Our first sour hare of the Autumn, and with this week's weather it feels about right. The produce in your shares will be starting to shift in the coming weeks, and this week we have some of the first Fall veggies. Here's what's in all shares this week:
Delicata squash! The first winter squash of the year, these smaller squash are the most popular variety to grow. They have great flavor, and are really easy to use....the skin is thin and edible, so no need to peel them, just cut them in half longwise, scoop out the seeds, add some butter, oil, or salt, and bake them in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or so.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/maple-roasted-delicata-squash-with-red-onion-51258430
Walla walla onions- We have a greenhouse chock full of onions, shallots and garlic right now, so no shortage on any of those for the coming months. Onions are a great start to a nice Fall soup, or use these in place of red onions in the recipe above.
Sweet peppers- More of our sweet Gypsy and Carmen peppers. Both are ripening quickly and add a great sweet flavor all kinds of dishes. Here is a recipe for roasted red peppers:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-red-peppers-recipe-1923836
Carrots- The carrots are better than ever, but their tops are getting a bit weaker, so I think we will pack the carrots into your shares without tops this week. They will still be freshly dug and delicious, and if it is still this chilly out it will save us the unpleasant job of wrangling twist ties with cold muddy fingers!
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/carrot-soup-with-ginger-and-lemon-4083
Radishes- A nice small bunch of radishes...we are back to our French Breakfast type radishes that we grow in the cooler months of Spring and Fall.
Arugula- A peppery bunch of arugula for a salad, or cook it lightly if the flavor is too strong for you raw.
Tomatoes- Keep your fingers crossed that our plants make it through this wet spell, as it looks like there is at least a bit more dry weather on the way...
Large Shares only:
Sweet corn- I was hoping we'd have corn in all shares one more time, but I decided to play it safe and put it in large shares only, as it's hard to tell how much corn is still out in the field right now until I start picking it. We haven't put it in the farm stand over the last several days to hang on to it for your shares!
Fall braising mix- A little bag of our new fall kales, mustards, and chards make a nice braising mix to cook up with some onion and garlic, or add to a stir fry or stew.
Eggplant- The eggplants should keep producing for many weeks. The fruits this year are small but extra tasty.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/241990/roasted-baby-eggplant-tomato-and-zucchini/ ...you could preroast the delicata a bit and use it in place of zucchini...
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/spiced-baby-eggplants
Garlic- Maybe as part of the project of packing the garlic for the shares, we will soon begin to set aside the largest heads of garlic for seed to be planted in October for next year's garlic.
[and more onions and carrots]
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