Summer side dish

 

All ingredients, including maple sugar on top, ready to be mixed

This classic bean salad is an easy dish to make for the summer, or all year through! Instead of using regular white sugar, though, we make it with our granulated pure maple sugar.  Give it a try....even those who don't like maple will like this!





Three Bean Salad

15 or 16 oz. green beans
15 or 16 oz. kidney beans
15 or 16 oz. garbanzo beans
1/3 of a large sweet onion, chopped fine
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup granulated maple sugar
1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 - 1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper

Put all beans (use whatever kind of beans you want) and onion in large bowl.  Add vinegar, olive oil, maple sugar, salt and pepper, then mix together.  Chill in refrigerator.

All done!

We're gearing up for the holidays!

Maple products not only make great gifts, but are also an excellent addition to your pantry!  Visit us for delicious and nutritious sweet treats!

Crunchy maple coated peanuts - the perfect portable snack

Granulated maple sugar is a completely natural alternative to common white sugar...use it not only anywhere you would use white sugar, but for a subtle maple flavor too!

For those of you who asked about the recipe for blueberry jam (and everyone else who may be interested), here it is!

Blueberry Jam with Maple Sugar

10 cups blueberries
4 cups pure maple sugar
3 tbsp. lemon juice

Put blueberries in a large pot and mash them with a potato masher.  Add sugar and lemon juice, mix together. 

Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently, until thickened.  Takes about 50-60 minutes.  Pour into sterilized jars, capping them immediately after pouring.  Lay the jar on its side. 

NOTES:
* I did not need to use any canning equipment.  If the jam is hot enough and the jar is laid on its side, it should seal.  If jar does not seal, just store in the refrigerator.
* Use as much or as little lemon juice as you want- it's your preference.
* The same goes for the maple sugar...if you want your jam sweeter, use more.
* I used fresh, local blueberries, but you can use frozen.

Blueberry Jam with Maple Sugar

 

 

We took advantage of blueberry season this year, canning several jars of blueberry jam.  Instead of making it with white sugar, we used our own pure maple sugar.  The jam turned out to be quite delicious!

A new market - Columbia Greenmarket

In addition to Tribeca, you can now find all our products at another Greenmarket. Starting this Sunday, 10/7, we will be at the Columbia Greenmarket, located near Columbia University on Broadway at 115th St.  If you're in the area, come see us!

New York Maple At The State Fair!

Did anyone get to the New York State Fair this year? If so, I hope you came and checked out the NYS Maple Producers Association booth, home to practically everything maple! Maple ice cream, maple nuts, maple barbeque sauce, maple popcorn, maple soda, maple cream, molded maple sugar, maple dog biscuits...and the list continues! Of course one cannot forget the jug upon jug of pure sweetness itself- the syrup!



The Maple Center inside the Horticulture Building

Four of us from Walling's Maple Syrup, along with other maple producers, worked in the booth on August 29th.  The four of us helped customers, gave cream samples, and worked with the ice cream, slushie, and snow cone machines.  It was a pretty busy day, with lots of people coming to get their maple fix...some for the whole year.

 

Kern with another maple producer

In the back, molded maple sugar is made fresh daily for you to purchase, and up front, several different maple products are available for sample. Let that cotton candy melt in your mouth or feel how smooth the maple cream is on your tongue.  So, if you didn't get a chance this year, put it on your list for next year and introduce yourself to NYS maple!

"Can I Have Some, Please?"

This photo was taken back in the middle of May, during Southwind Farms monthly market.  Thought it was too cute not to share!

NYC Greenmarket!

Yesterday was our first day as a vendor at the New York City Greenmarket.  Susan and Meg were busy all week in the sugarhouse preparing for the weekend, bottling up our golden syrup and crafting that syrup into delicious additional products.  On Friday we spent the day getting last-minute items together, and then Kern meticulously packed everything in the vehicle.  Drew and Diana awoke early and left around 2:30 AM, so they could make it to lower Manhattan and have time to set up by 8:00 AM.  Rainy drizzle greeted the morning, but soon the clouds cleared and blue sky prevailed.

There are many Greenmarkets in NYC, but we are located at the one in Tribeca, in the shadows of the World Trade Centers.  It is a medium-sized market, where we are fortunate enough to be able to share our all-natural products with more people and have the opportunity to educate people about real maple syrup.  We will be there every Saturday this  season - Come check us out and sample something pure maple!

The World Trade Centers shrouded in fog

The World Trade Centers welcome the sun