Remember to collect Tomatoes in paper bags with your name on them! - (We don't put them in cold storage with the other vegetables that we keep in our walk in cooler for the night before your pick up day.) They are in a crate right beside the green boxes/cold vegetables. (Same for breads, flowers, and a cooler for fermented vegetables, and eggs...)
Vegetable prep tip: The vegetables we grow often need very little added or done to them in order to make a fantastic meal. Remember the guidance of "Salt - Fat - Acid - Heat." In other words, add some salt, fat (oil), acid (vinegar or lemon juice), and maybe add some heat.
Summertime meals for our family very often are a combination of three of our favorite things:
- GRILLED vegetables (whatever we have...scallions, summer squash, eggplant, non-spicy jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese...)
- SAUCE: Pesto/chimichurri with whatever herbs we have an abundance of (food-process with olive oil, garlic, and salt)
- SALAD with our succulent lettuce plus whatever toppings (tomatoes, sunflower seeds, nutritional yeast...)
Then we add to it some protein and carbs (grilled burgers and flatbread, for example). THIS IS SUMMER to us! It's so delicious and makes all our hard work feel worth it. Enjoy this seasonal eating! There are loads of options for you this week!
This month's HERB BOXES from Gathered Threads have arrived! The options look delicious and sumptuous! Choose from...
- Herbs for Body & Soul: Sleep Balm | Clary Sage Body Powder | Keep Calm Herbal Extract Kit | Lemon Lavender Truffles Kit | Orange Basil Sugar Scrub
- Herbs for the Kitchen: Herbs for Cream Cheese Spread | Butterfly Vinegar Kit | Mexican Pinto Beans Seasoning Kit | Thai Basil Lemongrass Simple Syrup Kit | Mexican Tarragon
- Herbs for Tea & Wellness: The Shade Sipper Tea | Majestic Mountain Tea Blend | Cal-c-ommm… (Calcium) Tea | Head to Toe Massage Oil Kit | Yucca Flower Essence
The delicious fermented vegetables listed here are also from Katherine at Gathered Threads. We've been making our own fermented/cultured vegetables for years, and hers are the most delicious we've ever tasted! Give them a try. Your taste buds and your gut flora will thank you. This month's options include: Caraway, Simply Sauer, Russian, Chinese Fisherman, Spicy Napa kimchi, Kimchi, White Kimchi, The Green & Black, Beet Kraut, Beet n Fennel, Beet & Onion Pickle, Gingered Carrots, Sauerrubenkraut, By the Bay, Red head, Apple Juniper, Rosemary'd Turnips
A note about Eggs - We offer them to you when our egg farmer friends (Steve Ault and/or Robert Hutchins) have enough available for us to list them here. It is often unpredictable and erratic, but Steve Ault is increasing his number of hens (he has plenty of pasture room!) in order to make more available soon.
Blessings on your meals ~
