Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Looking Like Summer In The Boxes

Now this is what I would call a box full of summer!  Tomatoes, corn, peppers, onions, tomatoes....yum!
 
The weather has changes things on the farm.  It is nice to be able to be back in the fields.  The plants are soaking in all that wonderful sunshine and the weeds are growing just as fast.  They hope to have more tomatoes ripen with all this great sunshine.  The corn and green beans are soaking it all in also.

Recipe Of The Week: Uses Of Garlic

 Uses Of Garlic
 
Garlic adds flavor to lots of dishes.   Real garlic lovers get a clove of garlic to saute before they even know what is for dinner!
 
For delicious baked potatoes (especially early new red potatoes was, and then cube the potatoes into 1 inch cubes.  Place them in a shallow pan, drizzle with some olive oil, and sprinkle with some fresh thyme, rosemary, and sage over all.  Also add several cloves of chopped garlic.  Cover and bake for 1 hour.  Uncover and bake until soft and slightly crisp.  Top with some Himalayan Pink slat and cheese. 
 


Thursday, July 16, 2015

Recipe Of The Week: Country Brunch Skillet

Country Brunch Skillet

6 strips of bacon
6 cups of cubed hash brown potatoes
3/4 cup of green pepper
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
6 eggs
1/2 cup of shredded cheese

Cook bacon until it is done and remove from the skillet.  Brown the potatoes in the bacon grease and add peppers, onions, salt and pepper.  Stir fry until almost done then pour eggs over the top.  Stir in cheese when done and crumble bacon on top.

Recipe Of The Week: Eggplant

Anna's Favorite Eggplant Recipe
 
Peel them, cut them in half, slice them about 1/4 inch think, dip into beaten egg, roll in fine crushed cracker crumbs, fry them in butter.  YUMMMM...delicious

The Catch Up Blog

We were out of town last week and missed the CSA drop off.  So I emailed Rue and he sent me a copy of the newsletter to read so I would be all caught up.

Anna has he sweetest way with words.  She just writes in such a calming manner.  Anna explained that because of the cool and wet we have been having vegetables like, beets, carrots, cabbage, and cucumbers haven't done well and they don't want to pack them in our boxes.  But  not to worry the second planting is looking good. Tomatoes are ripening very slowly because they need the heat of the sun.

Last week was the last week of the Spring Share.  Those eight weeks went by really fast.  So that means this week is the first week of the summer share.


 
So welcome to the fist box of the summer share.  Anna says sweet corn, eggplants, and cucumbers are looking good and they might be finding their way into our boxes next week.
 
She must love egg plant because she sent an extra recipe.
 
Please keep in mind that with all the horrible rainstorms that we have been having which results in lack of sunshine which in turn means no heat for the growing process things have really slowed down.  So pray for sunshine in the coming weeks.