What’s in the box?

Notes on the box.

radishes

greentop beets

red leaf lettuce

broccolini

salad mix

oregano

greentop carrots

garlic scapes

Did you know that you can freeze garlic scapes?! I just learned it and you can bet I’m going to be freezing so many for soup, stir-fry, and roasted veggies this Winter. Simply cut them into inch size pieces and place them in a pastic bag, squeezing out as mich air as possible for freezing. Alternately, you can pulse them in your food processor with some olive oil and freeze in cubes for later. I adore having prepped garlic in the Winter.

Cosmic Wheel creamery Cheese Shares.

This week I included our Moonshadow and Moonglow. I like to include these two together to demonstrate what a difference what the cows are eating makes on the quality of the milk and the finished cheese. These are both made from the same recipe, but one was made in April 8 of last season before the pasture came in and so the cows were eating hay (dried grass) and the other was made on June 8 when the cows were on fresh, Spring flush pasture. You can see the difference in the colors of the two cheeses and I encourage you to taste them side by side as well. I don’t made very much of the Moonshadow because we milk seasonally and the cows aren’t making milk for too long when there isn’t fresh grass for them to eat. Most of them start milking for the year in April and May and then are given a break from milking from November until the next Spring. We only milk 10 or so cows per year which makes just the right amount of milk for our 90 gallon cheese vat. I hope you enjoy both of the cheeses!

Recipes.

Fresh Oregano Honey Dressing
Add together in a blender or jar with lid: 6 Tablespoons olive oil, 2 Tablespoons honey, 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar, 2 minced garlic scapes (flower bud removed), 2 Tablespoons minced fresh oregano leaves, and 1-1/2 tsp Dijon mustard. Blend together or put all ingredients into a jar a shake well. Dressing is great on a salad with roasted beets or a grated carrot and beet salad. Add cheese and toasted nuts to make a hearty and satisfying salad.

Garlic Scape Fries

Garlic Scape Hummus

On the farm.

Whew. We got some rain over the weekend. What a huge relief. The grass greened up a little bit and the veggies are popping up with so much delight from getting a drink.

The air quailty has been rough again (which I’m sure you all are aware of, too. We are very grateful for our crew and for everyone out there working outside in these rough conditions. We are trying to save the really more strenuous parts of the job to a minimum until things clear up, but even just the regular days work is not easy with the smoky skies. sigh. Clearer skies ahead?

We hope you will mark your calendars for the next Sunday Sundaes Ice Cream Social on the farm! It will be July 30 from 1-4. Hope to see you then!