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Back in business!
Posted in CSA reports on February 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Let the preseason begin!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, tagged Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, fava beans, jerusalem artichokes, sunchokes on January 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »
It’s preseason!
Preseason is fun, but it’s strategically different from the peak of summer. The winter produce lasts longer, and you have two weeks to use it. Here’s what we got in our first Dinner for 2 preseason 2012 box.
Brussels sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, and sweet potatoes
I’ve never had Jerusalem artichokes. All the recipes I’m seeing seem to treat them like sort of like potatoes. You peel and boil them and then bake or sauté the slices. I’m thinking of making a tiny sliced sunchoke sauté to be topped with sour cream.
I never liked Brussels sprouts till I got them fresh and tasty. Most recipes call for removing the unfurled leaves before cooking sprouts. And you definitely should. Just don’t toss them. Keep them around for a fast stir-fry. For the sprouts, chop them in half and sauté them in some olive oil and butter with a little garlic and salt and a lot of pepper. Remove them before they get too mushy. Mushy sprouts are not yummy. (more…)
Get in on the pre-season action!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on January 8, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I love preseason. Having two weeks to work through a box is easier. And there’s usually cheese.
Check out last year’s pre-season deliveries:
And from 2010…
This preseason is four deliveries and comes in two sizes: dinner for two at $188 and family at $248. The boxes are larger than regular weekly deliveries. There’s more information on the Farmers Fresh CSA Sign-Up page.
In order to participate in preseason or a regular season CSA starting in March, you have to join as a member for 2012, too. It’s $100 if you’re new and $60 to renew. Membership includes a member pack (which is usually a box of interesting non-perishable stuff like honey and grains) and a discount on store purchases both online and in person at the Carrollton store.
12/14 Winter veggie fun!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on December 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here’s what arrived this week from Farmers’ Fresh:
Carrots and cabbage
Asian turnips and pretty radishes
So I now have a root cellar (aka a plastic bag in my crisper)
12-7 Fava beans!
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on December 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here’s everything all together from last week’s CSA delivery:
- Italian parsley
- eggs
- delicious apples!
- potatoes
- coffee
- Bordeaux spinach
- pumpkin
- arugula
- butternut squash soup with topping
- field lettuce
- fava beans!
- broccoli
The apples are so sweet! Who needs Christmas candy with these around? (more…)
Beef stock footage
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA, Recipes on December 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Last month I made some beef stock from bones ordered from Farmers Fresh. It’s been my most successful stock experience to date. I think the secret is putting the cooling stock in the fridge over night so that it’s really easy to skim the fat.
I used a beef stock recipe from simplyrecipes.com.
In addition to the bones and some chopped onions and carrot, there were these ingredients .
thyme, carrot peelings, onion bits, bay leaves, garlic, and par-cel
The bones were rubbed with olive oil and put in the over to roast along with the onions and a carrot.
Here’s what they looked like after the roasting. (more…)
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on December 6, 2011| 2 Comments »
Here’s what arrived in last week’s box:
Swiss chard!
a very photogenic vegetable
Winter veggies!
carrots, kohlrabi, and cauliflower
Tomatoes, lettuce, and garlic (more…)
11/16 catnip mice and Salisbury steak
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on November 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here’s this week’s haul from Farmers’ Fresh:
par-cel, cilantro, and winter savory
Big, Beautiful, Bordeaux spinach
yummy lettuce!
Fall-appropriate vegetables!
Dandelion Greens and Green Tomatoes
Posted in CSA reports, Farmers Fresh CSA on November 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Last week, I got some dandelion greens from our CSA subscription. We used them in two meals.
The tops
This late supper was tasty. The greens cooked down and awful lot, though. I followed one of our favorite recipes (Kale with Raisins and Pinenuts) and swapped in the dandelion greens and chopped walnuts.
The bread was a multi-grain loaf courtesy of my freezer. I toasted some slices and topped them with olive oil and some incredible goat cheese from Capra Gia. (more…)
thoughtful consumption 