Winter - Week 12 (Dec 27/28)

A couple of days late, and no pics... sorry.  Nothing new anyway, but after getting off the plane, it was all I could do to get the veggies in the fridge.  I know I'm getting a minor backlog of winter squash, and even though it keeps great, we want to use it up.  I will post some tested recipes for winter squash tomorrow.

Beets
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Red Pontiac Potatoes
Yellow Onions
Turnips
Parsnip
Shallots
Garlic
Hubbard Squash
Spinach
Fresh Frozen Peaches
Honey

David says this week was a little light (volume-wise) because of the honey.  It retails for $15 a jar.  He wanted to change it up a little as the waves of greens and salad stuff come and go.  Expect it to increase a little in variety and volume again as the weeks progress.

MEAT UPDATE!  The lamb will be done today, the beef will be done Friday or Monday.  There will be meat in the boxes starting with your next pickup.

no post today

Hey all,

I'm on the road traveling and won't be there to pick up my box.  The share list will go up tomorrow (Wednesday).

Of meat and frozen fruit...

The meat processor is finally accepting the animals today, and they should be traveling on to the butcher's this week.  David is really sorry for the delay, and has been repeatedly frustrated.  The number of small processors and butchers available to local growers has continued to shrink as big-agra has consolidated animal operations.  You'll get your money's worth in the end, but when you're expecting a little meat each week, a long dry spell followed by a huge pile is less than satisfying.  Apologies from the farm.

How are you all enjoying the fresh frozen fruit?  I say fresh because David's wife spent hours in the late summer / early fall blanching, peeling, cutting, and packing the fruits.  They're generally stuff that was picked faster than could sell at the market (usually ahead of storms) or that was picked all at once after the end of market (ahead of the first hard frosts).  I think the taste and texture has been way better than canned, plus it is local.  We've enjoyed them in yogurt, over ice cream, and in cobblers so far.

BOXES!  David isn't getting boxes back from some folks.  Please return the boxes to your pickup sites.  They are expensive, hard to get hold of, and incredibly reuseable.

Winter - Week 11 (Dec 20/21)

Spinach
Yellow onion
Beets
Turnips
Fuji apples
Golden Delicious apples
Gala apples
Macintosh apples
Fresh frozen pears
Banana squash
Collard greens
Mixed greens
Red pontiac potatoes
Yukon gold potatoes

Spaghetti Squash

I'm crying uncle.  I'll eat any vegetable.  I'll munch on turnips raw.  I've even grown to like brussel sprouts and lima beans.  I've been staring at the spaghetti squash in the basket for weeks.  I have never been a fan of them, not since low-fat "healthy" experiments by my mother as a child.  Does anyone have a killer spaghetti squash recipe to share with the group?

Winter - Week 10 (Dec 13/14)

Nothing new this week.  What do you think of the "frozen fresh fruits"?  I really enjoyed the peaches with vanilla ice cream and cinnamon.  The raspberries can go right back into the freezer for pancakes or ice cream.  The spinach and winter squash can go right into the recipe from last week with barley etc.  Try that cabbage sauteed with apples, or maybe made into soup with the radish and some miso.

Spinach
Hubbard squash
Spaghetti squash
Beets
Turnips
Yukon gold potatoes
Pontiac red potatoes
Yellow onions
Garlic
Shallots
Cabbage
Fuji apples
Macintosh apples
Golden delicious apples
Black radish
Frozen fresh raspberries

Meat processor is due to deliver next week.  Don't worry -- you'll be compensated for the weeks that haven't happened.

No labels this week

Winter Squash Risotto

This is days late in being posted, but I don't think our share make-up will change drastically this week.  My family really enjoyed this recipe from RealSimple.  It will make use of your winter squash (I used a chunk of hubbard), onions, and spinach.  I threw a couple of cloves of garlic in for good measure.

It was also very simple.  About 10 minutes of chopping vegetables and 10 minutes in front of the stove.

Winter - Week 9 (Dec 6/7)

Pontiac Red potatoes
Yukon Gold potatoes
Yellow onion
Turnips
Parsnips
Black radish
Beets
Spinach
Salad Mix
Red Kale
Banana squash
Fresh frozen peaches
Golden delicious apples
Fuji apples
Macintosh apples
Granny Smith apples

Kale -- cut away the center stem and the thicker veins.  Cut the leaves into thinner ribbons when cooking to be sure they get tender.  Saute ribbons with garlic and shallots until tender; fold into omelette.

Frozen peaches -- if they're still mostly frozen, you can keep them in the freezer for a couple of months.  If they're starting to thaw, they'll keep in your fridge for several days at least.  Eat as fresh, with cream or mascarpone, or blend into smoothies.  Fresh peach taste!

Tomorrow I'll post a fantastic (and easy) risotto recipe using the onions, garlic, banana squash, and spinach.

No meat this week, sorry.  When the butcher gets caught up, so will we!

TOP: spinach, salad mix, red kale
MID: black radish, turnips, parsnip, yellow onion, garlic, shallots, banana squash
BOT: gold & red potatoes, beets, golden delicious, macintosh, granny smith, Fuji