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Showing posts with label Green City Market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green City Market. Show all posts

20.8.18

TILL Vodka Farm to Cocktail Popsicles

I was asked by Carusele to participate in the #PrideDistilled campaign, sponsored by TILL Vodka. Although I have been compensated, all opinions are my own.

At this point of summer, the heat is scorching, and I think we are all looking for a good way to cool down. I thought I would get a little creative and make a unique farm-to-cocktail experience in the form of adult popsicles.

In order to keep the farm-to-cocktail theme authentic and true, I decided to use TILL Vodka in my popsicles. TILL Vodka is a premium spirit crafted and distilled here in the Midwest, that uses the finest local ingredients, like premium Kansas wheat.

Whether you use it in the recipes shown below, or craft your own cocktails with it, you will notice its crisp smooth finish that will make you proud to serve it to your friends and family.

For this recipe, I used seasonal fruits and vegetables purchased from my local farmers market. I stopped by the Green City Market and Wicker Park Farmers Market where I found farm fresh peaches and blueberries from Mick Klug Farms and tomatoes from Nichols Farm.








Peach Blueberry Popsicles
Makes 6 popsicles




Ingredients
2 cups water
3 oz of TILL Vodka
2 medium peaches diced
½ cup or 30 blueberries
2 tablespoons of raw local honey
2 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
Optional: Thinly sliced peaches to add into the mixture

Preparation
Combine the water, TILL Vodka, peaches, honey, lemon juice in the blender and puree until smooth.
Pour the mixture into the popsicle molds, add blueberries and peach slices and freeze for about 1 hour.
Add the popsicle sticks to the molds, return to the freezer for an additional 6 hours or overnight.











Bloody Mary Popsicles
Makes 6 popsicles










Ingredients
2 large ripe heirloom tomatoes
2 oz. TILL vodka
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon of hot sauce
½ teaspoon freshly grated horseradish
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation
Puree the tomatoes in a blender until smooth, about 1 minute.
Strain the puree through a fine-mesh strainer into a bowl and discard the solids. 
Stir in the TILL vodka, lemon juices and horseradish. 
Add the hot sauce and season with salt and pepper.
Pour the mixture into the popsicles molds and freeze for about 1 hour.
Add the popsicle sticks to the molds, return to the freezer for an additional 6 hours or overnight.









I hope you enjoy these adult popsicle recipes using TILL Vodka. 
Make sure to check out their social media links listed below for more information about TILL Vodka:

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https://twitter.com/tillvodka

https://www.pinterest.com/tillvodka/

I was asked by Carusele to participate in the #PrideDistilled campaign, sponsored by TILL Vodka. Although I have been compensated, all opinions are my own.



27.9.16

Q & A at Chicago Gourmet Sponsor Country Financial with Chef Kevin Hickey and Check Please! Host Cat De Orio




Since 1925, Country Financial has supported the agriculture industry and local famers. They continue to help restaurants understand what it takes to be financially secure in the industry. As an avid home cook and supporter of the farm-to-table movement, and one deeply rooted in the Chicago restaurant scene, I was ecstatic to join Country Financial with Chef Kevin Hickey at Park Grill for an exclusive Q&A session.  The discussion was led by Check Please! host Cat De Orio and Chef Hickey, and they discussed his passion for farm-to-table and what it means for the Chicago restaurant industry.



When I arrived at the Park Grill for the Q&A, I was greeted by a refreshing mimosa and charred beef carpaccio.





I listened to Cat and Kevin discuss how they both attended Green City Market before Chicago Gourmet. It brought a smile to my face as I did the same.   Every Wednesday and Saturday at Green City Market, I run into Chicago chefs picking up the local and seasonal ingredients for their kitchen, and that has in turn inspired me to do the same in my home kitchen. I may have to spend a little more on the plums, potatoes and peppers, but I get to engage with the farmers and know exactly where my food is coming from. I have been a firm believer of quality over quantity and Chef Kevin and Cat affirmed my belief during their Q&A.  The farmers will take time to educate you on their produce, and even offer their recipes on how to prepare!  Who knew you can make an amazing garlic scape pesto??

There aren’t many “food bloggers” in Chicago like me, as I know every farmer and they know me. I take time each season to visit the farms and REALLY understand the process from seed to harvest to table.  To be honest, it tastes so much better even if it costs a bit more.   There is a sense of satisfaction when you can form a connection with your food.  If we all supported local farms, the cost of their produce would decrease.


After the Q&A, I got to catch up with Cat, who has been a dear friend of mine for many years, and Johanna of Mommacuisine. These girls not only are #girlboss ladies, but they also support the farm-to-table movement in and out of the Chicago restaurant scene.



This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of COUNTRY Financial.  The opinions and text are all mine.

