Posted in News on July 29, 2011
Western Maine BBQ Festival Many thanks to the hard working Green Thumb Farms team members who helped make our first BBQ Festival a success. Thank you to Hannaford for inviting us to participate in this wonderful event. We served up some delicious BBQ style baked beans to help customers understand what we do and where we come [...]
Posted in News on July 21, 2011
Come visit us at the Western Maine BBQ Festivalthis weekend (July 23-24). This event takes place the the Fryeburg Fairgrounds. We will be serving up baked beans and enjoying the festivities. This is a real BBQ competition with real prizes as well as a chance for you to be a “people’s choice” judge. For more [...]
Posted in Recipes on June 2, 2011
Quick tip: To slash the oven time, simmer the beans (before baking) for 20 minutes with one tablespoon of baking soda . This saves 4 1/2 hours in the oven!
Posted in News on March 11, 2011
Congratulations to: People’s Choice Award Winners of the 9th Annual Chili Cook-off: 1st place – Appalachian Mountain Club – Pinkham Notch 2nd Place – White Mountain Hotel 3rd Place – MWV Hog Chapter The event was both tasty and fun-filled, we hope you enjoyed your Jacob’s Cattle, Yellow Eye, Soldier and Red Kidney beans!
Posted in News on January 13, 2011
Winter finally made an appearance on the farm, Mother Nature dumped 13 inches of the beautiful white stuff on us yesterday! Out and about today I snapped this shot of a field that was covered with corn a few months ago. Mount Washington was in the clouds but those that surround it sure did sparkle with [...]
Posted in News on January 5, 2011
New for 2011 we have added our MOFGA certified organic Jacob’s Cattle and Yellow Eye beans to our online store. As always you can still purchase our conventional Soldier Beans, Yellow Eye Beans, Jacob’s Cattle Beans and Red Kidney Beans. Happy New Year!!!
Posted in Recipes on December 29, 2010
Bela’s Potato and Solider Bean Chowder Found on: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/belas-potato-and-white-bean-chowder/Detail.aspx Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 4 medium red potatoes, chopped 1/2 tablespoon imitation bacon bits 1/8 teaspoon dried celery flakes 1 pinch ground dry mustard 1 pinch ground cloves cayenne pepper to taste salt and pepper [...]
Posted in News on December 22, 2010
Happy Holidays from all of us at Green Thumb Farms! We hope that the holiday season is filled with warmth and cheer, don’t forget the potatoes and beans! If you still haven’t stopped in and picked yours up be sure to do so before Friday as we will be closed for the Christmas holiday. For those of [...]
Posted in Around the Farm, News on December 13, 2010
Does your gift list include someone that is really hard to shop for? Do they like homemade baked beans? Give them the gift of beans! We sell Soldier beans, Yellow Eye beans, Red Kidney beans and Jacob’s Cattle beans on this very website! Soldier beans are very popular and nothing could be easier than placing your order [...]
Posted in Recipes on November 12, 2010
(Recipe courtesy of David Rosengarten, The Dean & DeLuca Cookbook, Random House, 1996) Found on http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/european-soldier-beans-with-gorgonzola-and-fresh-sage-recipe/index.html 9 ounces dried European soldier beans 6 ounces mild Gorgonzola cheese 1/2 cup minced fresh sage (you may substitute fresh rosemary, but not dried sage) 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions Cook beans according [...]
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