only get from fresh, locally grown, ripened on the vine and picked the day before you get them, TOMATOES!