Lamb Meatballs with Kale, Cumin Yogurt, and Rice
Here's a nice, creative Easter lamb meal that features Lacinato kale and is more fun than roasting a lamb shoulder! Enjoy with some cumin yogurt and serve with rice.
2025 Box #15
Lettuce be
thankful for this taken-for-granted, faithful friend.
Our hydro head lettuce. It's always there for us, eagerly waiting for us to open our box, looking up at us expectantly as we unpack it. It waits patiently in the crisper drawer to grace our sandwiches, make up our salads, or get pulverized in smoothies. Will we appreciate this super crisp, super good for your insides weekly vegetable? Will we take the time to say "Hydro, you're a pal?"
Whisper a quick "thank you" as you find your crispy green bundle in your box this week. And try this Butterhead Salad with Parmesan Vinaigrette recipe!
And be sure to check out our Easter Essentials page.
Third winter is almost over! Spring veggies are on their way!!
HAPPY EASTER FROM YELLOWBIRD TO YOU--
WE ARE THE FOODSHED!
Butterhead Salad with Parmesan Vinaigrette
Say thank you to this Butterhead lettuce by giving it a new recipe, and the dressing and attention it deserves. Hydro in the house for this house salad you won't want to miss!
2025 Box #14
Ooh la la
These French Breakfast Radishes are 1) signature signs of spring 2) GORGE-OUS and 3) going to help you feast like the French!
If you don't believe us, try this easy yet still fancy "Savory French Toast and Breakfast Radishes" recipe!
And be sure to check out our Easter Essentials page.
Enjoy spring and more veggie varieties coming soon!
Savory French Toast and Breakfast Radishes
To be French for breakfast is about savory simplicity, and of course, veggies. These French breakfast radishes will deliver on the taste and morning goodness you need after a big old-fashioned American night's sleep. Add an egg over easy on your toast for more oomph and "staying power" until lunch! You can also wear a beret while you sip your plain espresso shot (not required). Bon appetit!
2025 Box #13
Fennel is for springtime
If you don't believe us, trythis recipe!
Scared of fennel? Afraid it will sit neglected in the fridge out of fear of failure?
It's your lucky week! Check out these fennel tips!
And be sure to check out ourEaster Essentialspage.
Enjoy spring and more veggies coming soon!
Spring Apple and Fennel Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette
Fennel is an herb with a unique flavor profile that can be intimidating. What does it go with? How is it cut? Which parts can't be eaten? (None!) Let this recipe take away your fennel fear of failure and turn it into the star of your meal. Fennel is not just for winter soups, but also spring salads!
2025 Box #12
pak choi is rosy
new eats for your belly
in your box to share
My Sweet Yellowbird Family,
I have not written to you in a while as Rebekah, our trusty customer service gal has been at the helm.
I wanted to check in and do my favorite 2 things.
Thank YOU!! You have continued to build our foodshed in a way that is meaningful and sustainable. You made it through another winter (it seems), and we are just weeks away from fresh foods…think ramps, asparagus, spring onions and garlic…the earth is about to give back fresh life!
Poll The Foodshed!! What are we getting right, wrong, and otherwise? Folks, this is YOUR COMPANY. Guess what we aim to do? Whatever YOU want us to do…which is why we need to know.
Send us your thoughts, questions, comments, and requests.
Reply to this email
Email me directly at benji@yellowbirdfs.com
Call me 419-889-7316
Text me 419-889-7316
Write me a letter or better yet come and see us!
Benji Ballmer
13246 Wooster Rd
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Buying and eating food the way we do is, and always has been, an act of resistance. You might hear me talking about the price of eggs on Instagram but ultimately, this is WAY BIGGER than an egg issue. The mainstream food system is still dirty, corrupt, contaminated, and controlled by monopolies that want us to eat crap that is grown with chemicals, by the hands of people that are underpaid and ignored.
In order to survive and be able to bring you the foods that you buy and eat from your local foodshed, we need you to keep resisting. It can’t be a “once in a while”, or a “shop small business day”, or “when it’s convenient”. Make no mistake, our food is one of THEE MOST important parts of our personal and communal health, and we need to keep it as our top priority when deciding both WHAT to eat, and WHERE we are going to get it from.
Keep doing what you are doing. Tell people about the mission, about our foodshed, and about our continued work to bring food resilience and sustainability to our foodshed…the growers AND the eaters!!
Stay Diligent,
Benji (a fellow member of the Yellowbird Foodshed)
Sticky Honey Sesame Chicken & Pak Choi
Pak Choi is a tender green you will love in this sweet and zesty chicken meal designed to please everyone in the world. No one could be offended by this flavor--just replace the chicken with tofu if serving vegetarians. But if anyone defies gravity and logic and does NOT like it, the more the pak choi-ier for you!!
