Basta Pasta TX

11/11/2023

November Food Truck lineup!! We will be open Fridays 5-8pm at Trinity Valley Community College, TVCC @ 100 Cardinal Drive!

Here's what to expect from each of our food trucks!
* As food trucks check in, this post will be updated and remain pinned to the top of our page for the month. * Let us know what you think about this new format!

🍭Macon Sweets will be out with our fried bites and fun cotton candy. Come see us for a fun treat.

🍨Gelü Italian Ice will be there with over 20 of your favorite flavors! Dairy, gluten and fat free! It’s a delicious treat that will have you coming back for more!

🌯Tacos El Cholo is a gangsta taco truck bringing fresh ingredients and quality meats. NOVEMBER SPECIAL- ✨ BIRRIA PHO 🍜 WITH A QUESABIRRIA ✨
You can not miss out on our mouth watering TACOS, QUESABIRRIAS, BURRITOS, TORTAS and HOMEMADE AGUAS FRESCAS.


⭐️⭐️⭐️NEW!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

🌴Blanca's Caribbean Cuisine will be serving some of your favorite flavorful Caribbean foods... Cubans, jerk chicken, empanadas and more!
Taste the Tropics in Every Bite!

🇵🇭 Rachele's Filipino kitchen is authentic Filipino food. 😋 If you can't come to Philippines Rachele's will bring it too you. Rachele's has hand rolled Lumpias , Adobo and mouth watering coconut chicken curry and much much more hope too see you there 🥰



Vendors from the Athens, Tx Farmers Market will be joining us on Friday's too! Here's who will be there

11/17 vendors at Food Truck Friday!

Basta Pasta TX has fresh handmade pasta right here in Athens, Tx! Infused with micro greens, it’s nutritious and delicious!! Come see me!

Happy Cattle Beef will be there with grassfed/finished Angus and Hereford beef including steaks, roasts, brisket, bones, organ meats and our awesome 80/20 ground beef. Plus patties.

Always Foraging Farm will be bringing non GMO/soy/corn fed chicken. Whole, ground and wings.

Foggy Moon Fabrications will be there with jellies, fudge, and more!

Envhe's Creations handmade jewelry and home made sugar scrubs, lots of variety to choose from, come on out and see us!!

Mischievous Marie will be there with Pie by the slice! Gluten Friendly, Dairy free options will be available!

10/20/2023

10/10/2023

He said it— so it MUST be true!! And it is!!! If you loved the tie dye bow ties—Come get SPOOKY with us and learn to make black squid ink pasta!!! We will make a butternut squash cream sauce to make this a spooktacular pasta class!! ✌🏽🖤🎃

09/21/2023

Tonight’s classroom is at the East Texas Arboretum!! Class starts at 6 and I am ready!! We have a big class of 16! I can’t wait!

09/14/2023

If you didn’t get in on the last one— definitely get in on this!! I have something super fun planned for us! Since it’s at the East Texas Arboretum— think plants!!

There's another opportunity to learn on the books! Be sure to contact the East Texas Arboretum to get signed up! They will be managing the event! Thanks for supporting local ya'll!!

09/03/2023

This guy is definitely doing too much! 😂

I do love the creativity!!

09/01/2023

Saturday— 9/2/23 — 8-11am
— 100 Cardinal Dr in Athens, TX. The biggest little market in East Texas with ALL the heart!!

Interested in joining us??! Register by clicking this link: https://forms.gle/5FZmtc9rFJhng4eUA

—We look forward to hearing from you! 🚨 The scammers are out in full force, know that we will never have you message a random person and will only use the market page to communicate with you. Thank you!

Vendor Lineup: Who and what you'll see at market!

Farmers/ Producers
-Happy Cattle Beef will be there with grassfed/finished Angus and Hereford beef including steaks, roasts, stew meat, variety of bones and organ meat and our awesome 80/20 ground beef. Patties too!
-Clower Honey Farm will be bringing our local honey along with canned peas, tomatoes, potatoes and pickled okra. We will still have rendered wax for all the crafters and new this week because of consumer wants we will have honey stick packets for sale.
-Ed & Red Farms will be at Athens Tx Farmer's Market this week with mixed baskets of Oysters mushrooms in monster sized King Blues, Elm, and Black Kings. Also we will have Rose and snows, we are adding in our Black Kings in the reg baskets these are the hybrid Black pearl Oysters and King Trumpet so the big thick stems are tender as the caps. Included in our booth offerings we have Powdered mushroom supplements of Lion's mane, Reshi, Vital (combination of 8), and Cordyceps. We source these only fruiting body mushroom powder supplements from one of our Spawn suppliers from their family farm in Hadley Massachusetts.
Thomas-Patterson Farms, LLC provides heritage Kune kune pork thru regenerative farming practices here in Athens. They are all-natural, pasture raised and loved animals that provide the sweetest, red meat you have ever had. This IS the pork you great grandmother cooked! Come and pick up your favorite cuts!
Always Foraging Farm will be there with non-gmo, non corn or soy fed chicken. Whole, leg/thighs and ground.
What's Growing On will be there with cherry tomaotes, okra, and radishes fresh from the garden. As always we will have our 9 homemade salsas, 5 different hot sauces, and chamomile tea.
Ateek Ranch and Duck Creek Produce will be set up at the Athens Farmer’s Market this Saturday bringing blue oyster and lion’s mane mushrooms, elephant garlic, shallots, and potatoes!

