Winter farmers’ markets aren’t all preserved or prepared foods.  Here’s vegetable round 2 from the Fort Collins Winter Farmers’ Market, held on January 23rd.  I am grateful for the veggie variety, but surprised by the lack of farmers growing fresh vegetables in greenhouses.  Colorado is known for 300 days of sun.  Farmers’ markets, like this one, prove there is a demand for fresh, local food in winter.  Will we see more  farmers building greenhouses in the near future?

Veggies this week are from Grant Family Farms.  All of them were harvested earlier in the season and stored to be sold at market at a later date.

Rocky Mountain Sweet Onions.  Can they compare to  Vidalias and Walla Wallas?  I’m still enjoying my sweet onion stash from the Northwest.

Pinto beans.  I’ve never met a pinto bean that wasn’t refried.  I love the speckles!

Black beans.

A bounty of beets.

Fancy potatoes.  I didn’t catch the varieties.

And more cabbage….

I made cabbage rolls last week, and have officially put my fear of cabbage to rest!  I used this recipe.  There’s a nice video on how to prepare the cabbage leaves for rolling.  Next time, I think I’ll spice up the filling a bit.

 Have a great week!

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