This is week #24 of the 2023 season. This puts us at 80% of the way into the 30-week season. Our 2023 season ends on December 10th (week #30).
Thank you for your support and participation in the our farm share CSA. It means a whole lot and makes a big difference. Your membership not only helps our farm, but also the other small certified-organic family-farms that we partner with to create the weekly shares. With much gratitude and appreciation!
This week’s shares contain the following, some preparation inspiration is below:
- Yellow Onions – 1 pint from our farm
- Lemongrass – 1 bunch from our farm
- Lettuce – 1 head from our farm
- Mini Sweet Peppers – 1 pint from our farm
- White Daikon Radish – 1 from Cinzori Farm of Ceresco, MI
- Purple Broccoli – 1 bunch from Cinzori Farm
- Blue Kabocha Squash – 1 nice squash from Sunnyside Produce of Homer, MI
Medium shares contain the above listed items, and:
- Extra 1 Lettuce
- Extra pint of Peppers
- Extra Daikon
- Extra pint of Onions
Some preparation inspiration: Remember to wash all produce thoroughly.
- Yellow Onions – a pantry staple. We typically use the yellow onions for cooking and red onions for raw, but there is no rule that it has to be that way. Onions not only taste good but are also beneficial for digestion and have been said to promote overall health.
- Lemongrass – we received a lot of appreciation for the lemongrass that was in the shares last time and wanted to include it one more time before the frost. We like to use it to make a simple and tasty tea. It also goes great in a coconut milk based soup or stew. This week’s box has all the components to make a great soup.
- Lettuce – these are the second cutting of our late summer planted lettuces. Lettuce grown in cooler weather is said to be sweeter. We hope to continue to include lettuce in the shares for the next few weeks or so.
- Mini Sweet Peppers – we call them snacking peppers and love to eat them raw just like that. They also go great in a salad or can be cooked anyway you would normally use bell peppers. With their thick walls, sweet taste, and remarkably few seeds, they are amazing.
- White Daikon Radish – great raw or cooked. We like to shred them up into salads, or cut them into big chunks and use in a soup or stew. Fall harvested radishes store real well in a bag in the fridge also.
- Purple Broccoli – yay for fall harvested cruciferous vegetables. These are sweet as far as broccoli goes, due to the cool weather and their freshness. They can certainly go in a salad, or a nice stir fry, or a stand alone veggie side dish.
- Blue Kabocha Squash – this is a rare heirloom type that is remarkable. It is also known as Blue Kuri, Blue Hokaido, Stella Blue, Japanese Pumpkin and other names. The flesh is very dense and sweet. It can be used to make a pie, can be cubed into a soup or stew, or simply cut in half and bake as you would any squash. Don’t forget to roast the seeds – they are good for us and yummy too!