Love Blue Barn! They are the nicest people. Their Amaize corn is definitely amazing! Their other…read morefruit and veggies are good too.

This local market reminds me of my days living overseas. If you could happily survive on fresh…read morefruits and veggies (like me), this local delight will be your haven of food porn. Just got 3 Hermiston watermelons (the best) for our wedding reception at 10 cents a pound less than our local stores.

Terrific corn......just doesn't get ant better, and you support local farmers on yop of it!!!read more

Me and my family met a nice gentleman named rob and he gave us some of their sweet corn, what a…read morenice surprise it was. We will be buying corn from them soon!

Awesome people who do a great job processing beef. Great customer service service and very prompt…read morecalls

Loved the quality, freshness and portions of the package I purchased. They have very high quality…read moreand tender meats, making is very easy to create a very reasonable meal cost wise. Would highly recommend this provider. Am preparing to order another combo package shortly.

The family that owns and runs Purple Sage Farms has a wonderful back story and does a remarkable…read morejob of providing herbs, salad greens, edible flowers and, in season, culinary peppers of all kinds to home cooks and eateries in the Boise Treasure Valley. In the last few years they are raising lambs too. (See PS at end for their info about the lamb breeds and how they are raised.) As avid home cooks who are passionate about supporting local farmers and using local sourced ingredients, my husband and I have been Purple Sage fans since we discovered them on a visit to the Boise Farmer's Market in 2013, before we moved to the area. In the ten years we have lived in the area Purple Sage fresh and dried products purchased at our local CoOp or the Boise Farmers Market in season, have been used in our kitchen on several days during every week for many dishes. Once we discovered Purple Sage was raising lamb, our favorite protein to cook when we use animals although we are vegetarian cooks about 90% of the time, we added that to the line up. We recently learned that Purple Sage will deliver (two days a week, I think) in the Treasure Valley and that includes lamb as well as all other items. As a cook with growing disabilities (I have had multiple sclerosis since college days) delivery sounded great to me to avoid a trip to the CoOp or Farmers Market. Delivery is free with an order of $25 or more and a modest delivery fee otherwise. Yesterday we tried the delivery service for the first time and it was such fun to have abundance of gourmet mix salad greens, arugula and fresh herbs including flowering thyme, chives, cilantro, peppermint, tarragon and dill delivered to our door along with a couple of lamb shoulder steaks and a half leg roast. (As with all local farmers who sell animal proteins, the lamb is frozen after butchering.) We are grateful for this family and the work they do to help nourish us! Here is a link for others who want to learn more about how to buy from Purple Sage Farms. https://www.purplesagefarms.com/shop PS - Here is what they say about their lamb: "We raise Katahdin and Dorper breeds, hair sheep known for their delicately flavored meat. These are smaller stature sheep that shed their wool--super practical for our farm. Our lambs are raised and finished on grass and are harvested at 90-100 lbs. We send animals for slaughter weekly April to December."

This farmer's market is perfect for our covid life right now. This is the description for it on…read moreFacebook: Reko is a Facebook based, pre-ordering system for local products. Imagine being able to shop for fresh, local and ethical produce and goods on Facebook, while supporting small-scale producers. Simply join our Reko-Nampa group on Facebook and place your order by commenting on the producer's weekly posts. You will then be able to pickup orders every Tuesday at the Sportsman's Wareouse parking lot at 6pm. (Shout out to Tia Groves, one of the admins. The page is easy to follow and very organized.) Went to this location a few weeks ago. Today, I checked out REKO-Meridian. Noticed some of the same vendors at both locations. When you arrive you really have to pay attention as there are not a ton of vendors (at least, not yet) and vendors sell out of the back of their vehicles. I had a difficult time at both identifying who I bought from online. Here's the 411 on vendors I bought from in Nampa and Meridian. The Meridian location has 5.6k members (so, I hope to see this market grow) The Nampa location has 1k+ members Wufyre Coffee Roasters Offers two types of coffee. I got the Sumatra. The aroma filled my car all the way home. Took everything I had not to make a cup pdq. Saving it for tomorrow morning. Steele Legacy Honey & Crafts Bought their Wild Sweet Clover Honey. They have two types in various sizes, along with beeswax, honey butter and honey sticks. Didn't check out the crafts. I'm a big fan of using local honey - good for your health. They had a separate vehicle for dairy products, too. Not sure if these two are connected though. Hipwell Ranch Wanted to order meat from them, but I waited too late. All natural and grassfed. Challah Bread Home Svetlana's challah bread, cinnamon bread and pocket cookies are the bomb! Made french toast out of the cinnamon bread - and wow. Groves Country Mushrooms Family farm of 4th generation farmers. Their mushrooms inspired me to buy the mushroom cookbook they sell and get the 'mixed' bag of mushrooms. I don't know much about it and this is my first step into learning all about it. I made a mushroom sauce with my mixed bag and it was so good. Housewife at Heart Miranda had take & bake items and tamales. I just bought her Chicken & Potato tamales today. Can't wait for dinner tomorrow night! These are the only vendors I've bought products from (so far) - not to say the others are probably amazing, too. This is a wonderful way to support our local businesses and get fresh and healthy food, too. Many do appreciate if you pay in advance of pick-up - most use Venmo. They list payment options and such in their weekly posts. Do note: Covid pre-cautions are not being followed by most vendors or customers. No one is hassling each other for it. Most are following the 6 feet apart recommendation.

