Shop the Farmers Market for Mom
You don’t have to spend the better part of this week rushing around trying to find a perfect gift for mom this Mother’s Day. Everything you need is available in downtown Stroudsburg, specifically, at Monroe Farmers’ Market! To make it easy, we’ve compiled some ideas for you. Stop by the market this Saturday in our new location at Courthouse Square. We’re open 8am-noon.
1. Plant Mom a Garden
Several vendors offer plants of all kinds. From annuals and perennials to vines and vegetable plants, you will find a great variety at Monroe Farmers Market. Visit The Flower Patch or Race’s Farm for more ideas.
2. Cook for Mom
The possibility for creating great recipes is endless at a farmers’ market. May is still early in the growing season for most produce, but you will find lettuces, rhurbarb, spinach, radishes, herbs and other fresh items. At Monroe Farmers’ Market, Spring Mountain Farms offers grass fed beef, pastured pork, and free-range poultry. New vendors Toy Cow Creamery and Cranberry Creek Farm offer various kinds of cheeses and other refrigerator staples. Bakers Cakes & Scones Bakery , Sweet Riley’s Bakery , Apple Ridge Farm , and The Daily Bread Bakeshop offer fresh-baked breads, pastries and more.
Here’s a great recipe for Sweet and Savory Baked French toast which uses items found at the market. Now you can cook Mom breakfast in bed.
3. Sips to Savor
Whether mom is a coffee drinker or a wine drinker, we’ve got you covered. We now have two wine vendors; Pocono Limited Winery and Mountain View Vineyard. Both are unique and offer quality local wines Mom is sure to love. Pocono Limited Winery offers apple wines, while Mountain View offers several varietals of grape wines.
Maybe mom is a coffee drinker? New this year, Mountain Ridge Coffee Company is serving up freshly roasted coffee blends. Buy it by the cup at the market or by the pound to take home!
4. Spend the Day with Mom
New this year, Monroe Farmers Market is offering MarketBucks. For $5 each, purchase a few to give to Mom so that she can shop at her leisure at the farmers market. MarketBucks are redeemable at any vendor, so she can use them to buy anything the market has to offer. To purchase MarketBucks, visit the Sherman Theater’s info table which is front and center in Courthouse Square.
Sometimes the best gift anyone can give is an experience. In our new location at Courthouse Square, it’s never been easier to spend an entire day at the market, at community shops and restaurants, and enjoying the company of family. Start this coming Mother’s Day Weekend out right with a trip to Monroe Farmers Market, open 8am-noon.
