Box #24

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Week #24 Strawberry Fields Forever…..   Pro Tip:  Freeze your Strawberries on a sheet pan with the greens still on.  When frozen scrape off and put in a ziplock and back in the freezer.  Throw the entire strawberry (green and all) into a smoothie mix when ready.   We are starting to see asparagus waning down so our next item that we are looking forward to is BLUEBERRIES!  Coming soon….     We just finished a project that we have been working on for about 6 weeks and here is the final product...A YELLOWBIRD COOKING VIDEO! Here are the building blocks to what we create in the video... How did the first week of shopping on Sunday go?  We are hoping that giving us all that 1 extra day will really help the convenience of ordering.       Because of the cost, we are not able to bring locally grown mushrooms to the mini boxes very often but this week was an exception.   Warren Taylor, formerly of Snowville Creamery, bought a mushroom business out of Athens, OH and had a couple hundred pounds of shiitake mushrooms that we bought and are bringing your way this week. For these, I usually take the stem off (not required), and then sautee the mushrooms in a pan that is about 50:50 olive oil/butter until they "carmelize".  Generous sprinkling of salt and pepper and that's all she wrote.     A couple other items out on the horizon…   Raspberries, Snow Peas, English Shell Peas, Green and Yellow Zucchini, Pickling Cukes, Every Color of Pepper (both sweet and hot), Okra, Green Beans, Sweet Corn...plus about 50 other things I forget about until they show up at our doors! *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. Arugula Chef's Harvest LLC Asparagus  Pleasant View Organic Produce Beets Hardin Creek Farm Broccoli Clarina Organics Collard Greens  Hardin Creek Farm Curly Kale Happy Hill or Busy Bee Organics English Shell Peas (discard the pods) Creekside Greenhouse & Produce   Field Lettuce Head // Mix Hardin Creek Farm Garlic Scapes  TTL Garlic Farm Hydro Lettuce Head Chefs Harvest LLC Lacinato Kale     Happy Hill or Busy Bee Organics Living Legumes SunSprouts Lettuce Head (Simpson)   Hardin Creek Farm Radishes Clarina Organics Rainbow Chard Happy Hill Farm Red Russian Kale Happy Hill or Busy Bee Organics Rhubarb Wayward Seed Farm Rosemary Creekside Greenhouse & Produce Shiitake Mushrooms Fun Guy Farm Slicer Tomatoes     Hardin Creek Farm Spinach      Clarina Organics Spring Onions Clarina Organics Strawberries  Pleasant View Organic Produce Watercress Bradwood Farm 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.  Arugula Storage: Place in a large reusable container with a half-sheet of paper towel to absorb moisture. Use within 2-3 days. Recipe: Roasted Asparagus, Avocado, and Arugula Salad 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: Roasted Asparagus, Avocado, and Arugula Salad Beets Storage: Store the leaves in a separate container and use within two days. The root bulbs should be stored in the refrigerator's crisper for seven to 10 days. Recipe: Pickled Beets with Orange and Rosemary Broccoli Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Broccoli Shiitake Soba Noodles Collard Greens Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Curly Kale Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel English Shell Peas Storage:   Store in your crisper. These peas are intended for shelling, so the outside will be fibrous, and you should eat the tender peas inside. Recipe: Grilled English Peas Field Lettuce Head / Mix Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Garlic Scapes Storage:   Store in a container for 2-3 weeks in the fridge. You can also keep them at cool room temperature in a glass of water for a few days if you change the water daily. Recipe: Garlic Scape Compound Butter Hydro Lettuce Head Storage: Store in your crisper. Keep attached to the main bulb until ready to eat. Recipes: Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps Lacinato Kale Storage:   Store in your crisper.  Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Sprouted Lentil Recipe Living Legumes Storage:   Store in the container. Great on soups, sandwiches, breakfasts, burgers, and more! Recipe: Sprouted Lentil Recipe   Radishes Storage:   Separate from the greens and store in your fridge crisper. (use the greens in 1-2 days) Recipe: Bucatini with French Breakfast Radishes, Bacon & Greens Rainbow Chard Storage:   Wrap in a cool damp paper towel and store in an unsealed container in the fridge crisper.  Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Red Kale Storage:   Store in your crisper. Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Sprouted Lentil Recipe Rhubarb Storage:   Store in your crisper. Recipe: Rhubarb Crisp Rosemary Storage:  Wrap the sprigs in a cool damp paper towel and store in a container in the fridge crisper for 1-2 weeks. Recipe: Pickled Beets with Orange & Rosemary Shiitake Mushrooms Storage:   Store in the paper bag or clamshell. Recipe: Broccoli Shiitake Soba Noodles Slicer Tomatoes Storage:   Store at room temperature or in your crisper once ripeness is achieved.  Recipe: Tomatoes with Fresh Herb Dressing Spinach Storage:   Store in your crisper with a paper towel to soak up extra moisture. Recipe: Spinach Strawberry Smoothie Spring Onions Storage:   Store in a glass of water like a bouquet and store in the fridge. Recipe: Braised Greens and Potatoes with Lemon and Fennel Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps Strawberries Storage:  Store in the fridge and enjoy as soon as possible! :) Recipes: Spinach Strawberry Smoothie Rhubarb Crisp   Watercress Storage:   Store in your crisper. Recipe: Energy Bites 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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