Heidi Bjarnason

Local tomatoes are now available in the Creston Valley and can be used in cheesy tomato soup.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Creston Valley tomatoes now ripe for the picking

Creston tomatoes are finally ripening! Fresh, vine ripened tomatoes are one of the best things about summer...

Local tomatoes are now available in the Creston Valley and can be used in cheesy tomato soup.
Roasted beets with feta and dill.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Fresh Creston beets are tasty and healthy

Available at our local market now are beets, whichs come from the same family as Swiss chard, spinach and quinoa...

Roasted beets with feta and dill.
Summer is the perfect time to make a fresh strawberry pie.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Fresh Creston strawberries perfect for pie

Locally grown and freshly picked strawberries are just starting to become available at the Creston Valley Farmers’ Market..

Summer is the perfect time to make a fresh strawberry pie.
Whole wheat rhubarb upside down cake can be made with local rhubarb.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Rhubarb a healthy, tasty veggie

Rhubarb is probably most known for being in pies along with different fruits and berries like strawberries, but it’s actually a vegetable...

Whole wheat rhubarb upside down cake can be made with local rhubarb.
Green smoothies are a simple way to add nutrition to a diet.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Smoothies a great way to add greens to diet

Greens are an incredibly healthy food — they’re all very low in calories, but are still very nutrient dense...

Green smoothies are a simple way to add nutrition to a diet.
Honey is an excellent sweetener in cherry almond granola bars.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Honey a sweet, versatile substitute for sugar

Honey is another local product that we’re very fortunate to have a good supply of in the Creston Valley...

Honey is an excellent sweetener in cherry almond granola bars.
Lemon blueberry clafoutis is an easy-to-make dessert using eggs.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Eggs are better when they’re local

The difference between store bought eggs and local eggs is incredible...

Lemon blueberry clafoutis is an easy-to-make dessert using eggs.
Banana bread can be made with spelt flour.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Soft wheat perfect for baking quick breads

Soft wheat is generally used for pastries or quick breads. Using hard wheat would result in a hard, dense and heavy end result...

Banana bread can be made with spelt flour.
Hard wheat makes excellent bread.

The Locavore’s Cookbook: Creston Valley wheat perfect for bread

Here in the Creston Valley, we’re very fortunate to have locally grown grain available to us through community supported agriculture...

Hard wheat makes excellent bread.