Box #17

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Week #17 We are closing in on two great holiday’s...Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day!   For Cinco de Mayo, we partnered with Shagbark to bring you a bag of Corn Cracker Mini’s to use for your favorite dish.  This week I would add these items to my cart to make sure I could at least make nacho’s.     For Mother’s Day we have partnered with the world’s best sugar cookie producer, Wholesome Valley (think St. Pattie’s Day clover cookies), to bring you a fun way to tell mom that she is the best.   The food this week is awesome...we are starting to see some of our favorite spring products...radish’s, cilantro, blueberries, spinach, field lettuce (vs. hydro), and the first little bits of asparagus.   Not everyone will get ALL of these items THIS week but you will ALL for sure see them in the coming weeks.     (As you know, we are fully dependent on Mother Nature, and last week when she decided to gift us one more snow, the production slowed down dramatically, especially on asparagus)   Never fear, Spring is here!   Meals This Week Look Amaze...balls! For your lunch, for the soccer game, for the book club, for the netflix binge, for the hike, for the hammock... The first week of our “grazeable” subscription was so successful we have already started adding and forming new ideas around what we can include each time...remember, you get to pick what you want in the box!   *A foodshed is the geographic region that produces the food for a particular population. The term is used to describe a region of food flows, from the area where it is produced, to the place where it is consumed, including: the land it grows on, the route it travels, the markets it passes through, and the tables it ends up on. "Foodshed" is described as a "socio-geographic space: human activity embedded in the natural integument of a particular place."[1] A foodshed is analogous to a watershed in that foodsheds outline the flow of food feeding a particular population, whereas watersheds outline the flow of water draining to a particular location. Through drawing from the conceptual ideas of the watershed, foodsheds are perceived as hybrid social and natural constructs. Asparagus     Calvin Yoder Radishes Black Spanish     Great River Organics Blueberries 6 oz     Thorpe's Organic Family Farm Cilantro     Great River Organics Corn Chips     Shagbark Seed & Mill Rutabaga Processed Chunks     Oberlin Food Hub Radishes Easter Egg Bunch   Richland Gro-op Field Lettuce Mix   Richland Gro-op Radishes French Breakfast     Richland Gro-op   Hydro Arugula   Chefs Harvest LLC Lettuce Hydro Head     Chefs Harvest LLC Lettuce Head     Three Creeks Produce Mini Bok Choy    Bradwood Farm Processed Carrots     Wayward Seed Farm Lettuce Red Leaf     Hardin Creek Farm (Reuben) Spicy Sprouts     Sunsprouts Spinach     Great River Organics Spring Mix     Richland Gro-op Disclaimer: Different size boxes allow for different items, either by type or by quantity.  The items in each box vary and no box will include the entire list above. Fulls will have the greatest variety, and bases will have more variety than the minis.  Asparagus Storage: Eat as quickly as possible. To store them, keep them in a glass of water like a bouquet of flowers (loosely covered) in your fridge. Recipe: Honey Sesame Salmon with Rice Noodles and Asparagus Black Spanish Radishes Storage:   Separate from the greens and store in your fridge crisper. (use the greens in 1-2 days) Recipe: Banh Mi Noodle Bowl Blueberries Storage: Store in your crisper drawer and eat quickly!  Recipe: Copycat Panera Salad Cilantro Storage: Store in a glass of water in your fridge like a bouquet. Recipe: Banh Mi Noodle Bowl Loaded Veggie Nachos Corn Chips Storage:   Store in your pantry. Recipe: Loaded Veggie Nachos Cubed Rutabaga Storage:   Open the bag for airflow and store in your crisper. Consume quickly. Recipe: Thai Curry Vegetable Soup Easter Egg Radishes Storage:   Separate from the greens and store in your fridge crisper. (use the greens in 1-2 days) Recipe:  Banh mi noodle bowl Field Lettuce Mix Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Copycat Panera Salad French Breakfast Radishes Storage:   Separate from the greens and store in your fridge crisper. (use the greens in 1-2 days) Recipe: Banh Mi Noodle Bowl Hydro Arugula Storage: Store in your crisper. Keep attached to the main bulb until ready to eat. Recipes: Arugula Pizza Hydro Lettuce Head Storage:  Store in your crisper. Keep attached to the main bulb until ready to eat. Recipe: Copycat Panera Salad Lettuce Head Storage:  Store in your crisper. Keep attached to the main bulb until ready to eat. Recipe: Copycat Panera Salad Mini Bok Choy Storage:  Store in a stasher bag in your crisper. Recipe: Stir-Fried Baby Bok Choy Processed Carrots Storage: Open the container for air flow and store in your crisper. Consume quickly. Beginner Recipe: Banh Mi Noodle Bowl Roasted Carrots and Rd Leaf Lettuce Salad with Buttermilk Herb Dressing Red Leaf Lettuce Storage:   Store in your crisper. Recipe: Roasted Carrots and Red Leaf Lettuce Salad with Buttermilk Herb Dressing Spicy Sprouts Storage:   Store in the container. Recipe: Loaded Veggie Nachos Spinach Storage:   Store in your crisper with a paper towel to soak up extra moisture. Recipe: Parsley Spinach Pesto Spring Mix Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Copycat Panera Salad Common Q's Home Delivery Folks: Please check your account for your delivery day (MY ACCOUNT >> UPCOMING DELIVERIES). Deliveries are mid-morning until late evening. Pick up Folks: If you have questions about your pick up location or what to do if you missed pick up PLEASE check out that info under MY ACCOUNT after logging in. You can view all info related to your goodies whereabouts from that tab. If you ever have a question about a veggie feel free to send a pic to erin@yellowbirdfs.com to help you identify it!

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