Season Extension Week 3; October 26, 2017

What's in the box?  

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carrots
potatoes
sage
spinach
Hakurei turnips (salad turnips)
butternut squash
cauliflower
beets
onions
garlic
sweet peppers

Notes on the box.  

This will be the last peppers of the season!  cold temps are coming and these beauties will be knocked out.  
Brussel Sprouts are coming again next week.  

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

Some lovely fresh Whole Milk Ricotta.  Perfect time for butternut squash lasagna.  Or some ricotta and honey for breakfast.  
And the first First Snow of the fall! Our camembert style cheese that I can only make during cooler temperatures.  It is about half ripe with the center still being firm.  You should let it come to room temp before eating for maximum deliciousness.  If you want it to get more ripe and oozy, just leave it in your fridge in its ripening paper for another week or two.  

Recipes.

Roasted Cauliflower and Ricotta Grandma Pie. Sounds delicious and has the best name.  

Beet and Ricotta Gnocci in case you are looking for a weekend project

Butternut Squash and Sage Lasagna

Butternut Squash Carmalized Onion and Spinach Lasagna. in case you can't decide what kind of lasagna to make.

On the Farm.

The cold weather has all the farmers in the area including us scrambling to get things into places where they won't freeze and get all the crops harvested that we can.  We are hoping that the cold weather doesn't stop the growth of the romanesco in its tracks.  It's so close and we were hoping to get it into the last boxes.  Frosty fingers crossed!  

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Season Extension Week 2; October 19, 2017

What's in the box? 

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Carrots
Salad Turnips
Spinach
Parsley
Cabbage
Potatoes
Beets
Garlic
Onions
Sweet Peppers
Brussels Sprouts
Pie Pumpkin

Notes on the box.  

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.  

Garlic Dill Quark is wonderful on a roasted beet salad or dropped onto a potato and egg hash at the very end of cooking.  I know you got this pretty recently, but I also know it's a favorite and very easy to eat!  
The Aquilla is a jack style.  It's a good melter, but. I love it for cheese and crackers.  Make it a little fancy by serving with red onion fridge pickles.  Great snack!  

Recipes.  

Quick Pickled Onions

Roasted Hakurei Turnips with Israeli Couscous Salad - Make this yummy salad if you don't eat the turnips sliced, raw, and dipped in the quark.  

 

On the Farm

The colors are so beautiful out here and we have been enjoying cooler mornings and chilly fingers.  The Sunshine has been so nice, too.  The cooler weather means less weeds and has freed up a little time for us to take a step back and look up and out and enjoy the beauty of the area around us (finally!). We went on a nice family hike at a local park and had a fun birthday party for Otto who is now 7!  We hope you are enjoying the storage veggies and the weather and colors!  

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Season Extension Week 1 of 4; October 12, 2017

What's in the box?  

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Red peppers
Beets
Cilantro
Arugula
Spinach
Onions
Garlic
Carrots
Potatoes
Winter Squash - Acorn and Black Futsu
Brussels sprouts

Notes on the box.

Store Onions, Garlic, Winter Squash, and Potatoes out of the fridge.  Keep potatoes out of the light to avoid greening and sprouting.  
Everything else can go in the fridge.  Greens will keep longer in an open plastic bag in the crisper.  

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

Feta goes well with the Spinach, Arugula, Beets, Red Peppers, and Winter Squash.  Actually it goes pretty well with just about anything!  Enjoy!  
The Deneb is nice and creamy, fruity, and milky. It's also an excellent melter and pretty mild.  Nice to top casseroles and on grilled cheeses.   

Recipes.

Fried Cauliflower Rice

Htipiti - Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Dip

Basic Cauliflower Fritters

Muhammara - Red Pepper and Walnut Spread

Warm Arugula and White Bean Salad

On the Farm.

We got that frost!  That means the greens are sweeter and more yummy than ever.  It also means the pepper plants are done for.  We will keep sending the brassicas and greens your way.  We are waiting on the Romaesco and hope it heads up in time for the last box.  In the mean time, enjoy the other delicious veggies! Especially the healthy helping of Brussels sprouts!  

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