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December Shop Local Round Up

Shop Local Challenge { December Round Up}

Published on January 2, 2015 • Last updated April 8, 2016 by Elizabeth Atia

Supporting local producers.

December Shop Local Round Up

Welcome to the latest Shop Local Food Blogging Challenge round up! For the month of December food bloggers around the globe have been busy cooking and baking with locally sourced ingredients. Find out what they’ve been doing below with these eight tempting recipes…

 zucchini flowers with rice

Johanna over at Green Gourmet Giraffe is enjoying the middle of the Australian summer just now. This month she whipped up this beautiful zucchini flower recipe with rice using flowers she picked up at her local Coburg Farmers Market. I’ve never tried zucchini flowers, have you? Maybe this year! Seasoned with cumin, mustard, parsley and mint this dish would surely impress at any dinner table.

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ren behan make ahead leek and poppy seed sausage rolls

Polish/UK top food blogger Ren Behan picked up some sausages at Hedges Farm, her local farm shop, and made these super quick make ahead leek and poppy seed sausage rolls. She insists that once you start making your own you’ll never go back to shop bought ones again!

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Winter root & brussels tops stir-fry with sesame

Helen over at Family, Friends, Food concocted this vibrant winter root & Brussels tops stir-fry with sesame using the Brussels sprouts stem instead of the sprouts itself! What a clever idea! I have to confess to usually composting the stem – I had no idea it too could be eaten! Lesson learned!

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Apple & Yogurt Cake with Coconut

Alida from My Little Italian Kitchen never fails to impress with her recipes, and this month she’s shared her gorgeous Apple & Yogurt Cake with Coconut made with British apples. Don’t you just want to jump right in and take a great big slice?

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vegetable soup

Using a mixture of home grown and local farm shop vegetables, Kate the Gluten Free Alchemist created this perfect winter warmer soup. Aren’t the colours beautiful, and packed full of vibrant veg it will certain contribute to your five seven a day!

Get the recipe.

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POMEGRANATE – PINE NUT PILAF

Over at Spices Galore, Gayathri utilises seasonal pomegranates in a festive family dish: Pomegranate Pine Nut Pilaf with cauliflower-pineapple curry. She described the pilaf as: “The pomegranates seeds were like tart little jewels in the white blanket of rice along with buttery toasted little nuggets of pinenuts……..all coming together to form a delicious morsel.” Beautiful!

Get the recipe.

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Fig & Mincemeat Cake

Using local Cornish duck eggs and wholemeal flour, Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog dishes up generous slices of this lovely fig and mincemeat Christmas bundt cake.

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beet and vanilla candied popcorn

To finish things off, the incredibly talented Kate over at Veggie Desserts made this stunning beet and vanilla candied popcorn! Oh my goodness gracious me  – isn’t it beautiful! Who would have thought vegetables could be so tempting! Her beets came from her local farm shop, and I think she’s put them to rather good use!

Get the recipe.

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That rounds up the latest issue of the Shop Local Blogging Challenge. If you would like to participate you can find the current linky over on the Shop Local page. I’ve made a few small changes to the challenge for the new year – it’s got a new hashtag #ShopLocalChallenge for Twitter and Google Plus, and I would really like to see participants include more detail about the local producers they are shopping from. This is your chance to let them shine!

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Comments

  1. Emily @amummytoo

    January 29, 2015 at 12:10 am

    Gosh those look wonderful, particularly the stuffed courgette flowers. Beautiful.

    Reply
  2. Jan Bennett @GlugofOil

    January 3, 2015 at 7:49 am

    What a lovely lot of delicious looking recipes!

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:47 am

      I am inclined to agree 🙂 Such an inspirational lot!

      Reply
  3. Sarah Maison Cupcake

    January 3, 2015 at 2:10 am

    What a tasty round up! I am most envious of GGG’s courgette flowers because I’ve always meant to try these but never found any anywhere. I suppose I should grow my own really but I’m a terrible gardener.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:47 am

      I’ve never even seen these for sale anywhere before. I will have to ask my veg box providers for some this year to try them out! I’m a terrible gardener too – I will leave that to the experts!

      Reply
  4. melissa zia

    January 2, 2015 at 11:46 pm

    such beautiful recipes! the popcorn and apple pie look amazing.

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:46 am

      Don’t they! I just want to grab a spoon and jump into the photos, haha!

      Reply
  5. Kate - gluten free alchemist

    January 2, 2015 at 11:36 pm

    Lovely round up. Everything looks so tempting. I too had no idea that you could eat brussels sprouts stems (shame on me!) and I have never thought of adding leeks to sausage rolls either….. I will be trying both!

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:26 am

      I’m glad it’s not just me that didn’t know! 🙂 Happy baking Kate, and thanks for linking up again this month x

      Reply
  6. Lucy @ BakingQueen74

    January 2, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    what a lovely assortment of recipes, the pomegranate and pine nut pilaf in particular looks amazing. I would like to join in the next challenge if possible so will look out for the theme and get myself to my local farm shop!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:25 am

      It looks like a little pile of jewels doesn’t it! 🙂 There’s no specific theme for each month, simply use a locally produced ingredient, include a little bit about the producer and link up! It’d be great to have you on board!

      Reply
  7. Judith (Mostly About Chocolate Blog)

    January 2, 2015 at 6:18 pm

    WOW! This all looks amazing! Some of these dishes look like ones I could actually achieve as well so that’s brilliant!

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:24 am

      Aw thanks Judith! I’m so pleased the challenge is still going strong and that people share such gorgeous recipes. You’re right too – most of them are no fuss and easily made in ordinary kitchens.

      Reply
  8. Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy

    January 2, 2015 at 5:54 pm

    Poppy seed sausage rolls sound delicious. Great round-up!

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:23 am

      Don’t they! 🙂 I love the variety of recipes people share – so inspirational

      Reply
  9. Ren Behan

    January 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm

    So many great recipes here – Kate’s soup has really caught my attention. I’ll be making that! Thanks for featuring me and for your kind words. All the best for 2015. x

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:23 am

      It does look rather delicious, doesn’t it! Thank you so very much for sharing your lovely sausage roll recipe too!

      Reply
  10. fashion-mommy

    January 2, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    I think all of these recipes look absolutely amazing, and I love how they promote shopping local.

    #UKBlogggers

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    • Elizabeth

      January 3, 2015 at 10:21 am

      Thank you – I am always amazed at what lovely recipes are shared each month. Such inspiration!

      Reply

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