Yummy Broccoli Recipes and Farmers’ Market Tour Stop Number 8: Guildwood Village

The Buy Local Share Local farmers’ market tour of Ontario made a stop at Guildwood Village Farmers’ Market last Thursday evening with a fresh food drive for Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank. We had a beautiful evening with no rain!! Guildwood Village is a smaller market, but has lots of activities to keep kids busy, including a wood working booth and live music. There was a wide variety of vendors ranging from organic produce to homemade granola and local artwork. Thanks to all those market goers who donated an extra portion of produce to the food drive, and also to Wicklow Way Farm for donating some of their beautiful looking summer turnip!

I purchased some fresh broccoli and eggs at the market and decided to make a simple quiche for dinner. I bought a frozen pie shell and filled it with lightly sauteed broccoli and onions. I then whisked together three eggs with a cup of milk, a pinch of nutmeg and salt and pepper. I poured this mix over the veggies, sprinkled it with grated cheddar, then baked it for 35 minutes at 375. I also found a low-fat quiche recipe from Foodland Ontario. The next night I still had broccoli left over so I tried a recipe for broccoli salad I found online…it was absolutely delicious!

Easy Broccoli Quiche

Delicious and Crunchy Broccoli Salad

 

 

 

 

 

Broccoli will keep up to five days in the fridge, and will keep up to ten days if it is bought fresh from your local farmers’ market. Make sure to look for broccoli with dark green or purplish florets, if the florets are yellowing the broccoli is getting old.

This Friday (August 14th) Buy Local Share Local will be holding a fresh food drive for Hamilton Food Share at the Ottawa Street Farmers’ Market in Hamilton. We’ll be there all day from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm, so come on out and visit us!

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