beautiful broccolini

...but what is broccolini?
 
Developed in Japan and growing in fame here, broccolini's stems are as tender and yummy as the florets. A hybrid of broccoli and gai lan (Chinese kale), broccolini cooks up just like regular broccoli, but faster (and with a sweeter finish). Nothing not to like about that! 

green broccolini
your flavor is not teeny
I eat the whole thing
 
Here's a BROCCOLINI pasta recipe for you: 
Oriechette with Broccolini and Sausage recipe.

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like broccolini!

It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO. 

Look for BROCCOLINI, Carlton greens, and carrots in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: NOOMA.

HOO BOY

We have TATSOI.
 
Tatsoi, nicknamed "Vitamin Green," is what you want for dinner! It has more vitamin C than oranges or spinach. It has vitamin A, calcium, folate, beta-carotene, and phytonutrients which have been shown to help prevent cancer and heart disease. 

Shh, we have a secret for you: It's OK to have soup in summer!
Here's a killer Spicy Sweet Potato and Tatsoi Soup recipe to try (see below). ENJOY TATSOI!

Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like Tatsoi!

Look for TATSOI, salad mix, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and green zucchini your farm share this week! (See complete list of local produce in your box below)

Check out our featured vendor this week: Stutzman Farms.

Squash in your box
= welcome back, friend.

pound for pound goodness
the genus Cucurbita
squash to surprise you
 
It's back, and you love it! When your neighbors come knocking on your door with SQUASH in August, remember this moment! Squash is so yummy, so versatile, and so taken for granted in season. Think back to your old friend surprising you back in June when you are "squash ninja-ed" later this summer!

Look for GREEN OR YELLOW CUCURBITA, salad mix, purple kohlrabi, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and garlic scapes in your farm share this week! And check out Zucchini and yellow squash in the Tex Mex Chicken and Zucchini Skillet recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Cleveland Ketchup.

MINI PAK CHOI...

...packed with nutrition,
packed in your box.

Small but mighty, mini pak choi is dressed to impress with its crispness and versatility. Whether spelled bok choy, or pak choi, it means "white vegetable." With half the daily nutritional value of vitamins C and K, and 40% of vitamin A, the pak choi you unpack from your box is practically a multivitamin. Add in E, and you can have your CAKE and eat it too, especially when folate, B6, potassium, and calcium also join the party.  

Pak Choi = some of the best produce Ohio has to offer!

Look for PAK CHOI, hydro head lettuce, purple sun tomatoes, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and Evercrisp apples in your farm share this week! Try out PAK CHOI in the Easy Pak Choi Soup recipe below!

Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Berlin Natural Bakery.

SALANOVA SUPERNOVA...

...an explosion of crispness.

IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

With a core that can be removed in one cut, Salanova lettuce has up to THREE times more leaves than a standard lettuce head. Whether green or red, Salanova's leaves can be used in sandwiches, mixed into pasta, or substituted for baby greens. Mild flavored and full of calcium, fiber, and iron, its red varieties even have antioxidants that protect against cellular damage.

We bring you Salanova--part of the BEST in lettuce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for SALANOVA, slicer tomatoes, and cucumbers in your farm share this week, and in the Asian Chicken with Noodles and Salanova recipe below!

And check out our featured waffles: Lopaus Point (GF) and Liege Waffle Hub!

WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO FORAGING CLASS WITH CHEF LORENZO!

Lorenzo's June 1st class from 4-7pm features a Local Beekeeper, Edible Weeds and Pawpaw Sale, plus a tour of the Highland Youth Garden and of course, a beautiful meal!  

Red Potatoes...

...finders keepers.

Tasty, sturdy and dependable, and
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Why do we love potatoes? The comforting flavors of childhood, the sense that all is right in the world, the serotonin "happy hormone..." but also potassium for your heart, resistant starch good for your gut, improved immunity and nutrients like choline, B6 and lysine make potatoes the friends you need in your box.

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for red potatoes, asparagus, and orange carrots in your farm share this week, and in the Best Potato Tofu Balls recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Equinox Botanicals, here.

STRAWBERRIES...

...SPRING ROYALTY.

Make way for this Ohio delicacy in MAY.
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Our usual grower had unforeseen conditions decimate his strawberry plants, so we are looking to other Ohio sources for you for June! Another grower has been supplying us with early strawberries from his greenhouse, and they have been delicious!

We work to find you the BEST produce that Ohio has to offer.

Look for strawberries and asparagus in your farm share this week, and in the Strawberry Tarragon Chicken Salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Turkeyfoot Creamery, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

ASPARAGUS...

...ASPARA-GOT.

It's here and it's splendid!
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK

Foodshed = beautiful


Look for asparagus in your farm shares this week, and in the Asparagus and Veggie Stir Fry recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Dancing Bee Farms, here.

FOR MAY: REFER A FRIEND AND YOU BOTH GET $20 CREDIT!

They get their hands dirty.

