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Newsletter # 7: Week of July 29th

Contents of basket: fresh garlic,  cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, mesclun, lettuce, parsley, choice of kale or Swiss chard, choice of grean beens, cauliflower or eggplant, new potatoes Recipe of the week: Spaghettini all’arrabbiata This week’s newsletter will be dedicated to one of our most loved, if often taken for granted, crops- garlic!  Last week we harvested all of this year’s garlic crop- over 3500 bulbs!  That should be more than enough to get us all through the year!  As the basis…

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Newsletter #6: Week of July 22nd

Basket contents: choice of snap or snow peas, choice of cauliflower or broccoli, bunching onions, green beans, choice of Hakurei turnips or radish, zucchini, cucumbers, basil, lettuce Recipe of the week: Vegetable Biryani Thinking ahead: Canning and freezing vegetables! Every year, we farmers like to can and freeze lots of vegetables so that we can enjoy the summer harvest all year long!  Last year, we heard from some of our basket partners that they would like to do the same thing! …

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Vegetable Biryani

Adapted from Canadian Living : The Vegetarian Collection by Alison Kent ¾ cup (175 mL) dried green lentils (or substitute chicken or other meat if preferred) 2 tbsp (30mL) olive oil 1 bunch of bunching onions, including greens, chopped 2 carrots (or substitute 4-5 summer turnips), chopped 4-5 garlic scapes, (or 2 cloves garlic), chopped finely 1 tbsp (15mL) curry paste ¼ tsp each salt and pepper 2 cups (500mL) cauliflower (or broccoli), broken into florets 1 cup (250mL) basmati rice…

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Newsletter #5: Week of July 15th

Basket contents: choice of snap or snow peas, broccoli, green onions, kohlrabi, fennel, choice of Hakurei turnips or radish, zucchini, cucumbers, garlic scapes, mesclun Recipe of the week: Fresh Pea Soup This week I would like to share some ideas about how to store your veggies to help you get the most out of them, and to help them last as long as you need.  As a wider range of crops become available, it’s important to distinguish the particular needs…

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Lemonbalm Lemonade

Lemonbalm is one of my favorite herbs for tea.  It’s light citrus taste is so refreshing in the heat of the summer.  But it’s more than a good taste!  It has a wide range of soothing  properties with very few complications (except for a possible interaction with thyroid medications, so avoid lemonbalm if you take those). Lemonbalm’s role is in the interface of the digestive and nervous systems.  It is a well-documented carminative herb, meaning that it helps with digestion…

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Fresh Pea Soup

Fresh Pea Soup  From ‘Simply in Season’ bt Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert  Serves 4  Ingredients:  1 onion 1 potato 3 ½ cups water 1-2 tsp salt 3 cups peas  Directions In large saucepan, sauté onion in 1 tbsp olive oil until golden, 7-10 minutes. Add the potato, water and salt and cook over medium heat until soft, 10-15 minutes. Add peas and cook until bright green.  Puree in blender or food processor.  Taste and adjust seasoning.  Serve warm. …

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Newsletter # 4: Week of July 8th

Hello partners! Basket contents: lettuce, cucumber, snap peas or snow peas, bunching onions, radicchio, choice of kohlrabi or pac choi, turnips, choice of kale or swiss chard, broccoli, lemonbalm Recipe of the week: Lemonbalm Lemonade Farm work day !  This week, instead of giving you news from the farm, we are sending out and invitation to VISIT the farm for a group work day! When: July 19th, 2013 Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm Where: Our farm, of course!  398 route du Canton, Brownsburg-Chatham…

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Roasted Hakurei Turnips with Israeli Couscous Salad

From noteatingoutinny.com Makes 3-4 servings 1 bunch hakurei turnips with fresh-looking greens 1 cup Israeli couscous 1 garlic clove, minced pinch of optional red chili flakes 1/4 cup chopped red onion juice from half a lemon 4-5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Trim radishes from greens leaving a small stub of the stems attached. Wash both well to remove dirt. Halve each turnip, keeping the long tails intact. Finely chop the…

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Newsletter 3: Week of July 1st

Hello partners! Basket contents:Mesclun, lettuce, spinach, pac choi, hakurei turnips, radish, choice of arugula or fennel, cucumber, choice of radicchio or garlic scapes, choice of sage or marjoram. Recipe of the week: Roasted Hakurei Turnips with Israeli Couscous I hope that you’ve been enjoying your first weeks of fresh veggies from the farm!  In this week’s newsletter, I would introduce you to the team behind your veggies.  As you probably know, we run the farm as a workers’ cooperative, which…

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Rapini and Cannellini Beans

From The Greengrocer’s Kitchen, by Pete Luckett Serves 4 This recipe can be served as a quick pasta sauce, or can be spooned over thick slices of crusty white bread or focaccia. Ingredients: 1Tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped finely 5 plum tomatoes, peeled and chopped coarsely, or 1 can of stewed tomatoes 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar 1 bunch of rapini, rinsed, trimmed and chopped coarsely 1 19-oz (540mL) can of cannellini beans, drained a pinch…

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