My dear Community,
My apologies for not adding recipes to the blog last week. After I took my Health and Wellness Coaching board exam on Monday, a workload on the farm was waiting for me on Tuesday and it felt overwhelming. On the bright side I’m done with my exam and should know the results in about 6-7 weeks. I also made a mistake and ordered pints of blueberries instead of half pints. That was a costly mistake, but I hope you enjoyed them. We’ll continue to look forward to half pints moving forward. I was wondering!!
Between winter mud, which slows planting down to a halt and a missed round of planting carrots, we’re really stretched thin this week for items in our CSA boxes. We’ve reached out in gratitude to neighboring farms. Being able to support local, organic neighboring farms continues to align with our mission to create food security for our community and generate a working relationship. We’re able to give them back all their boxes to create a truly minimal packaging experience.
I want to highlight cabbage this week. I think it’s one of those humble vegetables that doesn’t carry the glitz and glam of say a tomato or strawberry, yet so versatile and delicious raw in slaws or topped on a taco, roasted in the oven to sweet perfection or cooked for a quick and healthy stir fry. I made a bunch of sauerkraut this weekend. It’s a short prep that results in deliciousness a few weeks later and an easy way to add a boost of nutrition to your day. Feeding your gut microbes fermented veggies really help the good bacteria and yeasts in your body thrive which in turn helps foster a healthy immune system and more. Add a scoop to your salad, use it as a side or topping, or enjoy it as a snack on its own.
Be good to each other.
CSA Contains:
CARROTS from SUNRISE ORGANICS
RED BEETS
GREEN CABBAGE
BROCCOLI from CAPAY ORGANICS
BABY SPINACH
RED BUTTER LETTUCE
LACINATO KALE
BLUEBERRIES from HOMEGROWN ORGANICS
SPAGHETTI SQUASH from SUNRISE ORGANICS
ITALIAN PARSLEY from SUNRISE ORGANICS
BIG BOX ADD: RED LEAF LETTUCE, CARROTS, BLUEBERRIES, two more tbd
JUST the BASICS:
RED BUTTER LETTUCE
CARROTS
RED BEETS
BLUEBERRIES
BROCCOLI
BABY SPINACH
JUICE FEAST:
CARROTS x2
ROMAINE LETTUCE
FUJI APPLES
FENNEL
GREEN CABBAGE
ITALIAN PARSLEY
CELERY
BABY SPINACH
EUREKA LEMONS
FRUIT EXPANSION: GOLDEN NUGGET TANGERINES + BLUEBERRIES
LETTUCE of the WEEK: RED BUTTER
MUSHROOM MIX: SHIITAKE + OYSTERS from WOLFE FARMS