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Amazing potato nutrition facts

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / July 11,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

AMAZING POTATO NUTRITION FACTS
Behold the mighty potato!

Fresh potatoes like the ones grown by the McKenney family at Sion House Farm in Farnham, Va., above, may look like pretty dull company. But beneath every potato’s mild-mannered exterior lies a super-tasty, super-nutritional SuperSpud! Or they are when you eat potatoes fresh like these– not processed into store-bought fries, tater tots, hashbrowns, or potato chips.

The healthiest way to cook a fresh potato is to...

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11 Tasty tips to boost flavor

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / July 5,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

11 TASTY TIPS TO BOOST FLAVOR
The Flavor Fairy tells all!

Take it from me, the Flavor Fairy: You have the power to boost flavor, and you don’t need a magic fairy wand to do it. Here’s how.
1. Start with fresh, local produce and artisan fare. The fresher food is, the more flavor it has.
2. Prep garlic, onions at the last minute. Once cut, with time their flavor can get too strong.
3. Keep all those tomato seeds and goopy stuff, too. That’s where the flavor is. Who...

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How to find your local farmers markets … and why

EAT BETTER LIVE BETTER NEWSLETTER / June 27,2018

Tips, hacks, recipes, stories, and the weekly special all help you eat better live better with fresh local food!

HOW TO FIND YOUR LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS … AND WHY.
'Tis the season for a field trip to explore local food!

Here at the Seasonal Roots online farmers market, we love in-person farmers markets – they’re our inspiration! If you love them, too, check out our Veggie Fairy Blog series on in-person markets before you get out and explore. We’ve got helpful info on markets in Richmond, Fredericksburg, Northern Virginia, and the Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach area. View links to each area on the Veggie Fairy blog.

In-person or online, farmers markets bring communities together around local food. Both have benefits. At in-person markets, you can enjoy face-to-face interactions with the folks who produce your food. The online market’s convenient online ordering and home delivery save valuable time ...

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