2025 Box #11
bekana beckons
perfect green for your belly
find some in your box
Check out this Tokyo Bekana miso slaw recipe! Add more veggies for ultimate fun--some of the produce arriving in your farm share this week are TOKYO BEKANA, hydro head lettuce, lemons, Evercrisp apples, navel oranges, garlic, and yellow storage onions.
The luck of bekana to ya!
Happy St. Paddy's Day from Yellowbird!!
Check out this BBQ Pork Glazed Pork Spare Rib Dinnerby Chef Meagan!
Go here for Chef Meagan's entrees and sides this week.
Tokyo Bekana Miso Slaw
Tokyo Bekana is a wonderfully tender Asian green that is actually a variety of Chinese cabbage. It can be cooked, stir fried, or even put in soup, but in this recipe, enjoy this sweet and crisp veg in a miso slaw. This slaw is a great topping for a rice or grain bowl!
2025 Box #10
you won't forget these dates
Dates in all farm shares this week! Go to the Pan Roasted Chicken Thighs with Dates and Olives recipe here!
See what we have in your farm share FOR YOU this week: Fruits and veggies like DATES, spinach, Granny Smith apples, endive frisee, navel oranges, orange carrots, hydro head lettuce, and All Blue potatoes!
Look here for Chef Meagan's entrees and sides this week!
Pan Roasted Chicken Thighs with Dates and Olives
Sweet and savory combine in this chicken recipe featuring DATES, olives and onions in a perfect sauce. Dates are harvested from date palm trees, and are high in fiber, antioxidants, minerals, and help promote brain health. Don't think about that though--just enjoy your date with this chicken dish!
2025 Box #9
turn up the beet greens
hydroponic leaves sizzle
disco party pan
We predict beet greens will be a part of the culinary adventures this week, coming to a kitchen near you. Go to the Beef and Beet Green Casserole Recipe here!
See what we have in your farm share FOR YOU this week: Fruits and veggies like BEET GREENS, strawberry JAM, Honeycrisp apples, yellow storage onions, rainbow carrots, hydro head lettuce, and sweet potatoes!
Lookie here! Chef Meagan's entrees and sides this week are off the hook!
Check out what's ON SALE! (Black Cap fermented hot sauce, LITT drinks, Bob's Red Mill, Nooma, Divine Living Kombucha, Snowville sour cream, Randy's Pickles, chocolate chip scones...and so on)
Beef and Beet Green Casserole
We know you want to turn up the beet greens in your life. They're good for you, and they're ready to rock in this beef and beet green casserole! Enjoy with some yogurt on the side to calm things down a bit.
2025 Box #8
CAN YOU KOHLRABI
To Kohlrabi, as a verb, we are defining as:
1. Being open to suggestions
2. Taking a culinary risk
3. Looking adventurous in the kitchen
4. Letting YB help you try new things
Kohlrabi is translated "su hao" or "cabbage root" in Vietnamese (although it does not grow underground), and has a crisp, sweet texture. This week's kohlrabi from Bradwood Farm is hydroponic and does have leaves, which are totally edible.
See what we have FOR YOU this week: Fruits and veggies like KOHLRABI, Evercrisp apples, red cabbage, rainbow carrots, hydro head lettuce, and purple sun potatoes! Recipe here!
Check out our featured vendor Silver Bridge Coffee Co.!
Check out what's ON SALE! (Black Cap fermented hot sauce, LITT drinks, Bob's Red Mill, Divine Living Kombucha, Painterland Sisters yogurt, Randy's Pickles, wild caught cod...and more!)
Kohlrabi Soup
Here's a simple soup to go for it and kohlrabi your kohlrabi. Try a new thing, go for a culinary adventure, take the kohlrabi by the leaves and go for it!
2025 Box #7
What is a parsnip?
It might be easiest to compare it to its cousin, the carrot.
Carrots:
1. orange root vegetable
2. nice in a cake
3. modest in a soup
4. wears headphones on public transport
5. plays the flute
Parsnips:
1. root vegetable of indeterminate color
2. causes cakes to explode
3. showy and gauche in a soup
4. plays music out loud on public transport
5. plays bass guitar
Parsnips can play well with others in soups, stir fries, roasted dishes--just don't put them in a carrot cake!
See what CHEF BRIAN AT FOOD EAZE has PREPARED FOR YOU this week.
Check out our featured vendor Minerva Dairy!
Black Cap Fermented Hot Sauce ON SALE!
Irish Beef Stew
The Irish know how to cook a mean stew, and not waste parsnips to boot! Laugh at the snow falling outside as you enjoy this hearty, filling brew of a stew, with a secret ingredient that is as Irish as it gets. Your parsnips will shine and your belly will be satisfied.