Hello everyone, we hope you’ll join
us this week for our FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY celebration at Pathfinder Produce. This Thursday,
March 15, at our Edmeston Market, from 1 to 5 p.m., we are pleased to share
some great market specials, with all our tasty produce items marked down
5%. We also will have some fun giveaways, drawings, and some special
blue-and-yellow decorated baked goods as part of our pre-celebration of World
Down Syndrome Day, which will take place on Wednesday, March 21.
I’d also like to announce that our
Adult Day Services has held a market slogan contest, as part of our fifth
anniversary celebration. ADS members Ted Ratcliffe and Joe Kirshoff were
the winners with this great slogan: Pathfinder Produce: Rooted in
Community. Ted and Joe were presented Pathfinder Produce gift
certificates by ADS Program Assistant Kristy Turner for their winning entry.
I don’t normally highlight our
baked goods that we offer at the market, but our wonderful Pathfinder Baker
Gary Gelatt has been doing some historical research that’s really rooted in
the community too. Working with the staff of the Edmeston Museum,
Gary discovered a label for FREEDOM-Peet Hook Bread, baked by the Edmeston
Bakery. In the town’s published history, he learned that the bakery was
making up to 250 loaves of bread each day in 1901. In tribute to our
local baking traditions, Gary’s come up with his own recipe that has simple
ingredients: honey, yeast, salt, very little shortening, and white flour (no
preservatives or high fructose corn syrup). We’ll have these tempting
loaves for sale on Thursday too. (The bread is great for toast, grilled
sandwiches, and French toast, and freezes well). These loaves will go
fast, I’m sure!
A historical note: Many
Edmeston traditions reference the name “Peet Hook.” This recalls the
influence of Dutch settlers in the late 1700s in our area: ‘Hoek’ (meaning corner) was at
times used to describe a hamlet or settlement. ‘Peet” refers to Benjamin
Peet, a tavern keeper who operated the town’s first hotel at the site of
the present Firehouse, at the turn of the 19th century.
We hope to share more research on the Edmeston Bakery with our readers in a
future post.
This week we’re also pleased to
share that our online market ordering is now up and running. If you would
like to try this option, please go to this link on Monday or Tuesday (through
11:59 p.m.) and select the location you would like to pick-up your produce
order at, either in Edmeston or Morris: http://pathfindervillage.org/our-village/pathfinder-produce. Enter your order and pay securely online with your credit
card; SNAP orders should be telephoned into our market staff at the SNAPline,
(607) 965-8377 ext. 187. Our friendly ADS staff will select and bag
your produce on Thursday, and will have it ready for pick-up at the Edmeston
market (from 1 to 5 p.m.) or at our Morris location at the UMC, 17 Church St.,
after 3 p.m. Talk about convenience.
We hope you’ll join us for our
extra special market this week, and we thank everyone for their continued
patronage and support. Pathfinder Produce: Rooted in Community!
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Healthier Broiled Tilapia Parmesan
This week, our newest blogger, Jared O., is
enthusiastic on sharing another healthy recipe with our market fans. He
discovered this dish at the website All
Recipes.com; he wants to try this quick meal soon to share with his
friends.
Like many people, Jared wants to follow a
healthy diet. He did some research on selecting fish as a healthy meal
option, and learned that “(Both) chicken and fish have less saturated fat than
most red meats. The unsaturated fats in fish, such as salmon, actually have
health benefits. These omega-3 fatty acids are also found in some plant
sources, and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.” (Jared found
this information at the website of the American
Heart Association.
To present a nutritionally
balanced meal, Jared said he would serve the tilapia with fresh, steamed
broccoli, seasoned with garlic. “I would also make a spinach salad on the
side.” (For those of you who are really trying to cut down on fats, you
may try the following recipe, but just cut back on the amounts of cheese and
mayo, and on the butter just a tad.)
Prep: 5 min.; Cook: 10
min. Serves 8.
Ingredients
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/8 cup butter, softened
3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
2 pounds tilapia fillets
Directions:
- Preheat oven broiler. Grease broiling
pan or line with aluminum foil.
- Mix Parmesan cheese, butter,
mayonnaise, and lemon juice together in a small bowl. Season with dried
basil, pepper, onion powder, and celery salt. Mix well and set aside.
Arrange fillets in a single layer on prepared pan.
- Broil a few inches from the heat for 2
to 3 minutes. Flip fillets over and broil for 2 or 3 minutes more. Remove
fillets from oven and cover with Parmesan mixture on top side. Broil until
fish flakes easily with a fork, about 2 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 180 calories; 7.7 g fat; 1.1 g
carbohydrates; 25.3 g protein; 56 mg
cholesterol; 231 mg sodium.
