- onions
- garlic
- leeks: potato leek soup with dill and cheddar
- daikon radish
- butternut squash: lamb stew with butternut
- kale: sausage, kale, and sweet potato soup
- red cabbage: mission Chinese foods cabbage salad
- fingerling potatoes
- carrots
- beets: winter salad with roasted beets and pomegranate seeds
- salad mix
- eggs
As a dusting of snow has arrived and stayed, we say good bye to fall and hello to winter. Hence, This is our 6th and final fall CSA delivery for this year. We thank you for your continued support and commitment to eat more veggies via your local farmers at Suncrest Gardens.
This time of year, it’s always a privilege to go inside the hoophouses and be surrounded by fresh greens while the snow flies outside. The greens are extra magical in the fall and winter. Perhaps knowing their limited availability makes them taste better than normal; however, there are some sweet chemical changes in the leaves that add to the eating pleasure.
The last of the leeks are in your boxes today so it’s time for that potato leek soup if you haven’t already made some. The kale was harvested from the field while it was raining late Monday while temperatures were still above freezing. (Yes, this is why you need to love your farmers as they do these tasks lovingly knowing you will all eat your greens!) I find that I especially love adding kale to soups as it holds up so well and no one seems to complain about eating their greens. It kind of just sneaks by them versus the bowl of sautéed kale which is loved only by some.
Keep the Eggs Coming…Dec 16th special delivery
If you’d like to have another delivery of eggs, we will be bringing a round of eggs to town on December 16th to the CSA drop sites. Let us know how many dozen you would be interested in receiving for holiday baking and winter break. $4/dozen
Winter Wood-fired Pizzas
It was suggested that I should deliver some of our par-baked frozen winter pizzas along with the winter CSA shares. I am certainly open to doing that so if anyone would like to order. All orders must be pre-ordered anytime from now until December 27th by emailing Heather. The winter menu is on our winter pizza blog post below. The delivered pizzas would come Wednesday, January 6th to the CSA pick up site, during regular pick up hours. Or the preordered pizzas would be available earlier for pick up at the farm on Thursday, December 31st.
Meat Shares
We are also offering frozen meat shares to be delivered this winter to the CSA pick up sites. The variety box of farm raised meats would include 1# packages of lean ground beef, 1# packages of Italian pork sausage, bacon, pork chops or a whole chicken, lamb brats, ground lamb or lamb kabob meat, and a pint of rendered lard. The amount will easily store in your top freezer space. Deliveries would be made in January, February, and March. Cost would be $105 per variety box. Email Heather if you are interested or if you’d like to gift someone a meat share.
Eat Well. Smile Often.
Your Farmer,
Heather