Roasted Farmers Market Carrots with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce

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If you're wondering how you can support the farmers, ranchers, fisherman and local artisan producers who have been profoundly impacted by restaurant closures (often their primary source of income) due to Covid-19 restrictions, and now by the recent wildfires fires affecting Northern California, this farmers market box from CUESA is a delicious option. Show your love for our local farms and enjoy the freshest produce from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market by ordering a CUESA's Farmers Market Box (available for curbside pickup). Be sure to use the discount code EDIBLESF to get $5 off your box.As a longtime Ferry Plaza Farmers Market shopper, we've developed a specific routine (also known as a rut) over the years for how we navigate and shop the market. We always enter at the same spot, hit the same vendors in a particular order, and for the most part, purchase the same things, year after year. When our friends at CUESA generously offered us one of their farmers market boxes we recognized an opportunity to get out of our comfort zone and and embrace whatever ingredients the box contained (below).This week's box was full of these seasonal fruits and vegetables and along with the simple recipe (below) for the carrots from McGinnis Ranch there were:

• Romano beans from Iacopi Farms, which we're going to prepare with Edible SF contributor, Molly Watson's recipe: Romano Beans Smothered in Garlicky Tomatoes (using the luscious tomatoes from All Star Organics that were in the box too).
• Lemon cucumbers from Zuckerman's Farm. We have a bottle of mustard oil in the pantry and this recipe for Mustard Oil Cucumber Salad from Bay Area cookbook author Nik Sharma is one of our favorite ways to prepare cukes.
• Sweet Italian peppers from Everything Under the Sun are going into this muhammara recipe from Edible Phoenix.
• We'll be making these sweet corn and squash fritters with avocado crema from Kimberley Hasselbrink's Vibrant Food cookbook with the baby summer squash from McGinnis Ranch, Brentwood sweet corn from G&S Farms and Hass avocados from Brokaw Ranch.
• Some sturdy mixed greens and red Russian kale from Marin Root Farms went into a simple braise for our chicken dinner on Sunday night.
• Raspberries from Yrena Farms were stirred into our yogurt for breakfast and we're waiting for the precise moment of ripeness to bite into the peaches from Kashiwase Farms.

As you can see, there is an abundance of fresh and healthy goods from which to cook your favorite recipes or experiment with some new ones. Order your box today and support our local farmers. They need our help now more than ever.[tasty-recipe id="4010"] You also might like our Roasted Green Beans recipe.