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Shopping local is easy and exciting with Victoria at Bloomers at the Market! 🌸🎁 She carefully curates gift baskets featuring fresh market goodies paired with Bloomers’ signature flowers, along with a selection of fun, must-have gifts.✨ It’s the perfect way to celebrate loved ones while supporting local businesses. With delivery available 7 days a week, Bloomers makes it simple to share joy close to home. Visit the Market and check them out today! 🧡

Last Saturday, Polina demonstration how to make Esh-kaneh, a Persian Onion Soup, and boy was it delicious! See below for recipe!

Prep Time: 60 Minutes | Serves 6-8 portions

Ingredients

• 1 large onion – diced
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 1 tbs fenugreek/shan-ba-lileh leaves (fresh or dry)
• 4 eggs
• 2 potatoes – diced
• 2 tbs cooking oil or butter
• 2 tbs Olive oil
• 1 tbs tomato paste (optional)
• 2 cups stock
• 2 tbs flour slurry (flour and cold water mixed)
• 1 Tbsp sour grape juice verjus or 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

Other options:

• Add in yogurt slurry and eggs instead of the citrus
• Add in other vegetables.

Directions

1. Heat the oil and/or butter in a stock pot on medium heat, and sauté the onions for 2 minutes.
2. Add the garlic, saute for 30 seconds, followed by turmeric, salt/pepper , and fry for another 30 seconds.
3. Add tomato paste and saute for a min
4. Add the potato in and stir to coat.
5. Add the stock; add in fenugreek
6. Lower heat and let it simmer to cook potatoes
7. Mix the flour slurry bring to boil
8. Beat the eggs lightly and gently add- in
9. Bring back to boil until it thickens a bit
10. Add in lemon or verjus to taste;
11. Serve in bowls garnished with chopped cilantro or chives (optional) along with a piece of favorite bread

Health Benefits

• Eshkeneh is rich in vitamins A, B, C and E.
• Eshkene is a reliable source for Carbohydrates, sodium, potassium, iron, proteins, magnesium, folate, calcium, zinc, fiber, phosphor, sulfur, selenium, lycopene and many other beneficial minerals.
• Eshkeneh has a significant effect on improving the body condition is colds, asthma and influenza.
• This food is awesome for people who intend to lose weight, as it increases fat metabolism.

Our Saturday cooking demonstrations upstairs in the Market Kitchen are back! Come and join Kimi Abdullah while she demonstrates how to make Thai Lettuce Wrap & a Sheet Pan Sausage Dinner.

SATURDAY DEMO SCHEDULE

• Saturday, January 11 | Kimi Abdullah – Thai Lettuce Wrap & Sheet Pan Sausage Dinner
• Saturday, January 18 | Nancy Salamanca – Red Velvet Cupcakes
• Saturday, January 25 | Jaime Pena – Wild Mushroom Parmesano Risotto

Doors open at 10:40am. No registrations is required. First come, first served.

Ready to turn sourdough struggles into success?

Join me on January 31st at the iconic Covent Garden Market for a fun, interactive workshop designed to take the mystery out of sourdough baking.

Whether you’re a total beginner or have tried before and felt frustrated, this workshop will help you finally feel confident and excited about baking sourdough at home. You’ll get hands-on experience with every step, from mixing and shaping to understanding how to work with your starter.

🤩 Details:

COST: $125 (tax included)
DATE: Friday, January 31st, 2025
TIME: 6:00pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: Covent Garden Market, 130 King St, London, ON N6A 1C5

🧑‍🍳 What’s included –

• A fully hands-on experience with demos for every stage of the sourdough bread
  making process from mixing to shaping and scoring!

• All the tools and ingredients needed to prep your own dough throughout our time together.

• A guide book to take home to reference what is talked about in class.

• Leave with dough that you’ve prepped to bake the next day.

🍞 You also go home with:

• LIVE starter that we ‘feed’ during the workshop so you know exactly what to do!

• Basic beginner tools,

• My exclusive e-book (via email post workshop)

• PLUS access to a private Facebook group just for workshop attendees—so the connection and learning continue

Plus, you’ll enjoy a relaxed atmosphere filled with snacks, laughs, and the camaraderie of learning alongside others. This workshop isn’t just about bread—it’s about finding a new self-care hobby you’ll absolutely love.

Join us at Covent Garden Market and discover the joy of sourdough baking!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER