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What’s in the Share 6-23

Post author By Suzi Miles
Post date 06/19/2021

Hi members! Welcome to our new members this week – we are so glad to have you!

Summer holidays – if you are traveling, don’t forget to put your shares on hold. Just a reminder – our CSA vacation is August 11th and 18th – there will not be any CSA those weeks. Please mark your calendars and make arrangements to feed your family if you are not on vacation those weeks. We hope you are loving the glorious abundance of summer fruit!!

Home Delivery – Richmond home delivery – your delivery day is Wednesday.

Cooler Bins/Porch Pirates – Please try to have a cooler or bin out with ice for delivery people to leave your share in – some of you still do not have one out for us. With warmer temps, this will preserve your share, especially more delicate items. The bin method tucked away from your door (let us know where you want it) also helps to disguise your share if porch pirates roam your neighborhood looking for opportune booty – we have occasionally had shares stolen and we find this method an effective deterrant.

Below is the preview menu, subject to change. Reminder – if something is wrong with your share/delivery, let us know right away so we can remedy it for you!

Happy Cooking and Eating!

~ Suzi

PRODUCE – Produce is from Flores Family Farm (George, Omar and family) Hague; , Va unless otherwise indicated.

Peaches – grilled honey basil peaches with ricotta,
Blueberries – Agriberry, Hanover, VA – I am sure these will be eaten by the time you get home. But here are some ideas: blueberry basil crisp
Cherries – One of our favorite stone fruits with tons of vitamin C! These are wonderful just to eat, but if you want to get fancy, try: cherry sorbet; chilled cherry soup; make cocktails; fresh cherry galette with basil cream
Basil – strawberry basil caprese salad, strawberry basil shrub and what to do with it; cherry basil sorbet
Yellow Squash/Zucchini Mix – Rosa’s Garden, Mechanicsville, VA, Mechanicsville, VA – DC member Abby says this zucchini smoothie recipe is delicious; baked parmesan zucchini; healthy muffins; prosciutto wrapped zucchini with balsamic drizzle;
Tuscan Kale – Try this recipe forKale Chips, these make for a quick healthy and delicious snack.Or this Tuscan Kale Salad.
Pickling Cucumber – Try this collection of 25 different creative pickling recipes!
Spring Onions – zucchini fritter with spring onions
Cabbage – Try this ABC salad with almond butter, liquid aminos and ACV dressing – you can practically put the whole veggie share in here along with tofu or grilled tempeh. Here is another ABC salad, this time with blueberry lemon dressing (calls for napa cabbage, but I think regular green cabbage is fine. )
Aloe – we try to have aloe a couple times in the summer – it is a powerhouse of healing both internally and externally – especially for gut tissues, skin and detox. It is great for first aid – you can cut a piece and cool off sunburn or bug bite skin. Here’s some dos and don’ts. Here’s 15 recipes including a cucumber aloe martini!
Daikon- daikon is a thick white radish and one of Mark’s favorites. It comes to us from Asia and is versatile – it can be cooked, pickled or used raw. It can be grated into salads, pickled and put on tacos, or grilled and braised into stews. Here are some more ideas.
mushrooms

FRUIT share – We are really rocking the fruit now!

Here is a fancy dessert – Summer Pavlova with fresh and grilled berries

Strawberries –small batch strawberry basil jam; make dehydated strawberries in the dehydrator, oven or air fryer
Blueberries – small batch blueberry muffins; oven dried blueberry fruit leather; cocktails
Cherries – balsamic cherry preserves; cherry basil kombucha

MEATS –

Polyface Breakfast links
Beef steaks – rib eye/NY Strip

BREAD

Chewy’s – Everything Bagels

DAIRY

Cheese – ricotta — peach ricotta toast; zucchini/summer squash ricotta fritatta

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What’s in the Share and at the Market 7/2

Post author By Suzi Miles
Post date 06/27/2020

Dear members — here is what we anticipate being in the share next week – subject to change. If you will be away for the July 4 holiday, but have not yet held your share, please email asap so we can hold you and adjust our counts for the farms. Thank you.

PRODUCE * indicates small share. Produce is from Flores Family Farm (George, Omar and family) Hague, Va.

Sweet corn* – so excited about this one – how to boil, grill and use leftovers if you have them.
blueberries* – grainfree berry crisp
cucumbers* summer is here! simple cuke salad; when I was a kid we would just cut them in spears and dunk them in salt.
summer squash* – 28 ways from pizza to salads.
carrots* – 17 ways to do summer carrots
white potatoes* – very much marinated potatoes
kale* – kale and goat cheese tart
leeks* – grilled zucchini and leeks with walnuts and herbs
basil – basil lemonade, basil grilled corn on the cob
zucchini – easy roasted zuch with parmesan; raw zucchini noodles with raw marinara
tomatoes – tentative – heirloom tomato sandwich on sourdough with garlic aioli
Italian eggplant – vegan italian eggplant sandwich, perfect grilled eggplant
pickling cukes – pickling cukes – I love to slice and eat these when they are little, but I also love to make easy small batch fridge pickles.