Herby Things
-"VJ Farms will be at market this weekend with our very own home grown CBD & CBG products. We have gummies, tincture, salve, dog treats, flower, and more. Come check out the homegrown difference!
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-Clairmont Kitchens will be there with our whole leaf lavender teas and spice rubs.
Clairmont Gardens will be there with beautiful Lavender produces

Bakers/ Canners
-Edwards Produce will be there this Saturday with our canned goods, jams and jellies that everyone loves.
-Sky’s Sourdough is back at ATXFM this Saturday and celebrating the cooler weather with seasonal breads and treats! Pumpkin spice sourdough, pumpkin shaped sourdough cinnamon swirl sourdough, plus traditional and all of my savory flavored sourdoughs. Full menu will be posted on my page by Fri!
-Heidgerken Farm is excited to be at Market this Saturday with our Sourdough Artisan Bread, Sourdough Scones, Sourdough Cobblers and Cookies
-Anna's excited to be back at market this Saturday 8-11 at TVCC. My oven is hot baking your favorite treats..spicy/savory cheddars & sweet/salty churros.
-Morgan's Southern Swingin' Salsa will be there with salsa ranging in heat from mild--double extra hot. Will also have my sample boxes with all 5 heat levels.
-2 Hats Coffee will be there tis Saturday with your fresh roasted coffee!

Artisans
-Foggy Moon Fabrications
-C.Haggard Designs will be at market this Saturday! We will have all of our polymer clay jewelry items along with some of our new pieces showcasing. You won’t want to miss out on these styles! See you there!
-Texas Toffee Lady will be back at market this Saturday!! We’ll have All Things Toffee! Our signature toffee (pecan, no-nut, almond), popcorn toffee crunch, toffee crunch cookies (regular, oatmeal, chocolate chip), our totally new toffee brownies & toffee blondies AND toffee pumpkin bread! We’ll also have a few of our puff pastry pies as well!
-LL Pottery will be at market this weekend with handmade, small-batch pottery! I’ll be bringing batter bowls, mugs, spoon rests and more. Come see what’s new!
-Campbell Woodworks will be there with a variety of handmade wood furniture and home decor
Hello everyone, Kickin Boots Candle Co cannot wait to see yall this Saturday! Come pick up a Volcano Candle or 2 different melts for $10. Don't forget we have t-shirts with your choice of a free pair of earrings to match!! Come check them out!!
New Halloween plushies will be coming this Saturday from Addi’s Creations Studio! Make sure to stop by and start stocking up for Halloween!
R&C Designs will be at market this Saturday. Richard will have new & beautiful charcuterie & serving trays and several birdhouses. Carolyn will be showing healthy green succulents- also cactus shaped gift soaps.
Envhe's Creations will be out at the Athens farmers market this Saturday, it will be our first time selling at the market and we are very excited to be there. We will have a variety of hand crafted jewelry and some awesome handmade sugar scrubs, so y'all come out to join us this Saturday!!

Food Trucks
-Double Barrel Dessert Company will be at the Athens, Tx Farmers Market this Saturday from 8-11 AM with all of your favorite sweets & treats! Come on by, say hi and grab some cookies to enjoy at home. See you there! Don't forget to bring a cooler for your ice cream!
-"Gelü Italian Ice will be at Farmers Market this Saturday! Dairy, gluten and fat free, and using real fruit, it is a delicious alternative to ice cream! We have 20+ flavors to choose from!
A great way to cool off on a hot day! 🍒🥭🍉🫐"
Tacos Perez has everything you need for breakfast every Saturday come and have a tour an all the variety

Music
-No sideman this weekend! Yes, we are sooooo sad!

Community Groups

We don’t want to forget to mention our online farmers market that meets on Tuesday nights! Join our Athens Local REKO group, shop and pay online, pickup on Tuesday nights, 6-7! So easy and convenient!! Especially when you eat all of one of your favorite things over the weekend and don’t want to wait until Saturday for more! Trust us— we know!!

🤜🏽🖤🤛🏾 we got you!

❤️🤍🖤Market wouldn’t be market if we didn’t have local sponsors. What do you think local, thank of these guys! Each of these businesses do a lot for our community, that’s why they’re here! Thank you 2023 sponsors-- WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR OUR 2023 SPONSORS! We really do have the best community!!!
Steve Grant Real Estate
Treehouse Cupcakes
Come and Take It
Two Danes Productions
Atticus & Co
Kathy's Boutique
Freelancer's Cafe / Virtual Communications
Veterinary Medical Center of Athens
Anding Acres/Antoinette's Coffee
JN Richards Atty
AANP- Athens Army & Navy Pawn
Doughballs Pizza Co
Holder Hill Farm
TVCC
2nd Amendment Pools
Texas Insurance Agency-
Rio Serenidad, LLC
Sanders Land Services, LLC
Happy Cattle Beef
Off Duty Skid Steer
ABC Decking - Aaron Baugh

08/20/2023

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08/20/2023

This is one of my all time favorite pottery gals— check her out!

08/20/2023

Y’all really came out for a good time last night and boy was it worth it!! We had SO much fun!!
We made tie dye bow tie pasta, and tie dye fettuccini!
I even demonstrated an easy 10 minute one pot pasta dish that anyone can do with your fresh Basta Pasta!
Thank you Edom Art House for hosting this fun event and allowing me the opportunity to share my passions! What an engaging crowd we had!
Can’t wait for Black Squid Ink pasta at Halloween!! 👻🖤

08/18/2023

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