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Keep Your Holiday Local
Shop the Market!
 Bellingham Farmers Market makes it easy for you to plan and prepare for your holidays. Click HERE to download menus, recipes and shopping lists that incorporate all the bounty of the Market. Here is just a sampling of the items that are available for the perfect holiday meal:
Apples, cider: Bellewood Acres
Beef and pork: Samish Bay Cheese, Skagit Angus Beef
Cheese: Samish Bay Cheese
Chicken: Osprey Hill Farm
Eggs: Farmside Fare, Osprey Hill Farm
Honey: Backyard Bees, Red Barn Lavender
Nuts: McMurray's Mountainside Hazelnut Farm
Vegetables: Alm Hill Gardens, Broad Leaf Farm, Cascadia Mushroom Works, Cedarville Farm, Dona Flora, Evergreen Station, Holistic Homestead, Hopewell Farm, K & M Red River Farm, Osprey Hill Farm, Rabbit Fields Farm, Sumas River Farm, Terra Verde
  The Market is also tops for decorations and gifts. We have several vendors selling wreaths, garlands, candles and more to help you create a beautiful setting. There are also over 30 crafters selling one-of-a-kind gifts.
The Bellingham Farmers Market is truly your one-stop-shop for a LOCAL holiday! | |
 Meet Our Vendors
Linda DeBoer of Back Lane Gardens
What makes your products unique, unusual, or special?
No two products are ever the same. Real leaves are used in my sand castings. No two leaves are the same. My soap is made in small batches, and each one varies a little. I never make two bird houses exactly the same. Every plant I grow has its own character. No two people are the same. I try to celebrate that.
Learn more about Backlane Gardens... |
 What's Fresh
Hazelnuts
A hazelnut is the nut of the hazel tree. Hazelnuts are sometimes referred to as a cob nut or filbert according to species.
The kernel of the seed is edible and can be used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. The seed has a thin, dark brown skin which has a slightly bitter flavor depending on the species of hazelnut. If preferred, the skin can be removed before using.
Check hazelnuts by picking up a nut and shaking it. If it rattles inside the shell, this is an indication it has lost moisture and is now stale. The shells should be free of cracks or holes.
At room temperature, unshelled hazelnuts can last about a month. Once shelled, they should be eaten as soon as possible. Shelled hazelnuts should last unopened up to 4 months in the refrigerator or 1 year in the freezer. |
New Market Merchandise
Great Gifts!
 We have new seasonal tea towels, mens' and womens' tees, toddler tees, onesies and rompers, all celebrating the Bellingham Farmers Market. In addition, we still have a limited supply of totes, basecall caps, sweatshirts, etc.
Stop by the Information Booth to see what's new! |
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Suggestions and Comments Are Welcome!
Email your ideas or concerns to market@bellinghamfarmers.org. There will also be a 'Suggestion Box' available at the Information Booth each Saturday for your comments. | |
 Sponsor A Meal!
Sharing the Bounty
This Saturday, November 21st, shoppers at the Bellingham Farmers Market can purchase fruits and veggies, or donate funds that will go towards the purchase of produce from the Market vendors. All produce will be donated to the Bellingham Food Bank to brighten someone's holiday meal this season.
Look for the booth at the Market to find out how you can participate! |
 Featured Recipe
Candied hazelnuts make a great gift for the holidays. They can be used in salads or as garnish on desserts. They are also great for snacking!
Candied Hazelnuts
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cup hazelnuts
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
In a small heavy saucepan simmer water with 1 cup sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Preheat oven to 350° F
and lightly butter a shallow baking pan. Coarsely chop hazelnuts. Stir nuts into syrup and simmer 1 minute. With a
slotted spoon transfer nuts to baking pan, arranging in one layer, and reserve syrup. Cut butter into pieces.
Bake nuts in middle of oven until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Immediately
add butter to nuts, tossing to coat and separate, and with a spatula transfer nuts to a plate to cool (nuts will crisp as they cool). (Nuts may be candied 2 days ahead and kept in an airtight container in a cool, dry place). |
 Chef "Away From" the Market
Author Daniel Orr
Saturday, November 28th, 11:00am
Downtown Co-op Connection Bldg. 1200 N. Forest St.
Join renowned chef and author Daniel Orr at the Community Food Co-op's Connection Building as part of the Bellingham Farmers Market's "Chef at the Market" series. In his book FARMfood: Green Living with Chef Daniel Orr, he advocates using locally grown, wholesome ingredients and features a diverse assortment of recipes influenced by his Midwestern roots, as well as his stellar global culinary career.
Space is limited for this talk, demonstration, and sampling from FARMfood, so arrive early. (Please park on the street, not in the Co-op lot, for this event.)
Co-sponsored by Village Books, Bellingham Farmers Market, Sustainable Connections, and the Community Food Co-op | |
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