Sweet Summer Selections: Berries and Sweet Corn

Good Morning,

Small Share:
• Salad Mix (Spicy)
**Includes Frisee, Arugula and other strong flavored greens
• Sweet Corn (2 ears)
• Thai Basil
• Tomato
• Yellow Onion
• White Onion
• Red Marble Onion
• Chester Blackberry
• Cylindra Beet
**This is a longer beet, similar to a carrot shape.
• Green Zucchini
• Eight-Ball Zucchini
• Pattypan Squash
Medium Share:
• All of the Small Share
• Sweet Corn (6 ears total)
• Light Green Eight-Ball Zucchini
• Crookneck Squash
• Black Beauty Zucchini
• Zephyr Squash
*These squash are multi-colored yellow on top and light green on the bottom
• Shingiku Greens
• Extra Thai Basil
Large Share:
• All of the Medium Share
• Cabbage
• Amaranthus Leaf
• Baby Bok Choy
• Sweet Corn (12 ears total)
• Red Raspberries
• Extra Blackberries
• Extra of the following varieties of squash/zucchini squash
     o Papaya Squash
     o Extra Pattypan Squash
     o Yellow Eight-Ball Zucchini
     o Crookneck Squash
     o Zephyr Squash
     o Black Beauty Zucchini
     o Mediterranean Zucchini
     o Starship Pattypan Squash
• Extra Thai Basil
• Shingiku Greens

Corn: Please contact me by email if you have any critters/insects in your corn. David did not think there were insects in the majority of them, but he did not want to open everyone’s corn to find out.

Boxes: Do you forget to bring your boxes back? To prevent forgetting my boxes at home I have been bringing reusable bags to my share pick up site, and leaving the boxes there. If you ever forget to return your box, please return it the next week.

Note: If you have multiple boxes at home, please bring them to your site the next time you pick up your share.

Update: Last week there were not raspberries in the small share. I apologize for the miscommunication.

Missing Produce: Sometimes between all of the things David and I are trying to accomplish on share drop-off days our wires get crossed. I hope this happens very rarely, but if you feel like your box differs from the list I have posted, please call or text (801)557-3800 specifying your name, phone number and share pick-up site information and I’ll do my best to get it straightened out a.s.a.p.

Blog Feedback: Thank you for being members of the Zoe’s Garden CSA. Our goal is to offer this blog as a resource, and therefore we need your feedback. Please email me at produce@zoegarden.com if there are other things you would like to see on the blog, if there are too many postings coming into your email inbox, or any other suggestions.

Member Suggestion: If you have anymore apricots left one member recommends dropping them in a pot of hot water for just a few seconds, and then the skin will easily fall off. She then discards the skins and pits and mashes the rest of the apricot. You can freeze the mashed apricots, add it to yogurt and cereal, used in dressings or desserts.

This week I will be trying to create a Thai inspired dish using the Thai basil, zucchini, onions and cabbage.

From our garden to your kitchen, happy eating.
Jessica

Apricot and Basil Salad Dressing

Photo Courtesy of Elana's Pantry

Recipe adapted from California Fresh Apricot Council

Ingredients:

•1 fresh ripe apricot, pitted

•1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

•1/2 tbsp maple syrup or agave nectar
•2 tbsp olive oil

•1 tbsp chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil

Preparation:

Combine pitted apricot, vinegar and syrup in blender, and whirl until blended. With blender running, slowly add oil until thick and smooth. Stir in basil.

Ripe Apricots and Spicy Greens

Hello,


Small Share:
Yellow Onion
Red Marble Onion
White Onion
Beet and Beet Greens
**The tops of the beets are a sweeter greens
Green Zucchini
Salad Mix (Spicy)
**Includes Frisee, Arugula and other strong flavored greens
Sweet Basil
Tomato
Apricots
**These were picked today and are very ripe. You can dry or freeze them if you will be unable to eat them all right away.
Chester Blackberry
Yellow Pattypan Squash
Zephyr Squash
**This squash is the multi-colored squash with a yellow top and light green bottom.
Red Raspberries

Medium Share:
All of the Small Share
Eight Ball Zucchini
Zucchini
Yellow Zucchini
Yellow Pepper

Large Share:
All of the Medium Share
Turnip Greens
**These are the full stemmed, rougher, more textured leaf greens.
Baby Bok Choy
Cabbage
Artichokes (Small)
Extra Apricots
Extra Salad Mix

If you have any questions about what is in your share please email me at produce@zoegarden.com.

From our garden to your kitchen, happy eating.

Jessica

Stuffed Zucchini

Good Evening Everyone,

So around our house we've been eating a lot of zucchini. How about you? We've had some great pasta with zucchini, made stir fry, added it to salads, and grilled it on the barbecue. About a week ago we also tried stuffing it, which is what David recommended to me for the older zucchinis, especially the Eight-Ball Zucchini.

Stuffed Zucchini 

-8-ball zucchini, regular zucchini, hollowed out, use what you take out in the stuffing mixture.
-1/2 cup of wild rice and 1/2 cup of brown basmati rice cooked in 4 cups of water and 1 1/2 to 2 vegetable boullion cubes. Once the rice is to your liking, strain and keep the broth on the stove while moving the rice into a separate bowl.
Side Note: I soak the basmati rice for an hour prior to remove the phytic acid. If you are interested in learning about soaking grain/legumes check out Nourishing Practices.
-In a separate pan cook 3 chicken sausages. I removed the casing and broke the meat into crumbles as it cooked. Add the meat to the broth pot once fully cooked.
Side Note: This recipe doesn't need meat, or it can be your favorite local, organic meat instead. Your choice.
-Saute onions and garlic in olive oil or in the leftover oil from your meat. Add the sliced leeks and mushrooms after the onions and garlic have had a chance to carmelize. After about 5-7 minutes add everything to the liquid mixture. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add the zucchini extras to this mixture, and strain liquid (saving it for soup). Add mixture into hollowed out zucchinis. Cook zucchini in oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or barbecue.
Side Note: The leftover broth, and stuffed zucchini make a great soup for lunches.

Enjoy!

Jessica