Green City Market at the Peggy Notebaert Museum Thanksgiving Finds Order Your Big Birds Now

Green City Market at Peggy Notebaert Museum (2430 N. Cannon Dr.) vendors are making it possible for you to enjoy a local, sustainable Thanksgiving. Pre-orders are being accepted at various vendors for pickup prior to Thanksgiving. Whether you are craving sustainable turkey, delicious side dishes, breads or desserts, local farmers and businesses have something to help make your Thanksgiving table sparkle. Invited out for the holidays? Don’t forget to bring your host a copy of Green City Market’s new cookbook ($24.95). It is certainly a gift they will cherish for holidays to come. Cookbooks are available at the market as well as online at GreenCityMarket.org. 

Sauce and Bread Kitchen http://sauceandbread.com/

Crumb Bread and Co-op Sauce at Green City Market are offering pre-orders for Thanksgiving. Add some spice to your menu with their Co-op Hot Sauce Oaxaca chilhuacle ( $6.99); Crumb boules: cranberry chestnut ($7), chili cheddar ($6), or sunflower spelt ($7); Jalapeno cheddar cornbread ($7); and delicious Bundt cakes: pumpkin and chocolate with ginger glaze ($20) or persimmon pudding with cream cheese frosting ($12). Orders may be made on line at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SOrgCWtLnj1M8vNa_LL4Phzs-RFK5M4UjRdBSlwMFzc/viewform or at either the Crumb Bread or Co-op Sauce booth at Green City Market. Pickup orders will be available November 26 at 6338 North Clark Street, the brick and mortar home of Crumb Bread /Co-op Sauce (Sauce and Bread Kitchen).

Order your Big Bird from Green City Market. 

Three Green City Market vendors will make it possible for you to have sustainable turkeys this year. Choose from:

Meadow Haven Farm, Organic, Free-Range.

Prices are as follows: Under 16 lb.  $6.00 per pound

                                16-20 lb.               $5.50 per pound

                                20 lb.and up        $5.00 per pound

Pre-orders may be made by contacting [email protected] and picked up at Green City Market, November 22, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Mint Creek Farm 

Treat your family to one of Mint Creek’s delicious pasture raised turkeys this Thanksgiving. No matter how large or small your festivities, they have a gobbler to fit the bill, with sizes from 6-24 lbs! Try their new heritage bronze turkeys, or stick with the traditional white turkey, an old favorite. These whole birds are available for pickup at Green City Market, November 22 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Broad-breast White ($6/pound) 

Heritage Bronze Turkeys ($7/pound). 

TJ’s Free Range Poultry 

Turkeys have the run of fenced pastures at Timothy and Julie Ifft’s Central Illinois farm.  The couple’s fine feathered friends are fed an all-natural diet of corn and soybean meal, with no hormones or animal by-products. 

Broad-breasted White ($3.99/pound) 

Broad-breasted Bronze ($4.49/pound), free-range

To order, contact [email protected]. Special pick up at the Market on November 22 from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. only.

Tuscan Hen Lorraine Orbon–[email protected] 

Tuscan Hen Lorraine Orbon is offering pre-order for the holidays! Their fresh pastas include Pumpkin Fettuccine, Whole Wheat Fettuccine, Collard Greens Fettuccine, Garlic & Thyme Pappardelle and Tajarin. 
 

Tajarin is the egg-yolk-rich pasta from the Piedmont region of Italy. Their golden color comes from the farmhouse egg yolks, which are almost orange in color. Tajarin pasta is served simply, usually with butter and freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Orders may be picked up at Green City Market November 22.