Feature Farmer – Littlest Acre Organics is a family farm growing 40+ crops on 2 acres. They specialize in high-quality soil-grown produce and pasture-raised non-GMO eggs. Their popular 24 week CSA features the best of our fields with various convenient pickup locations as well as home delivery. They’re are now offering a second shorter CSA program with pick up at Moss Street Market.
We’re grateful to Littlest Acre Farms for supplying Tatsoi and Komatsu in our bags this week – perfect for stir frying a quick meal in this hot weather.
And grateful too, to Mason Street Farms for their delicious mixed greens in the sustainable and standard bags this week.
Standard ($30.00): *BC early nugget potatoes, BC bunched carrots, Navel orange, Cosmic apple, BC Symphony tomatoes, BC red pepper, org. banana, BC cucumber, Mason Street farms *org. lettuce
Standard Plus ($40.00): *BC early nugget potatoes, org. bananas, BC bunched carrots, BC cucumber, BC Symphony tomatoes, BC red pepper, BC strawberries, Navel oranges, Cosmic apples, Michell’s *Lacinato kale and Red Leaf lettuce, Gatton Farm *org. bok choy
Sustainable ($40.00): Northstar Organics *tomato slicers, org. banana, *Littlest Acre org. *Tatsoi and green curly kale, Mason Street farm *org. lettuce mix, Gatton Farm *org. broccoli, org. Altualfo mango, org. Jewel/Garnet yams
Cultural ($30.00): org. Jewel/Garnet yams, org. Altualfo mango, org. banana, BC Symphony tomatoes, BC red pepper, Gatton Farm *org. bok choy, BC strawberries, Littlest Acre *org. Tatsoi/Komatsu
Staples ($30.00): org. Jewel/Garnet yams, BC Early Nugget potatoes, org. bananas, BC bunched carrots, Cosmic Crisp apples, BC Symphony tomatoes, BC red pepper, BC cucumber
Fruit ($25.00): Cantaloupe, org. bananas, BC strawberries, Navel orange, Cosmic apples
BC – Only ($30.00): BC early nugget potatoes, BC bunched carrots, BC red pepper, Michell’s *fennel and Lacinato kale, Gatton Farm * org. broccoli and bok choy, BC strawberries, Littlest Acre *org. Tatsoi/Komatsu
*local, BC, organic
***Note: Some items may change due to circumstances out of our control but the value of the box will always remain the same.
Wet Weather Reminder — Bring your cloth bags or totes! Don’t forget to bring along your reusable grocery bags or totes to avoid the soggy demise of our paper bags if you’ll be hitting the elements on the way home. Even just getting to the car during this soggy season could be lethal for your produce — we want it to make it all the way home — not playing a game of 10 pin on the sidewalk!
What’s on the menu this week?
Crunchy Bok Choy Slaw — Eating Well has created this versatile dish perfect for BBQ nights of grilled anything – adding crisp, crunch goodness.
Note: you can easily skip the sugar. It doesn’t need any sweetness.
You can find the recipe here. Don’t hesitate to add thinly sliced kale, radishes, or even apple for natural sweetness to this perfect side salad. Some reviewers have suggested using other sweeteners instead of sugar. Honey sounds like a good alternative.
Komatsuna and Scrambled Egg Stir Fry is a perfect protein filled, on the go recipe for stuffing into pitas or wraps.
Komatsuna is high in calcium and other beneficial vitamins. According to Oishi Washoku, it can be “steamed, stir fried, boiled, added to soups and pickled, and the younger leaves also make a yummy addition to mixed leaf salads.
Find the recipe here.
The 20-Minute Tatsoi Stir Fry found in the Journal Sentinel should be a college staple recipe. It’s quick, versatile and fail proof.
Follow the link here to learn more about Tatsoi and how to use it.
Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Roasted Red Pepper, and Corn…no corn, experiment with another veggie like cucumber or zucchini or mushrooms or whatever you like.
can find this versatile recipe by Bread & Basil here.
Ricardo Cuisine shares 6 Ways to Use Strawberry Tops. Don’t let any part go to waste! Whether it’s using the leaves and their tops in an herbal tea, to make a syrup, in a cold infusion, in a smoothie, to flavour vinegar or even in a pesto, your strawberry tops will never be tossed into the compost bin again. Since realizing their benefits I just eat them as is, though an infused jug of tops in the fridge when you come in from the heat is thoroughly refreshing.
Find these recipes here.
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