Market Magazine

Market Magazine is a big, bold read of abundance, discovery, freshness, variety and inspiration for food, and how you cook it! You’ll find a cornucopia of ideas and inspiration to take your cooking to dizzying new heights, along with hints, tips and tricks, to make you even more of an expert. Exciting as it is, Market Magazine is not designed for your coffee table but your kitchen bench, opened at another recipe – seasonal, quick, simple, sophisticated, new –but always just plain delicious. You’ll love too, that Market Magazine keeps you healthy, takes you into the garden, travels you around and entertains your kids, all while providing the added reward the content supports Australian farmers, saves food from landfill, practises sustainability and shares in a great love for family. And if you’re hot for shopping at Harris Farm Markets, you’re going to love Market Magazine even more, because that’s our home.

Welcome to MARKET MAGAZINE • Welcome to Issue 3. Third time lucky. This time my column is going to be syndicated across all big food media and I’m going to become a media personality. Then I can stop working with my brothers as Co-CEOs and just go to launch events and drink champagne. (Kidding – I love you guys.)

HARRIS FARM MARKETS

Editor’s letter

Cathy’s column

Seasonal Picks AT THEIR BEST • Shopping mid-winter is exciting. So much produce at its peak. But especially don’t miss vibrant blood oranges and creamy borlotti beans. And sweetest Queensland strawberries are just going off! Cosy up and cook at home, what could be better.

Winter WARMERS • Nothing warms you up on a cold winter night, quite like a comforting bowl of nourishing soup. Whether you like yours silky smooth or wonderfully chunky, classic or perhaps you’re keen to try something new, you’ll find a soup to make, ladle, love and share. So go on, fill your bowls to the brim and dig in!

SCRAPPY STOCK • Save money, avoid food waste and enjoy your very own home-made stock using the vegetable scraps you might normally throw out. Then use your scrappy stock as a base for your next creation be it a casserole, stew, risotto or soup!

FEED THE FAMILY FAST • Keeping your people well fed and happy, no doubt is right up there with your top priorities. So lucky you, there's a world of inspiration when you want to get clever in the kitchen. Now check these recipes – because the prep times will have you jumping for joy. And if you're having Mates and Dates to dine, there are tips to make the dishes a tad more sophisticated and impressive as well!

The Easiest WAY TO MAKE • A family favourite, with a time-saving shortcut to help you get dinner cooked fuss-free and fast.

SHOP THE MARKET • Try these quick and easy meals made in 30 minutes or Less

WICKED INDULGENCES • Lightly toast the hazelnuts and you’ll appreciate this recipe even more.

PORRIDGE • For an energy-sustaining start to a cold winter’s day, you can’t go past a nourishing chia porridge with sweet roasted rhubarb.

SO SWEET FOR STRAWBERRIES • The queen of berries at Harris Farm Markets are in peak season, in abundance and bursting with juicy sweetness. Blushing with ruby red colour with their unmistakable sweet aroma, they are the star of mouthwatering winter warming desserts, including our cover, these sweet little puddings.

Queensland STRAWBERRIES • The reason we all love to holiday in south-east Queensland in the winter is the exact same reason it’s the place and time to grow brilliant strawberries – the weather is perfect.

AND WHERE THEY GROW • Ripe juicy strawberries in the depths of winter – how’s that for timing? These luscious fruits have one of their best seasonal peaks from July to September and one of the main suppliers to Harris Farm Markets is Sunny Ridge, which packs an amazing 250,000 punnets to...