Just bought a 2 pound container of fresh cherries at Costco. The box says Symms Fruits. Caldwell…read moreID. They are so fresh, firm and full of flavor. If I lived closer I would drive there myself. Buy 5 more pounds and tip the cherry pickers and the cashiers. These cherries are perfection. Thanks Symms!

Great opportunity for anyone who does bulk canning. Very helpful employees. Symms does sell locally…read moreat Walmarts and at great prices. Will go back in June for their cherries!

Within the last week, I lost a very important member of my family. My fur Baby Lulu. I had her for…read more17 years and 2 months until I had to say goodbye. I am so sad, and know that I will be for quite a long time , so to ease the pain a bit and help me to stay busy and keep my mind off of losing her, my very beautiful friend decided we should go to Peaceful Belly Farm and relax, have some delicious food, be in nature and around positive people with a beautiful ambience. Of course Peaceful Belly delivered as always. We decided to have a gorgeous glass of Viogner, and thought it would be nice to split a few of the dishes to share. We started with the spinach dip bread bowl, with farm, fresh spinach mixed with a three cheese blend served in a Acme sourdough loaf. The dip was so yummy, creamy and heartwarming, and there were so many layers of flavor. It was just the right amount of salty and the texture was wonderful. It was served in an Acme sourdough loaf which is always delicious. They cut up the top portion of the bowl into small pieces so that we could easily dunk the bread into the dip. It was the perfect way to start the meal. I don't think there was much left of that when all was said and done. The second dish that we decided on together was the deviled eggs. They were beautiful, fresh, farm eggs that were nice and cold and the yolks were whipped beautifully with dill and garlic filling. Garnished on top of the eggs they served this insane, brown sugar, caramelized McIntyre bacon. There were some gorgeous, delicate, yellow, edible flower petals on top which took it over the top aesthetically. They were perfect. It was a serving of four and it was just enough for my friend and I. Last but not least, we had a dish made from homemade chorizo from the James Beard nominated Chef, Dan Ansot of Ansot's Basque restaurant in downtown Boise. It was phenomenal. Made with warm saffron stew that had carrots and sweet pepper, onion and garlic on a creamy polenta base topped with his Basque chorizo and grilling cheese (which is one of my favorite cheeses ever!) It was spicy and so complex. We really enjoyed this dish tremendously. Our server Kayla was wonderful. She checked up on us often, but not too often to make sure that we were enjoying everything and asked if we wanted more wine. The dishes came out in a timely manner and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. The atmosphere is gorgeous set in an open space full of greenery and flowers and food growing all about the property, not to mention all of the gorgeous black and white sheep that are grazing peacefully around the restaurant outside. It was a perfect day with a perfect friend with perfect weather and really helped me to set aside the sadness I felt from losing my sweet little fur baby, even if just for a little while. The inside is impeccably clean and a bright open space with plenty of tables. They have a ton of gorgeous dry flowers from all over the property hanging gracefully from the ceiling and they always have fun artwork hanging on the walls. I will always return. They do a good thing for the community and they have a gorgeous space with beautiful food and people. Thank you for helping me through my grief. See you soon!

Great atmosphere, wonderful food, friendly staff! Hope to go back soon. I recommend making a…read morereservation if you can, but it was well worth the wait, and you can check out the store and grounds while you wait.

Last Sunday, I stumbled upon this great little business in Nampa, which is located directly across…read morefrom Blazen Burgers (216 1st Ave. S.). Owner Mark Davis, who moved here from New Orleans, is there on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 AM until 5 PM unless he sells out early. He offers boiled peanuts in three flavors: Plain, Dill Pickle and Cajun. For $10, you get a 32 ounce cup that is heaping with peanuts boiled peanuts. I tried the Dill Pickle and Cajun. Both were good but we preferred and bought the Cajun. Cash only. Fun Fact: Boiled peanuts have nearly 4 times the amount of antioxidants found in other kinds of peanuts. These naturally occurring nutrients are linked to numerous health benefits, including cancer prevention, reduced inflammation and prevention against cardiovascular disease.

Best boil ever. I have not had peanuts this good since I lived in Florida! Try them you will be…read morehooked. Go nuts!!!