FRUIT SHARE/from Agriberry

Blueberries – vegan blueberry pie
Peaches – tentative – – easy grilled peaches. The best.
Agriberry Raspberry Applesauce

PANTRY SHARE

MEAT SHARE

lamb chorizo- chorizo and potato tacos
pork ribs – barbecue on a gas grill
trout fillets – tuscan grilled trout

BREAD

Billy Bread rustic sourdough – Note that Billy Bread is now available to add on in the Bakery section!

DAIRY

Cheese -goat cheese – farmer’s market salad with goat cheese, peaches and basil

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What’s in the Share – Week of 5/22/17

Post author By Suzi Miles
Post date 05/21/2017
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Hi Members –

We are getting into summer holidays. Some of you may be away for your share – don’t forget to hold. When you put your share on hold via your dashboard, please send me an email letting me know how you wish to redeem that held share: move to another week, credit or donate. Held shares do not automatically get moved to the next time – I need to hear from you to know what to do with it. You can also give your shares to friends – but let me know. Thanks!

There are a few things in the share that look similar – dill, chamomile and baby fennel. Ive posted some pictures in the FB group, along with extra recipes.

Here’s what we anticipate to be in your share this week – subject to change. Often what we think will be in the share changes by the time Thursday rolls around. Mark often gives you extras of things. I hope you are enjoying it all.

PRODUCE

dill – feathery fronds – wonderful to add to salad, or vinaigrette. Here are some ideas.
tomatoes – zucchini noodles with raw tomato sauce
chamomile – like tiny daisies, with feathery fronds. might look like this – with the yellow center of the dairy most pronounced.
- Chamomile — so many neat things you can do: fresh tea is amazing, but you can use it in ice cream – here’s a vegan salted caramel chamomile version, make simple syrup, put it in cocktails, add it to salads, crostini, chop fine and add to yogurt like you would with dill. bake a cake here’s ideas. Here’s some health and beauty things you can do.
onions – Sicilian onion and tomato salad
purple kohlrabi – this looks a little like a purple spaceship. Part bulb, part bundle of greens, kohlrabi may seem like one of the more intimidating items at the farmers’ market, but it offers a delightful combination of familiar tastes. Kohlrabi has the texture of a radish and the sweetness of jicama, with a slight hint of broccoli, and the edible leaves are like a milder version of collards. It is super versatile. Here are some ideas.
zucchini – grill it
strawberries –strawberry gazpacho, balsamic strawberries with ricotta cream. Its easy to make ricotta at home, and a good way to use milk, if you are having trouble getting thru it. strawberry cocktails.
baby fennel – feathery fronds with a bulb. Smells like mild anise or licorice. My favorite way is in an Italian simple salad, shaved thin, with olive oil, squeeze of lemon, orange slices (blood orange is delicious), salt and pepper. You can add cheese, olives, dill, onions etc. I also love to roast it, or grill it.
bok choy – 9 ways
- Bok choy – bok choy with garlic
asparagus – slow butter braised asparagus with parmesan
pea shoots – these will have leaves, and tendrils. Treat like any green. They are delicious. Here is a guide.
beets – these have a red bulb, and greens. Use your greens early – cut them off and sauté – put the steps in first as they take longer than the leaves. sauteed beet greens with olive oil and garlic. roasted beets with dill, beet salad with dill and lemon
daikon radish – this looks like a white carrot. It is super versatile, and can be subbed for turnips. I like to make easy refrigerator pickles with it. Here are some ideas.
romaine – grill it. Its fantastic.

Fruit

strawberries – strawberries with balsamic vinegar (and blueberries!) swap the sugar with honey or maple syrup for a healthier option.
blueberries

Meat – Weekly people I do not know what the meat will be yet. Will try to send out an email as soon as Mark knows so you can plan – so sorry.

Biweeklies – this is what you might expect.

pork short ribs
trout filet (2 filets in the pack)
Sausage Craft Sat Nite Sausage – with Sriracha and beer (gluten alert)

Bread

Billy Bread — this is also lovely in grliled tomato bread salad and gazpacho!

Cheese – TBD

Happy Cooking!

Suzi

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What’s in the CSA- week of 5/1 – Oysters, Clams, Asparagus, Ramps, Strawberries!!!

Post author By Suzi Miles
Post date 04/30/2017
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Hi members, Hope you are all staying cool!

