This Week at the Farmers Market

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh as well as a couple of recipes including those products that you can try at home. 

Here’s what we’ve got for you this week: Apples, citrus like dekkopan oranges and grapefruit, sunchokes, carrots, radishes like watermelon, daikon, and cherry belle, hakueri and scarlet top turnips, garlic, greens like bok choy, napa cabbage, lacinato and curly kale, rainbow chard, and collards, herbs like thyme, parsley, cilantro, dill, and rosemary, fennel, bunching green onions, pea shoots and microgreens, gourmet mushrooms like oyster, chestnut, enoki, and lion’s mane, chicken, duck, and quail eggs, shrimp and other seafood, beef, pork, chicken, duck, sausages, bacon, charcuterie, cheese, raw milk, broths, breads, jams, ferments, fresh juices, pastries and sweet treats including gluten-free options, smoked trout and salmon, raw and flavored pecans, honey, coffee, teas, pickles, cocktail mixers, ghee, cooking oils, vinegars, hot sauce, homemade pasta and sauces, spice blends, pet treats.

Atlanta non-profit Community Farmers Markets (CFM) has been building community through farmers markets since 2011. Operating five weekly outdoor farmers markets and seven farm stands at MARTA stations is one of the strategies by which the organization addresses food access in Atlanta. CFM also offers educational programming in the community, financial incentives to make local food more affordable, and professional development for small businesses. See you at the farmers markets!

Cabbage Breakfast Casserole Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 4 oz bacon, sliced
• 1 tbsp butter⁣
• 1 yellow onion, sliced⁣
• 2 cloves garlic⁣
• 1 green cabbage, cored and thinly sliced⁣
• 2 idaho potatoes, shredded⁣
• Sea salt to taste⁣
• Freshly cracked black pepper to taste⁣
• 1.5 cups sour cream⁣
• 1 ½ + ½ cups shredded cheddar⁣

Directions:

1. Add the sliced bacon and butter to a cold, medium sized pot. Place the pot on the stove and cook on medium heat until the bacon starts to render out and become crispy. ⁣
2. Next add the sliced onions and garlic, and continue to cook until the onions are translucent and tender, about 5-7 minutes. I suggest covering your pot with a lid at this point.⁣
3. Add the sliced cabbage and continue to cook on medium heat, covered, until the cabbage is tender, about 15 minutes.⁣
4. Remove the pan from the heat, shred the potatoes right into the pot, season with salt and pepper, and mix in the sour cream and one and a half cups of shredded cheddar. Mix well.⁣
5. Cover the top with the extra half cup of cheddar, and bake at 375˚ for 45 minutes, covered.⁣
6. Next remove the lid and continue to cook until the top of the casserole is golden brown and delicious, for about another 15 minutes.⁣

Spicy Greens Pasta Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 3-4 bundles of turnip greens. Cut the greens off at the base and wash thoroughly.
• 8 oz dry pasta, short or long, whichever shape brings you joy
• 2-4 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
• olive oil
• nutritional yeast to taste
• salt & pep, smoked paprika, red pepper flake to taste
• 1 fresh lemon, sliced and squeezed over final dish to taste

Directions:

1. In a soup pot, bring salted water to a boil then drop in pasta, cook until al dente, usually 8-11 minutes.
2. While your pasta cooks, bring a wok drizzled with olive oil to medium-high heat. Add greens and sauté until wilted and more tender, 2-3 minutes, then add your garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes more. Take off the heat.
3. Your pasta should be done at this point – scoop out a cup-ish of pasta water and then drain your pasta in a colander. 
4. Add the pasta to your wok with a heavy drizzle of olive oil, spoonfuls of nutritional yeast, a few heavy cranks of black pepper, a pinch or two of red pepper flake and salt. Add splashes of starchy pasta water as needed. 
5. Toss all that goodness and green together until well mixed and seasoned to your liking, and then squeeze a few slices of lemon (watch the seeds!) over top, as much juice as you like.

You can also find the recipes for Cabbage Breakfast Casserole and Spicy Greens Pasta on Community Farmers Markets’ Instagram.