Our growers have a passion for making high quality food a reality.
We have a passion for helping local farms "find their people," AND for getting awesome food to people every week when it's freshest.

Thanks to you, our growers can focus
on keeping their hands in the dirt.

Foodshed = beautiful


More spring veggies coming soon! Look for carrots and purple sun potatoes in your farm shares this week, and in the creamy carrot & onion potato salad recipe below!

Check out our featured vendor, Ridiculously Good salsa, here.

Hakurei.

Farm share birds should try
hakurei the samurai
warrior turnip

Look for hakurei turnips in your farm shares this week, and in the cheesy hakurei turnip gratin with herbs recipe below!

Kalebration. This Spring.

At Yellowbird we usually have a Kalebration of some kind going on. Good food, good times.
But sometimes spring is also a good time to re-kalebrate and think about what's important. What are we putting in our bodies to help them reset? Let's get some greens going on. 
We've got the gift of kale in your box for YOU this week! 

Look for KALE in the easy kale salad with fresh lemon dressing recipe below!

Hug a carrot.

Thursday is International Carrot Day, a worldwide party for our often taken-for-granted, steadfast orange friend. From their start in Afghanistan in 900 A.D., carrots have been full of vitamin C and K, zinc, phosphorous, calcium and of course, beta carrot-ene! Eat a carrot from your farm share--your heart, liver, kidneys, immune system, bones, skin, and eyes will all thank you!

Look for CARROTS in the fall-apart vegetable beef soup recipe below!

What are we doing here???

Ever wonder what in the world we are all doing? 

Well, here are some things we KNOW about ALL of us in the foodshed:
1. We want to get good, FRESH food into our homes.
2. We want to support local farmers who grow good, FRESH food.
3. We want to make and eat good, FRESH food! (Or get meals delivered from one of our featured chefs, many of whom prepare meals right in our own Woodward Kitchen!)

At least there are some things in life that can stay simple! 

Consider swiss cheese crisps this week from our featured vendor, Bunker Hill Cheese.
See more inspiration for your table at theyellowbirdtable.com. 

BEETS COMING YOUR WAY

Gold or red, it's all good!
#inallfarmshares

Look for them in the Warm Lentil Salad with Roasted Beets recipe below!

What's better than coffee, and better than bacon?!

Coffee bacon.

From our featured vendor, North Country Charcuterie! Check out more from them here!

French Breakfast Radish

= Proof that SPRING has SPRUNG.

The first radishes of the year!
On the first day of spring! #inallfarmshares

Look for these beauties in the buttered radish recipe below!

= Proof that SPRING has SPRUNG.

The first radishes of the year!
On the first day of spring! #inallfarmshares

Look for these beauties in the buttered radish recipe below!

YOU Make This Possible!

All around "these parts," there are Ohio farmers who have a dream--
a dream to 1) grow their produce in sustainable ways
and 2) share the fruit of their labor with others.

Every time you get a box, you help make that dream possible!
That's why every order ends with "YOU ROCK!" 
So we'll say it again--YOU ROCK!

Check out our featured farm, Wholesome Valley, here!

Carlton Asian GREENS

Join with the dark green
Carlton, Japan's leafy friend
Komatsuna B's

Rich in antioxidants, folates, minerals, B complex, and vitamins C, A, and K, Carlton will make you happy when you open your box! #inallfarmshares
More on preparing Asian greens here.

Look for CARLTON GREENS in the veggie stir fry recipe below!

Fret Not, Foragers-- 

We'll Keep These Tickets Safe For You!

Been dreaming about Chef Lorenzo's Foraging Class Series? We snapped up two tickets before they sell out--AGAIN! Because Yellowbird is a FAMILY, we want to share them with you!

Until March 17th, spend $200+ COMBINED on all your orders and you will be entered to win:
-A beautiful and informative walk through Schiller Park
-Foraging tips and information, 
-three thoughtfully curated courses to eat, and 
-an abundance of community with Chef Lorenzo and Friends on March 23rd

You're reading that right: Every customer that spends $200...we'll throw your name in the beanie! 

What's a parsnip?

It's the root vegetable friend you never knew you needed, the soup companion and roasting buddy who won't let you down.

It may be a pale, nuttier cousin of the carrot but packs a punch with magnesium, calcium, and vitamin C and is surprisingly high in fiber and protein to keep blood sugar steady. More on parsnips here.

Look for PARSNIPS in the roasted veggie recipe below!
And Yellowbird Dinner Club returns this week! Check it out!

SHALLOT BE?

OR SHALLOT NOT BE?

That is the question.

The Yellowbird box builder has decreed:
Shallots shall be in all farm shares this week.

NOT just for fancy dinners--
Look for them in the next-level meatball recipe below!

Fret Not, Foragers-- 

We'll Keep These Tickets Safe For You!

Been dreaming about Chef Lorenzo's Foraging Class Series? We snapped up two tickets before they sell out--AGAIN! Because Yellowbird is a FAMILY, we want to share them with you!

