Winter CSA Week of January 31
Full Share: Squash, garlic, carrots, daikon radish, baby kale, green cabbage, micros or shoots
Half Share: Squash, garlic, carrots, daikon radish, baby kale, micros or shoots
This is the last week of Winter CSA and the Whole Farm CSA year! Thank you for being a part of our Farm!
The 2024 Whole Farm CSA sign up is now available. We will roll right into the next year starting next week so let us know if you are interested!
Next week you will be able to find the Summer CSA and Flower CSA available for sale on our
Website!
This week of unseasonably warm weather has left its mark on the farm. The chickens are enjoying a reprieve from the cold and travel farther from the coop to scratch at bare ground around the pen. Our bees are also on the move — we will be reinstalling a newly cleaned hive for them to use as they become more active. Despite animal enthusiasm, the nordic trails and human members of the farm community eagerly await new snow forecasted for the weekend!
The CSA this week is filled with fresh produce from the greenhouse and some hearty fall veggie favorites. Full share will be receiving green cabbage — an underrated classic. In addition keeping for a long time, cabbage adds a nice crunchy garnish to top off meals. Keeping sliced cabbage in a salt and vinegar brine in the fridge provides an easy and delicious addition to tacos, sandwiches and fish. Add in some grated daikon radishes to the jar for extra flavor and bite.
Here is one of my favorite slaw recipes that draws on carrots and cabbage from today’s CSA:
1 large cabbage shredded or finely chopped
2-4 shredded carrots
1/2 grated daikon radish (optional)
Dressing:
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 finely grated cloves garlic
3 tablespoon yogurt
3 tablespoons apple cider
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon honey (optional if you prefer a sweeter dressing)
1 tablespoon mustard seeds (optional)
*depending on the volume of cabbage, you may need to adjust dressing amounts.
Unlike some radish varieties, daikons are delicious cooked. Try slicing into thin coins and steaming. Finish by adding butter to the pan and sautéing for 5 minutes. Cooked they will have a sweet and spicy flavor similar to a turnip.
