Market Garden
We grow seasonally, this means you won’t be getting things like zucchini, capsicum and eggplant in winter nor will you get snow peas in summer.
We are also developing a food forest.
Below is the list of things we grow in the market garden at ALAN foods. Not everything will always be available or available at the same time.
Basil
Availability: Summer
Type: Herb
Uses: Salads, Italian foods.
Cooking tip: add basil near the end of the cooking process to retain essence and flavour.
Storage: store in the fridge wrapped in a slightly damp paper towel.
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Beetroot
Availability: year round
Type: Root
Uses: cooked or raw
Cooking tip: roasting, grated raw onto salad or grate on a sandwich. The greens are edible in salads or sauteed, or juice them! We also pickle the beets, which is easy. They are awesome, keep for ages and no need to buy the tinned stuff!
Storage: store well in the fridge
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Broadbean
Availability: Spring (September-November)
Type: Legume
Uses: cooked or raw, must be shelled, can be double shelled.
Cooking tip: Shell the pods, place in a bowl of boiling water, peel the individual beans for a sweet snack or addition to salad.
Storage: keep in the fridge in their pods for approximately a week, or shell them and blanch before freezing.
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Brocoli - sprouting
Availability: spring
Type: brassica
Uses: stir-fry, boil and salads
Cooking tip: blanch and add to any plate
Storage: keep in the crisper
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Carrots
Availability: year round
Type: root
Uses: everything!
Cooking tip: greens can be used to make carrot top pesto, replace the basil with carrot tops in any receipe, slow cook them in soups or stews
Roots very versatile, stirfry, roast, raw
Storage: stores well in the fridge, remove the greens from the root immediately before storing or the greens will suck the moisture from the root
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Kang Kong
Availability: summer - autumn
Type: Asian green
Uses: stir frys
Cooking tip: Chop the thicker stems and cook them first. Throw in some asian sauces, garlic and the leaves and fry until wilted
Storage: put the bunch in a container with water, like a bouquet of flowers. Use quickly, doesn't store well
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Microgreens
Availability: Year Round
Type: Microgreen
Uses: a super nutritious lettuce replacement or a fancy garnish to any dish.
Cooking tip: don't cook them...
Storage: best placed in a Tupperware container with a paper towel in the bottom
Rainbow Chard
Availability: year round
Type: swiss chard - unrelated to spinach
Uses: should be cooked, not eaten raw.
Cooking tip: chop the stems and cook them first, then add the leaves. Stir fry with some lemon juice and balsamic vinegar as a side to any meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner)
Storage: in the fridge wrapped loosely in plastic, will store for a few days this way.
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Swedes
Availability: cool season
Type: root, bulb, breassica
Uses: edible greens similar to kale in flavour and use, can be boiled and mashed, made into fritters and fried, roasted/baked
Cooking tip: peel, slice and pan fry, mash with potatoes, roast or make into fritters.
Storage: they store well, similar to potatoes.
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