From TODAY until March 17th, spend $200+ COMBINED on all your orders and you will be entered to win:
-A beautiful and informative walk through Schiller Park
-Foraging tips and information, 
-three thoughtfully curated courses to eat, and 
-an abundance of community with Chef Lorenzo and Friends on March 23rd

You're reading that right: Every customer that spends $200...we'll throw your name in the beanie! 

OR purchase your own tickets here.

PURPLE SUN POTATOES

seriously purple on the outside...

golden like sunshine on the inside.

DELI SLICED HAM AND TURKEY NOW YOURS AT YB!

Growing up on lunch meat sandwiches, it has been a real bummer not being able to eat them the last 10 years. No one that we knew was using intentionally sourced, pasture raised animals to create a sliced ham or sliced turkey product.  

Enter The Butcher and Grocer, the butcher who knows quality meat (On Insta).

They were able to take our trusted pasture raised turkeys and pigs and give us these wonderful products that take us back to the days of our youth when mom would slap a couple pieces of ham or turkey on some bread, smother in mayo, and then send it at room temperature in a brown bag with us to school.

Needless to say, this is that experience, ELEVATED about 10 notches.

HAM HERE

TURKEY HERE

MORE TURKEY CHEF MEAGAN STYLE
 

PRODUCE FROM YOUR BOX AT A GLANCE:

watercress
orange carrots
Shiitake mushrooms
grapefruits
Evercrisp apples
yellow storage onions
AND...
PURPLE SUN POTATOES.

See Grilled purple potato salad recipe below!

Purple suns are high in vit C and carotenoids, and NYT describes them as having a "full earthy flavor that hints of hazelnuts."

Visit theyellowbirdtable.com for more recipes!

If you see a red Daikon radish...

EAT IT.

#bemine
#infarmboxes
 
(Here to make Valentine's Day happy.)

ATTENTION VEGGIE NERDS

Look for these fun ones in your farm share this week:
dandelion greens
gem lettuce
granny smith apples
red onion
white Kennebec potatoes
red grapefruit
mandarin oranges
shiitake mushrooms
AND...
RED DAIKON.

See recipe below!

See theyellowbirdtable.com for more!

YELLOWBIRD HAS YOUR CITRUS FIX

MANDARINS, NAVELS, RIO REDS...
 
To brighten up those cold, dark winter days.

Grower spotlight on...

US CITRUS

Dr. Mani Skaria, a leader in the U.S. citrus industry in McAllen, Texas, came up with micro-budding, creating trees ready to plant within 4 months. Now he has a 550-acre orchard capable of producing higher yield, disease-resistant fruit in half the time of conventional orchards. His no-spray, non-gassing "clean citrus" program increases yields while reducing land and resource use. The mission of US Citrus is to get "high-quality, special citrus fruits" to you, straight from their groves! What does THIS MEAN FOR YOU?

MANDARINS
NAVEL ORANGES
RIO RED GRAPEFRUIT

All available now for y'all on our website from US Citrus, and all delicious!
 

ATTENTION YELLOWBIRD BOXAHOLICS:

Look for these veggies packed with nutrients in your farm share this week:
garlic
rainbow carrots
grapefruits
navel oranges
purple sun potatoes
cherry tomatoes
AND...
RED TATSOI.

See Tatsoi-citrus salad recipe below!

Why does it matter
when I eat tatsoi platter
my heart grows fatter

I enjoy tatsoi
greens that help me stay stronger
life should be alive

Visit theyellowbirdtable.com to see boxes of Yellowbird past!

Tatsoi-Citrus Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 head of fresh Tatsoi

• 3 small ripe Mandarin oranges (can also use navel)

• ½ red bell pepper

• A few slices of a red onion

• 25 roasted almonds

• A pinch of salt

• ¼ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper

• ½ tablespoon of Dijon mustard

• ½ tablespoon orange creamed honey

• 1 tablespoon of Catawba jam

• 1.5 tablespoons of blood orange olive oil

• Juice of half a lemon

Directions:
1. Peel and thinly slice the Mandarins and place them in a large salad bowl.
2. Thinly slice the red onion and wash the slices under cold water (washes off some of the pungency) and then dry them with a paper towel.
3. Slice the red bell pepper into bite sized pieces and place them in the bowl.
4. Wash the head of Tatsoi under cold water and dry it completely with kitchen towel or in spinner. Using a pair of kitchen shears, cut the leaves off the Tatsoi and place in salad bowl (The stems of Tatsoi are edible but might be stringy in the salad. Add the stems to veggie broth instead!).
5. Using a sharp knife, coarsely chop the roasted almonds and add to bowl, along with the onion pieces.
6. Combine the Dijon mustard, jam, honey, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper in a small dish and whisk them all together till the liquids get emulsified to make a dressing.
7. Drizzle the dressing over the salad bowl and toss everything together (gently) with a pair of salad tongs.
8. Serve the salad immediately so that the leaves do not wilt from the dressing. ENJOY TATSOI!!