What’s in the Box: Acorn squash, spaghetti squash, red potatoes, purple glazer garlic, yellow storage onion, red storage onion, green pepper, serrano chile pepper, red radish, blue coco romano beans, and chives.
What’s going on at the farm: More new crops to enjoy as the bounty continues this week on the farm. Acorn squash is new this week after being cured and if you have not had it it’s a flaky light yellow squash, I like to just split them in two after slicing off the stem and roast them face down in a glass pan with a little oil at 350 for about 40 minutes. Serve afterwards with butter, sugar, sea salt, etc…. They are also very good roasted with your root vegetables, peppers, onions, beans, garlic, carrots, etc… or as a side dish of course. Red potatoes are here and they are the only crop we do not grow from seed for you but we just don’t have the field space or equipment to grow potatoes. We purchased these delicious spuds from Igl farms in central WI for you though and they are certified organic and good any way you cook them up. They make excellent partners with any of the veggies, or served my favorite way, garlic mashed potatoes. They are delivered and bagged dirty but that protects the skins from damage and they can easily be rinsed prior to use. I can’t imaging a CSA year or fall without any potatoes so we bought in a healthy portion of these to stock you up for the cooler weeks coming. Garlic is another long storer in your share i’m sure your familiar with… as well as the storage onions, and they all go so well with everything. Blue coco romano beans are in shares this week again too, and they can be eaten pod and all either raw, sautéed, steamed, etc… although the purple color will fade when they are cooked. Crisp green peppers, topped radishes, and some fragrant chilies, and fresh chives complete our share this week. Thanks everyone and enjoy the veggies!