We have a bang up share for you this week. Post pictures of what you are making on our facebook group page! Others love ideas and recipes. I also post other ideas and info. Thank you!

We will be having the option of oysters and clams again next week, so if you are getting a share with meat in it, and need to OPT OUT and get the ALTERNATE MEAT (I do not know what it will be), send me your OPT OUT email with no oysters clams in your subject. If you want them, do NOTHING – you will get 2 dozen each oysters and clams, or the quart of shucks (email if you want the shucks). If you want more, or a la carte oysters, clams by the dozen, or pints or quarts of shucks, please order via your dashboard under MEATS – Oysters Clams a la carte. NEED ORDERS BY WED next week. thank you.

Happy eating. Suzi

Veg share so far, subject to changes:

Swiss chard – Swiss chard is delicious, versatile, and don’t forget to pickle the stems. It is hearty enough to stand in for pasta, say in a lasagna. The stems take longer to cook than leaves, so I usually put stems in first, then leaves. Here are some ideas.
Baby spinach – put on pizza with the ramps. or make a salad.
Green onions – these guys may get overshadowed by the ramps this week, but put them in your salad with bibb lettuce, baby spinach and strawberries and they will shine.
Ramps – boy we love these, and we have a family tradition of getting them every year. Ive posted some ramp info on our FB group. Don’t be intimidated by them. Treat them like you would garlic or onions, only better, and you’ll be ok. Here’s a great video on how to find, clean and pickle them. They are forest foraged, so still have soil on them. Clean them well, dirt can hide in them, like leeks. Use the leaves to make pesto, or chimmichurri. If you aren’t going to get to them for a bit, cut off your leaves, and keep them in a bag in your fridge. I have actually had them stay in the fridge for a month or so. They are great in biscuits, which we included below. Put on pizza.
Bibb – make lettuce wraps, use it as a bun for your burger.
Radishes – young radishes have a sweetness to them. Try roasted radishes with brown butter, radish tops, and lemon. You can also sautee the tops like any green. Slice and add to salad. Pickle. Here are some recipes. There is a radish corn salad in here, that would be good with your corn if you haven’t used it yet.
Strawberries – I posted info on how to freeze them to use later in the season in smoothies. You can also make fruit leather, dehydrate for snacks, or jam. Here is the boss small batch strawberry balsamic jam recipe I posted in the group that I made for Mother’s Day gifts last year. I cooked it in the slow cooker. this makes only 4 half pints, so refridgerate, eat on the biscuits, or give away. No need to process. But if you want to process, I used a saucepan, and a veggie steamer and it worked great. I used this on baked brie at mom’s for Easter.
Asparagus – we are grilling bacon wrapped asparagus for dinner tonight. or put in salad.
Arugula – good on pizza with the ramps.
Cilantro (good with clams) – Clams with bacon, cilantro, ginger and galic (sub ramps!!)
Mushrooms – good on pizza with the ramps.
Golden biscuit mix from Wade’s Mill for strawberry shortcake and ramp biscuits. to make ramp biscuits: thinly slice the bulb and add it right in. Or you can use only the leaves. You can caramelize the bulbs in a little butter first. Cook as usual. Wade’s Mill is a circa 1750 water grist mill and we love their products. You will see them on the menu at fine restaurants.

Meat
Oysters and clams – how to shuck an oyster with Chef Pete at Merroir. How to prepare them raw 0 use your ramps, or green onions! Grill them. Here’s a few other methods of cooking like roasting, and steaming. Here’s how to steam clams. Here’s the Ultlimate Pasta with Clams – perfect if you still have your pasta from the other week! Make oyster shooters. You can use sake, tequila, vodka etc. Look them up. You’ll be in heaven.
If you opted out, looks like a picnic grill special:
Polyface hot dogs
ground beef
bison summer sausage – make a plate with the cheese from your share. You can add in sliced radishes, and make a delicious sauce with a spoon of our lovely jam with some stone ground mustard. You can slice it and add it to your salad. Or put it on the pizza!!!!

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Post author By Suzi Miles
Post date 02/22/2017
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Farm to Family is celebrating National CSA Day, Friday, February 24, ALL WEEK!! and we are offering discounts for our DC, Richmond and Hanover area members and new members along with free Home Delivery within our RVA delivery area. We have extended the 5% CSA Day discount to begin now, thru Sunday2/26 – sign up now to get the best value on all shares, including payment plans.

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We offer flexible payment plans and vacation holds. Farmers and vendor partners include Polyface Farms, Edmonds Bison Farm, Morning Glory Farm, Agriberry, Flores Family Farm, Farmstead Ferments, Bombolini, Twin Oaks, Rappahannock River Oysters, Local Food Hub, Trickling Springs Dairy, Old Church Creamery, Mt View Dairy and others.

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