Temporary equipment problems aren’t going to get in the way of us offering the bounty of the spring season with lots of beautiful greens, herbs, root veggies, onions, strawberries and more, plus our usual grassfed and pastured meats, Gulf seafood, eggs, dairy, pasta, bread and more!
Read MoreThere’s some absolute hits in our latest What’s Cooking round up, including smashed egg roll tacos that have been on repeat, caramelized beef and peanut noodle bowls, goat kathi rolls on homemade naan, creamy chicken gnocchi soup with bacon and mushrooms, beet deviled eggs and carrot cake cupcakes with maple cream cheese icing.
Read MoreWe’re happy to be stocked up on A&A Acres pastured chicken again, along with more grassfed ground buffalo meat from Bayou Sarah Farms. Plus there’s some sale dairy items, new infused olive oils, a GraNOLA restock, lots of pasta, eggs, hummus, tofu, other grassfed and pastured meats, Gulf seafood, strawberries, an array of greens, root veggies and lots more.
Read MoreThree litters of piglets born to first-time mommas joined us last week! Plus our March and April hatches of chicks are doing great in the brooders and the hoophouse, we’ve been moving and rearranging the other chicken flocks for optimal pasture moves and there’s lush spring pastures for the goats and cattle to graze, as well.
Read MoreThere will be more variety in the veggie lineup at long last as we expect the first summer squash and zucchini of the season this week! Plus there’s another strawberry price drop for peak season, a wide variety of gourmet mushrooms, herbs, microgreens, salad and cooking greens, tons of frozen pasta shapes, pastured eggs and meats, Gulf seafood, tofu, hummus, coffee and tea and more.
Read MoreLots of homegrown ground chicken means chicken burgers and patties galore for us, plus we made a really nice curry with duck stew meat, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and coconut cream, quick and easy miso scallion trout with steamed carrots, a big batch of crispy tofu for multiple different meals and sweet potato overnight oat and chia pancakes.
Read MoreThe local grocery lineup is looking especially springy this week with gorgeous greens and fresh herbs, plus half flats and a price drop on quarts of strawberries as we hit peak season. And we restocked seafood last week, along with chicken, and we’ll have all of our other staples like eggs, dairy, beef, pork and goat meat, hummus, tofu, preserves, pasta and bread and more.
Read MoreFebruary and March have brought a lot of new life and excitement on the farm with all the growing goat kids, a new heifer calf and lots of chicks hatching in our incubator. Some first time momma pigs are getting close to having their piglets and we also saw some pretty wild winds in one of the lines of thunderstorms in mid March, leading to some poultry shelters tossed around and lots of downed trees.
Read MoreWe got a couple new things in the market last week like frozen crawfish tails and sugar cane syrup and molasses, plus there's lots of spring veggies, herbs, microgreens and strawberries, bread, buns and pasta, tofu and hummus, eggs, goat dairy and all of our grass-fed and pastured meats. Aiming to restock shrimp and fish later this week, too!
Read MoreThis What’s Cooking round up is all about variety with all kinds of different proteins — pork chops and shredded beef and chicken meatballs and shrimp and goat ribs!
And the veggie sides were solid, too with caramelized leeks for a creamy spaghetti dish, plus crispy roasted greens and sautéed mushrooms, fresh salads with pickled radishes, beets and crispy scallions, roasted potatoes, purple sweet potatoes and turnips and steamed carrots and more.
Read MoreWe restocked grass-fed beef, pastured pork and chicken last week, along with GraNOLA and GraNOLA bars. Plus it’s peak strawberry season while citrus winds down and there’s lots of beautiful springy herbs, greens and root veggies, as well as eggs, black garlic, mushroom, elderberry and turmeric products, oils and vinegars, stone-milled flour, rice and grits and lots more.
Read MoreAnd we’re still enjoying hearty, cool weather meals, even though we’ve had intermittently warm days lately! In this What’s Cooking round up, there’s a really tasty pork ragu served with pasta, creamy chicken korma with potatoes and kale served with rice, plus fun kofte-spiced goat patty melts with mushroom and squash soup, and crispy tofu and mushrooms as a topping for soup leftovers. And pureed sweet potatoes made for delicious muffins, studded with chocolate chips and walnuts.
Read MoreWe’re stocked up beautiful local food as usual, including the return of the bulk mushrooms at that special sale price, fresh celery bunches, strawberries, tons of greens, pastured and grassfed meats, Gulf seafood, restocked mushroom seasonings, tinctures and black garlic, frozen bone broth, hummus, eggs, goat dairy and more.
Read MoreWe had 61 kids born in a little over a week, with most born in four days. Penny had our farm’s first ever set of quadruplets, plus there were some other sets of triplets and a couple of dramatic births and adoptions. Everyone is doing well now and we can’t wait to see the kids grow and get back to grazing season shortly.
Read MoreWe are proud of be stocked up on all of our own Local Cooling Farms products right now, including chicken and duck eggs, grassfed beef, pastured pork and wild-foraged goat meat. Plus there’s beautiful strawberries, veggies and herbs, turmeric and ginger products, hummus, bone broth, teas and tinctures and more!
Read MoreWhile there’s plenty of fresh produce options this time of year, our market is really shining with healthy protein options right now with grassfed beef and buffalo meat, wild-foraged goat meat, pastured chicken and pork and Gulf seafood all stocked up. There’s also lots of eggs, dairy, honey, preserves, coffee, herbal teas and more!
Read MoreWe’ve got a big restock on our own pastured pork (all sausages, plus tenderloin and more) and we’re offering grass-finished ground buffalo meat for the first time. There’s also lots of hummus, pesto, gourmet mushrooms, a variety of microgreens and salad blends, raw honey, extra milk from last week on sale, fresh coffee and lots more.
Read MoreSome of our best meals during the cold spell, but they’d all still hit the spot now, including a white bean chili with slow cooked chicken, speckled trout with a creamy black truffle sauce, along with lentils and turnips, cashew squash Mac & cheese with crispy tofu and braised cabbage, honey mustard burger bowls with oven fries, leftover beef and mac for a hamburger helper type situation and a beautiful and tasty strawberry sheet cake!
Read MoreWe’re restocked at long last on customer favorite Gulf seafood (shrimp, red snapper, black drum and new smoked yellowfin tuna), plus fresh-milled flour from Barton Springs Mill, Gingerbooch kombucha and probiotic drinks, Cockeyed Farms raw honey and elderberry juices and we have plenty of our other local grocery staples including winter produce, grassfed and pastured meats and eggs, tofu, hummus, preserves, ferments and more.
Read MoreJanuary brought some big rainstorms, temperature swings and very frosty mornings, but we made it through unscathed (all animals and water lines!) and it very much feels like spring is on the horizon now. Plus there’s the bittersweet harvest of more pork from our pig herd, the goats are about to start kidding, there’s ducklings in the brooder, chickens all over the farm and some rearranging and new coops to build, the small cattle herd bale grazing and cover crops almost ready for them to devour.
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