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Basket contents: beans, pac choi, choice of broccoli or green onions, cucumbers, lettuce, marjoram, choice of radish or turnips, choice of fennel or radicchio, choice of carrots or tomatoes Recipe of the week: Ricardo’s Sesame Bok Choi Hello! This week’s newsletter will give you some news from the farm, as well as some clues as to how to best store your vegetables. Farm updates July the busiest month of the year, here in the vegetable fields. Harvesting is in full…
From www.ricardocuisine.com Serves 4 as side dish Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs (675 g) baby bok choi, cut in half lengthwise 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil 1 teaspoon (5 ml) toasted sesame oil 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken or vegetable broth 1 tablespoon (15 ml) black sesame seeds Salt and pepper Preparation In a large non-stick skillet, brown the bok choy in the oils. Season with salt and pepper. Add the broth. Cover and simmer over medium heat for about…
Did you know that many of our veggies can be cooked quickly and simply on the BBQ? Here at the farm we frequently cook on the BBQ, zucchini, kohlrabi, broccoli, spring turnips, garlic scapes and fennel? Here’s how we do it! 1 big bowl of veggies (1 head of broccoli, 1 bunch of turnips, 5 zucchinis etc.) 1-2 tbsp oil (we use sunflower oil) ½ tsp salt (or more to taste) ½ tsp pepper (or more to taste) Mix all…
Did you know that many of our veggies can be cooked quickly and simply on the BBQ? Here at the farm we frequently cook on the BBQ, zucchini, kohlrabi, broccoli, spring turnips, garlic scapes and fennel? Here’s how we do it! 1 big bowl of veggies (1 head of broccoli, 1 bunch of turnips, 5 zucchinis etc.) 1-2 tbsp oil (we use sunflower oil) ½ tsp salt (or more to taste) ½ tsp pepper (or more to taste) Mix all…
Basket Contents: Broccoli or fava beans, green onions or beans, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, fennel, spring turnips (Hakurei), radicchio or bok choy, mesclun, cilantro or dill Recipe: BBQ Veggies As many of you know, we produce many other tasty things besides vegetables on our farm! Not only do we produce herbal teas, cookies, and eggs, we also raise animals for meat! This year, we have lots of meat to offer: veal, pork, turkey, and stewing hens all raised outside on pasture! …
600g peas 4 radishes 1/3 cup olive oil ¼ cup lemon juice 2 cups arugula or lettuce 1 small onion ½ cup fresh basil leaves ½ cup fresh mint leaves Salt and pepper 1 tablespoon maple syrup, optional In a large saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the peas for one minute (not longer!), drain and rinse in cold water and pat dry. Slice the peas in half lengthwise. Thinly slice or grate the radishes and onion. Wash and dry…
Basket Contents: Basil, cucumbers, peas, lettuce, pac choi or radicchio, garlic scapes, radish, broccoli, zucchini Recipe: Super Summer Salad with peas, radish, basil and mint! News from the Farm! Things on the farm change from season to season, and that is why we like to make sure to have at least one activity on the farm every month. That way, every partner can have the opportunity to visit and see how things change from season to season! In July, we will…
Basket contents: Kohlrabi, radish, garlic scapes, lettuce, chinese cabbage, micro-greens, spinach, peas Reicpe of the week: Sui choy salad News from the farm As you know, this past week we started basket deliveries, and for us this marks the beginning of a whole new season. For the next 17 weeks our schedules will be ruled by harvesting needs, with everything else (weeding, pruning, planting, thinning, squishing potato beetles, etc. etc.) fitting into the holes between harvests and deliveries. Luckily planting…
From Rebar Modern Food Cookbook by Audry Alsterberg and Wanda Urbanowicz Serves 4 Ingredients: Salad: 1/2 small head of sui choy (Chinese cabbage) 4 baby bok choy 6 oz snow peas 2 carrots 1/2 red sweet pepper, seeded 1/2 bunch scallions, thinly sliced 1 tbsp sesame seeds Vinaigrette (yields 1,5 cups) 3 cloves garlic (or 2 scapes!), minced 1 tbsp minced ginger 1/2 cup pickled ginger 1/3 cup fermented black beans 2 tbsp pickled ginger juice 2 tbsp rice vinegar…
From Simply in Season by Mary Beth Lind and Cathleen Hockman-Wert Serves 4 Ingredients: 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp dry mustard 1/2 tsp cumin, ground 1/4 tsp tumeric, ground 1/4 tsp coriander, ground 1 cup kohlrabi, peeled and chopped- save leaves! 1 cup potatoes, peeled and chopped 1 cup tomatoes, chopped or canned 1/2 cup water 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp sugar kohlrabi leaves, finely chopped 1/2 cup green peas, or pea…