Week 15 2013 CSA Newsletter

This Week’s Veggies: eggplant romaine lettuce grape tomatoes red slicing tomatoes escarole basil red onions sweet peppers golden beets Recipes: Asiago, Eggplant and Tomato Ratatouille 1/4 cup Olive oil 1 1/2 cups chopped green pepper 1 cup chopped onion 3 cups eggplant (peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes) 2 mdm garlic cloves, minced 1 […]

Week 10 2013 CSA Newsletter

This week on Eight Mile Creek Farm, we had a wonderful opportunity! The Times Union newspaper called me and wanted to come out to the farm to include my farm in a story they were doing about modern, industrialized farmed food versus the food produced on diversified family farms. They came out last Wednesday, then […]

Week 7 2013 CSA Newsletter

Produce This Week: Red Leaf Lettuce Escarole String Beans Summer Squash Zucchini Dill Thai Basil Recipes: Corn and Squash Simmered in Coconut Milk with Thai Basil 1 Tbsp roasted peanut oil 1 pkg fresh, firm tofu, drained and diced into 1⁄2 inch cubes 2 zucchini, diced into 1⁄2 inch cubes Sea salt and fresh ground […]

Week 6 2013 CSA Newsletter

Vegetables this Week Romaine Lettuce Red Leaf Lettuce Kohlrabi Escarole Lemon Basil String Beans Zucchini Summer Squash Kohlrabi is a vegetable which is in the cabbage family. To prepare kohlrabi, simply snap off the stems holding the leaves. Then, with a paring knife, peel the outer skin off of the kohlrabi.  You can then slice […]

Week 5 2013 CSA Newsletter

We hope you are staying cool! We have some yummy veggies for you this week including: Green leaf lettuce Romaine or Red leaf lettuce Escarole Zucchini Summer squash String Beans Parsley Next week…….kohlrabi! Recipes: Grilled Zucchini Hummus 1 lb zucchini ¼ cup roasted tahini 3-4 cloves garlic 1 Tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp cumin 1 […]

Weeks 3 & 4 2013 CSA Newsletter

This is a combined week 3 and week 4 newsletter. Due to the extreme heat, we will not be processing chickens again this week.  We keep our chickens in a natural environment and they receive only 100% certified organic feed, so there is no way to speed up their growth through these extremely hot, humid […]