14.7.15

Green City Market Chef BBQ 2015 #GCMCHEFBBQ



Green City Market's Chef BBQ is MY favorite summertime event in Chicago. I have been attending the Chef BBQ for years now, and I always have the BEST time. I am an avid supporter of Green City Market, as I love buying local, and having the comfort of knowing my farmers and where the food that I ultimately consume, comes from.  Furthermore, the GCM BBQ includes participation from a bunch of Chicago's top chefs and restaurants, so it fits right up my alley by combing my favorite interests.  GCM Chef BBQ really does offer the best of the best, featuring celebrity chefs like Rick Bayless and Stephanie Izard, among others...  So buy a ticket and have a chance to mingle with them!

On Thursday, over 100 of Chicago's top restaurants provide tasting portions of local, sustainable, heirloom produce and heritage meats sourced from GCM farmers. Multiple Midwest brewers, distilleries, and wineries offer tastings of their handcrafted beverages with a focus on locally sourced ingredients.





Tickets
General admission: $125    Kids (12 and under): $25    VIP: $250


Become a Green VIP
The VIP experience includes: one hour early admission to the BBQ, access to the VIP Lounge, open bar, and passed hors d'oeuvres from Limelight Catering.
Large Corporate Cabanas - $10,000 each
Each cabana includes a private lounge space for 16 guests
Dedicated server for food and beverage service
Logo recognition at the gold level and logo placement on cabana, step & repeat, and program
Private Lounge Grouping - $5,000 each
• A small cabana to accommodate 10 guests.
• Dedicated server for food and beverage service.
• Logo recognition at the silver level in program and on cabana
Private table
•Reserved tables of 2, 4, 6, 10, and more available for purchase at the per person price of VIP tickets.
Need a Ride?


Need Chef BBQ transportation?  Download the Curb Taxi app and enter promo code GREENCITY for $10 off your first ride! For each ride taken, Curb will donate $5 to Green City Market.

Participating restaurants
312 Chicago
676 Restaurant and Bar
Arbor
Armour & Swift
Atwood Restaurant
Balena
Bar Takito / Takito Kitchen
Bell's Brewery
BellyQ
Big Jones
Bistronomic
Blaum Bros. Distilling Co.
Boka
Boltwood
Bottlefork / Duck Inn
Cafe des Architectes
Candid Wines
Cello Via
Ceres' Table
CH Distillery
Chilam Balam, Shaman by Chilam Balam
Columbia Street Roastery
Cookies & Carnitas
Dablon Vineyards WInery & Tasting Room
Dirk's Fish & Gourmet Shop
DMK Burger Bar, Fish Bar, and MK
Eli's Cheesecake
Embeya
Farmhouse Chicago
Forbidden Root Brewery
Fork
Formento's
FOUND
Fresh Coast
Frontera Grill/Topolobampo/XOCO
Frontier
Gather
Girl & the Goat, Little Goat, Duck Duck Goat
Goose Island Beer Company
Grand River Spirits
GT Fish and Oyster
HaiSous
Half Acre Beer Co.
Haymarket Pub & Brewery
Heartland Meats Inc.
Hickory Creek Winery
Highflier Provisions
Homestead on the Roof
Illinois Sparkling Co.
Intelligentsia Coffee / Kilogram Tea
Japonais by Morimoto
Knife&Tine
KOVAL Distillery
La Sirena Clandestina and the upcoming El Che Bar
Lakeshore Beverage
Lehmans Orchard
Lillie's Q/LQ Chicken Shack
Limelight
Lockwood Restaurant & Bar
Lula
Lush Wine & Spirits featuring Chateau Nomad
Lynfred Winery
Maddy's Dumpling House
Madison & Rayne
Maple & Ash
Metropolitan Brewing
Midwest Wine Selections
mk restaurant
Momotaro
Moody Tongue Brewing Company
New Holland Brewing and Artisan Spirits
North Pond Restaurant
North Shore Distillery
Off Color Brewing
One Off Hospitality Group
One Off Hospitality Group: Blackbird, the Publican & Nico Osteria
Oppidan Spirits
Osteria Via Stato
Park Grill at Millennium Park
Perennial Virant
Piece Brewery
Pierrot Gourmet at The Peninsula Chicago
Prairie Grass Cafe
Quincy Street Distillery
Red Door
Revel
River Roast
Round Barn Winery, Brewery, and Distillery
Sable Kitchen & Bar
Salero Restaurant
Seedling
Sepia
Seven Lions
Shaw's Crab House
Smoque and Ina
Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
Sunday Dinner Club and Honey Butter Fried Chicken
Table, Donkey and Stick
Taus Authentic
Terrace @ The Conrad
Terzo Piano
Tesori Trattoria and Bar
TÊTE Charcuterie
The Betty
The Bristol
The Chopping Block
The Dawson
The Gage/Acanto
The Glunz Tavern
The Kitchen
The Nomad Food Company
The Radler
The Signature Room at the 95th
Three Floyds Brewpub
Trenchermen & Pub Royale
Two Brothers Brewing Co.
Uncommon Ground & Greenstar Brewing
Uncommon Ground on Devon
Vie Restaurant
Villains Chicago
Vitani Spirits
Waldorf Astoria Chicago
Wirtz Beverage Group
White Oak
Wood Restaurant

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