Back to School Granola Bars

The kids are going back to school. Are you looking for some healthy snacks to throw in for lunch?
Granola bars are simple, fast, and delicious!

Back to School Granola Bars

Ingredients

• 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup shredded coconut, loosely packed
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup chopped pitted dates
• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8 by 12-inch baking dish and line it with parchment paper.

Toss the oatmeal, almonds, and coconut together on a sheet pan and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned. Transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl and stir in the wheat germ.

Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.

Place the butter, honey, brown sugar, vanilla, and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook and stir for a minute, then pour over the toasted oatmeal mixture. Add the dates, apricots, and cranberries and stir well.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan. Wet your fingers and lightly press the mixture evenly into the pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until light golden brown. Cool for at least 2 to 3 hours before cutting into squares. Serve at room temperature.

Borrowed from http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/homemade-granola-bars-recipe/index.html

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Container Gardening Tips

Do you live in an apartment but still wish to garden? Watch Emily from New Urban Farmers on The Rhode Show. She talks about container gardening and tips for growing herbs, produce, and flowers inside and out!

New Urban Farmers in Providence Monthly

 Check out the New Urban Farmers in the current addition of Providence Monthly! Check it out online here: http://www.providenceonline.com. Also don't miss the photo gallery! Thanks Rebecca Remillard and James Jones for this wonderful article.

Growing Together

New Urban Farmers create sustainable agriculture in a concrete jungle

REBECCA REMILLARD

Spring Spring Newsletter

Check out our Spring Spring Newsletter! Check out our Spring Newsletter! Learn about NUF's markets, programming, and our newest members of our farm family, honey bees! Take a look at our feature recipe from the NUF Farmily Cookbook!  

New Urban Farmers' Spring News - http://eepurl.com/moSxv

Fermenting

Making radish and root kimchi!

Check out health benefits of radishes here-- http://www.naturalnews.com/031944_radishes_health_benefits.html

Traditional preservation of food was done without freezers or canning machines, through the process of lacto-fermentation. In this process, the sea salt and/or whey inhibits the growth of putrefying bacteria until enough lactic acid is produced to preserve the vegetables for many months. But, the lactobaccili which produce the lactic acid to preserve the vegetables do much more! They enhance the digestibility of the vegetables, increase vitamin levels, produce enzymes, offer antibiotic and anticarcionogenic substances, and support the growth of healthy flora in our intestines. from-- http://gnowfglins.com/2009/06/03/lacto-fermented-naturally-pickled-turnips-and-beets/#

Fresh veggies galore!

The Slater Park Farmers Market just opened in Pawtucket this past week. Come out and support the New Urban Farmers at one of our 2 markets, or both!--Slater Park and Rumford. We have exciting produce planned through-out the season! For details, visit our journal calendar: http://newurbanfarmersri.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html

Chemical free, Pawtucket and Seekonk grown









June 2012- 
         Greens-- Arugula, cabbage, mustard, celery,      kale, spinach, radish, sorrel
         Herbs --- Cilantro, sage, tyme, chives
         Mushrooms-- shiitakes
         Other-- Radishes, fava beans, sweet peas

July 2012
- Greens-- Arugula, cabbage, mustard, celery, kale,   mild mix
         Herbs --- Cilantro, tyme, lavender, chives
        Onions, squash, beans, garlic, carrots, strawberries
        Mushrooms- oyster, shiitake, shiitake mushroom blocks
        Flowers- edible, decorative

Slater Park Farmers' Market

Where: The By the Tennis Courts (Armistice Blvd entrance)

Slater Park Pawtucket, RI

When:  July 8 to October 23, 2012

Tuesday: 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Rumford Farmers' Market 

Where: The Rumford Center
20 Newman Ave. Rumford, RI
When: May 15 to October 23, 2012
Tuesday: 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM


you can pick up NUF produce and books through out the week at--


Fertile Underground!
1577 Westminster St. 
8 am- 7pm Monday- Saturday
8am - 3pm Sunday

For more information, please visit: http://www.farmfresh.org/food/farmersmarkets.php and http://www.newurbanfarmers.org

Sweet Potato Caribbean Stew

4 sweet potatoes (peeled slightly then cubed)
1 onion (chopped)
1 cup corn (frozen or fresh)
4 cup beans (your choice- dried pinto or 2 cans black is good)
1 salt-less veggie bouillon
1 cup rice (prepared separate- or add 2 cups water if cooking with)
4 cup water
Hot sauce Verde (to taste)
1 tsp cumin
4 cloves garlic (minced)
lemon peel (shaved)
Chipotle pepper
2 Tbs brown sugar
1 Tbs olive oil

Simmer onion and garlic in olive oil on medium until clear.
Add water, bouillon, cumin, lemon peel, and pepper until bouillon dissolves.
Add sweet potatoes- cook to your preference- firm cooked is mine- about 15 min depending on type of potato.
Add rice, corn, beans, brown sugar, and hot sauce Verde

Enjoy with some crunchy bread or a corn tortilla!

Jefferson Avenue Community Garden Clean-up

Get your hands dirty on April 28th as we clean up Jefferson Avenue Community Garden!


The garden is in need of some T.L.C. and what better way to get it in shape than with the community!
Our goal is to prepare the garden beds for planting with fresh compost, raking up debris in the plot, organizing supplies, possibly some building projects, and cleaning out the rain catchment system behind the shed. Come enjoy a day outdoors, choose a plot to tend if you want to grow for the season, and make some new friends!
Please RSVP here if you can make it, Thank you!