FARM EVENT: POTATO HARVEST – Saturday 8/24 10-2 – join us at the farm, help harvest, enjoy some food using our potatoes, local beer, beverages, and take home a bag of freshly dug potatoes.
In your CSA share this week:
- Red Norland Potato
- Tomatillo
- Beans
- Peppers – orange & yellow mini sweet snacking
- Onion – red and white
- Tomato – plum & heirloom
- Peppers – Italian red roasting
- Jalapeno
- Grape/Cherry Tomato mix
- Cucumber
- Summer Squash
- Garlic
- Eggplant
Links to Featured Recipes of the Week :
You have a little over a pound of tomatillos this week. You can make one of these recipes or make both using a 1/2 recipe. Both recipes begin the same so roast and split to make both. Will pair great with Summer Squash Tacos. You could even make the summer squash and add some black beans and fill a burrito and top with the salsa verde. Do you have extra summer squash? It is cool enough this week to turn on the oven – make Taco Boats- google it! Whip up a batch of fresh tomato salsa. It is Mexican week!
Tomatillo Salsa Verde
Roasted Tomatillo Soup
Recipe links from past weeks :
Summer Squash Tacos, Sauteed Summer Squash, Pan Fried Eggplant (alter the seasonings in this recipe – cumin & chili powder for an additional burrito filling), Marinated Bean Salad, Grilled Eggplant, Ratatouille Pasta, Eggplant Meatballs, Pickled Jalapeno and Onions, Broiled Eggplant
Veggie notes & tips:
Join our private Facebook Group: EGFCSA Veggie Group – show us what you are cooking https://www.facebook.com/groups/egfcsa/
Check out the Vegetable Directory for storage tips, recipes, and more.
We also have Pinterest boards for most vegetables with recipe ideas
Use your 2022 or 2023 CSA Member Recipe Book for even more ideas!!
Tomatillo: Green and a bit sticky in a paper husk, Storage – room temp for up to a week with or without husks; refrigerate up to 3 weeks in a paper bag Best Uses: salsa verde, soup, salads, dressing Cooking: typically boiled or roasted
Mini Sweet Peppers: Small yellow or orange – sweet snacking peppers with very few seeds
Tomato: Let your tomatoes ripen on the counter. Do not refrigerate until ripe. If you must refrigerate allow to return to room temperature before eating for the best flavor. Sauces, salads, sandwiches…YUM!
Garlic: Use in everything!! Well, almost everything. Roasting mellows and deepens the garlic flavor. Quick Recipe: Roast in an air fryer: foil pouch, cut off very top of garlic head to expose tops of cloves, lightly drizzle with olive oil, air fry at 390 degrees for 10-20 min. Carefully open pouch and air fry for 5 more minutes to carmelize. Use roasted garlic on bread, in hummus, added to dressings and dips.
Peppers: can be chopped, sliced, minced and frozen without blanching. Jalapeno heat comes from the seeds and membrane, remove to reduce heat, use gloves if possible. Jalapenos are excellent in cornbread. Freezing: prepare how you intend to use them. Not a fan of a lot of heat? Freeze them after tiny dicing them in a baggie making square indents for easy removal of a small chunk or ice cube tray. Frozen peppers can be used in scrambles, cassaroles, soups, breads, on pizza, in sauces, and sautes.
From the Field
We look forward to seeing you on the farm Saturday for our Annual Potato Harvest!
Future Farm Events:
AUGUST – POSTPONED – POTATO HARVEST – Saturday, August 24th 10-2
SEPTEMBER – TBD – Saturday, September 21st 1-3
OCTOBER – POT LUCK – CSA MEMBER RENEWAL PARTY – Saturday, October 5th 1-3
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