|
Chard with
Beet Vinegar
from Recipes from a Kitchen Garden by Renee
Shepherd and Fran Raboff
2 large beets, cooked and peeled 1 cup rice vinegar
3 Tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp lemon juice
dash white pepper 1 large bunch chopped chard or beet greens
In a blender, puree the beets together with the rice vinegar,
sugar, lemon juice and pepper. Pour into a non-aluminum saucepan
and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, five
minutes. Cool. Steam the chard until tender, drain. Toss chard
with butter and pepper to taste. Arrange cooked chard on a
serving platter. Spoon over some of the beet vinegar to taste
and garnish with a very generous dollop of sour cream or yogurt.
Parsnip & Potato Puree
from Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters
Peel and dice about equal quantities of parsnips and potatoes.
To control their cooking times, cook each vegetable separately,
in boiling salted water. Puree them together and season with
salt and pepper. Finish with butter; thin to desired consistency
with warm milk.
Pumpkin Crunch
2 cups cooked winter squash 1 can evaporated milk
1 cup sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon
3 eggs 1 box cake mix
1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup melted butter
Line a 9 x 13 inch pan with wax paper. Mix the squash, milk,
sugar, eggs and cinnamon. Pour into the pan. Sprinkle the
dry cake mix over this. Pat the nuts in next and then spoon
the melted butter over the whole thing. Bake at 350 for 50
to 60 mins. Cool and invert. Peel off the paper. Frost with
cream cheese mixed with vanilla, powdered sugar and a bit
of milk. Lee puts a soft persimmon in the frosting.
FARM STAND OPEN: Remember, the Farm Stand is Open All Winter
Fridays and Saturdays, Rain or Shine!! I (or someone) will
be there to meet and greet and we will have vegetable All
Winter! To see what we have, you can check the website at
tierravegetables.com. Come on in and say, “hey.”
And, Have a Safe and Happy New Year!!!
WINTER BOX INFO: The monthly winter boxes
start on Tuesday, January 15 and Thursday January 17. We will
have five monthly boxes until the weeklies start again the
first of June. If you want the winter boxes please call or
e-mail me ASAP. We are strictly limiting the boxes to 50 per
day (100 per week). The cost is $20 per box if you pick up
at the farm or $22*/ box at one of the drop off points. If
you want the whole season (35 weeks) you will get a discount
of approximately 5 percent. *Subject to change.
Gift Certificates/ Other Gifts: We will have
Gift Certificates available for both the Farm Stand and CSA
if you are interested for all
your gift-giving needs. We also have gorgeous wool scarves
and blankets as well as beautiful chile vinegar to name a
few items.
Wool Products: We have some gorgeous hand woven scarves
and blankets/ throws from the WE Tierra Shetland Sheep. Stop
in the Farm Stand for a look-see.
VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED: We could really use some help with
winnowing the beans. It is a low key, rather relaxing experience
consisting of helping to clean the beans as they are pushed
over the “wind” of a fan. If
you’d like to check it out, call or come by the Farm
Stand and we’ll show you how it’s done.
Come visit: Please all of you who pick up at drop off locations,
come visit. We are open Saturdays from 11 to 6 and you are
all more than welcome to come take a walk in the field and
visit with your vegetables/ fruits.
HONEY: We’ve got honey from the field: Tierra Vegetables
Estate Honey. It is really sweet and flavorful. Scott, our
beekeeper at Nelson Family Apiary, is using it for his honey
of the month! We can put it in your box. We’ve got two
sizes: 10 oz for $8.50 and 20 oz for $12.00. Let me know.
PLASTIC BAGS; We need lots of CLEAN plastic bags, please.
We go through a lot and are not ordering any more until we
can get the non-GMO biodegradable ones.
PICKLE NEWS: PICKLES! We have pickles! For
those of you who remember from last year, we have great old
fashioned dill pickles. They are fermented in a crock the
old fashioned way and are crisp and slightly sour. Come have
a taste and get a few pickles.
PICK UP POLICY NOTE: We are experiencing
an issue with boxes not being picked up at various locations,
including the Farm Stand, on a timely manner. We understand
that sometimes you forget or something comes up that you can’t
get your box of vegetables. If this happens, please call me
at 696-8148 and we will bag it up for those
picking up at the farm or hold it at the drop off locations.
Otherwise, boxes left over 24 hours will be donated or used
by our hosts. Thank you.
Reminder: The Farm
Stand is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from
11 to 6:00.
VISIT THE
FARM: Please come on in for a visit whenever you can and bring
the kids!
.
EGGS---Our chickens are starting to lay their
eggs! Hooray. These beautiful and delicious eggs are available
at the Farm Stand. Better watch out, though: the customers
at the Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market would take them all if
we'd let them. You all get priority! Come check them out and
see what a really fresh egg looks and tastes like.
Calling all loyal CSA members. We would love
to put your recipes in the Menu. If you have anything that
you'd like to share, please e-mail me at evie@tierravegetables.com
and most likely your recipe (or comment) will make its way
to this little Menu.
|
