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Recipe: Southwest Pasta Salad
...with a kick! 💥 This salad is easy to make and it goes perfect with our southwest bbq chicken! If you don’t want to make the dressing you can use southwest ranch in a bottle. We are warning you, this dressing is fantastic!!

Salad Ingredients:

1 package pasta
1/2 sweet onion chopped (or 1 cup chopped green onion)
2 red, orange or yellow peppers chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
1 jalapeño diced (optional)
1 cup chopped cilantro
1 can corn (or 1 cup fresh or frozen)
1 can black beans rinsed

Dressing Ingredients:

Note: You can also use southwest ranch dressing in a bottle

3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
1/3 cup mayo
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1 lime juiced
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (found at any grocery store)
2 teas adobo sauce (more or less to taste)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp smoked paprika
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to package. Do not overcook. Drain and Run under cold water til pasta is cold.
2. Add remaining salad ingredients to the pasta. You can leave the avocado out and add at the end after you mix in the dressing if you prefer.
3. Add the dressing ingredients to your blender and blend til smooth.
4. Add dressing to salad and mix well.
5. Refrigerate til serving. Keeps well in fridge for 3-4 days.
6. Delicious served with our Meridian Southwest Bbq chicken breast! ...

Grinch Trees, Poinsettias & Holiday Arrangements 🎄❤️
Back in stock at our Farm Market locations, these adorable grinch trees are locally sourced and really are just the cutest!

We love how you can light them up for an extra festive feel with the click of a button.

They make a great addition to your holiday decor, great gifts for teachers, neighbours, secret Santa and more!!

You can even transplant them outside after the holiday season. Be sure to remove all wire and lighting before hand though.

Find them at these locations: Maple Ridge, Port Coquitlam, Mission, North Vancouver, Tsawwassen & Ralph’s Farm Market in Langley.

#grinchtree ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our Farm Markets!! We are dealing with a few small delays however we have many locally made gorgeous Christmas planters, grinch trees, poinsettias and more arriving at our markets! These stunning Christmas flowers are very popular so pick yours up soon! They make beautiful teachers gifts as well - who says you have to wait til the last of school to treat a teacher!! ...

This Week's Specials 🧡
Free Run Chicken Cordon Bleu, First Harvest Blue Jay Small Navel Oranges, Free Run Prosciutto & Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breasts, Fresh Asparagus, 2021 First Harvest Honey and more!
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Scroll today's album to view all of our specials, or visit our website page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://meridianfarmmarket.ca/specials/
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Prices in effect Thurs Nov 18 - Wed Nov 24, 2021. Visit us at 1 of our 8 locations: https://meridianfarmmarket.ca/contact-us/ ...

Apple Mangoes: Available at all Meridian & Ralph’s Farm Market locations!
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These Brazil grown mangoes are tree ripened, picked fresh, then air flown to the B.C. and shipped to us. They are wonderfully fragrant, with a red & orange blush and sweet, juicy, orange flesh inside.
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Swipe to see us giving one a try and sharing our first impression!
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Find them at Maple Ridge, Mission, North Van, Tsawwassen and Ralph’s in Langley!

#applemango ...

POM Pomegranates are in season and now available at all of our farm markets. Local walnuts are also now in our markets. Together they make a delicious salad! See below for a simple salad and light dressing.

Pomegranate Walnut Salad

Spring mix lettuce (or arugula)
Feta cheese
Sliced green onion
Chopped walnuts
Pomegranate seeds

Honey Balsamic Dressing
1/4 cup Meridian olive oil
2 Tbls Balsamic vinegar
3 Tbls Meridian honey

Put lettuce in bowl and sprinkle the remaining ingredients on top

Mix dressing ingredients together and drizzle over salad ...

Leaf and stem mandarines are exceptionally sweet, easy peeling, with very few seeds. They are so beautiful that we recommend you use them as a centrepiece in your fruit bowl! These tasty mandarines are now available for@the season at our farm market locations!
🍊Maple Ridge
🍊Mission
🍊North Vancouver
🍊Tsawwassen &
🍊Ralph’s ...