I love the farmers market and lucky for me, in Boulder, I get a double-dose each week - once on Saturday and once on Wednesday.

One of my favorite finds so far at the Boulder market is Ela Family Farms variety-specific applesauce. Most applesauce brands you find are just blah and don’t come close to that robust apple flavor you get from making it fresh on the stovetop. Not to mention, 50% of the apple crop that supplies commercial apple sauce comes from China - yucko. Ela’s applesauce starts with apples from Colorado and is packed when the air is crisp and the apples are at their peak flavor.

It was interesting, as we sampled the whole line-up at their booth (Jonathan, Gala, Fuji and Braeburn) I found my tongue most happy with the Jonathan sauce, which also happens to be one of my favorite apples to eat in-hand. Jonathan’s are slightly sweet and moderately tangy. Each sauce closely mirrored their respective apple in flavor and for good reason - Ela’s doesn’t add any sugar or extra ingredients. They keep it simple - just one kind of apple - served straight up. And it’s delicious.