Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. There is both romance and convenience wrapped up in these healthy small rounds. They feature semi-translucent flesh encased by a smooth skin. Some contain edible seeds while others are seedless. Like blueberries, a protective, whitish bloom covers grapes. … Read More
Swiss Chard
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. A very economical vegetable, since both the rippled leaves and stalk of chard are edible. In fact, the crunchiness of the stalks can replace celery in many recipes. Belonging to the same family as beets and spinach, Swiss … Read More
Winter Squash
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Meet the winter gourd family. Due to their mildly sweet flavour and fine texture that showcases in fall, they show up in many harvest recipes. Fall is when their rinds have hardened, and they keep well under the … Read More
Summer Squash & Zuchinni
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Yes – you may intrerchange summer squash with zucchini in your recipes…just in case you’re wondering. The biggest difference is that zucchini is the only one Ralph’s Farm Market offers year round. The appearance of all the varied … Read More
Rutabaga
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Don’t let rutabaga be the root vegetable that gets lost in the shuffle. Resembling an overgrown turnip but has pale yellow flesh while the turnip has white, a coarser, firm texture, which makes it hard to cut. Typically … Read More
Peas – Snap & Snow
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Do you remember summers growing up, sitting on the porch shelling peas for dinner? Well that was Garden Peas. Shelling won’t happen when eating Snow or Snap peas. Pod peas are grown to be eaten with both the … Read More
Peppers – Hot Jalapeno Chile
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. If hot is your acquired comfort zone for cuisine, then you’re well acquainted with hot pepper, also called ‘chile’. One of the most popular chilies because of its hot and spicy punch and because of the ease in … Read More
Potatoes – Sweet & Yam
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. A popular Thanksgiving tradition. However, they are high in beta-carotene and other nutrients, so it`d be a sham to only serve them for one feast! Many North Americans have been confused when naming these tasty tuber vegetables. Oftentimes … Read More
Parsnip
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Try this winter root vegetable as a sweet, starchy alternative to potatoes. Parsnips resemble a cone-shaped, ivory-coloured carrot, but their aroma is somewhat like celery and involves a sweet, nutty flavour. In fact this vegetable has more natural … Read More
Onion – Yellow, White
Note: Availability fluctuates throughout the year, please understand the described items below are educational. To confirm availability please inquire with us directly. Also known as ‘mature onions’, they belong to the lily family of plants. This vegetable is grown for its edible bulb, most often performing a supportive role to flavour a variety of other foods. The yellow onion is … Read More