New in the Store
Basil - Let us know you want some basil and we'll pick it fresh for you. You can use fresh basil in just about any meal. Green Beans - These crisp green beans are ready for snacking on raw, blanching and sauteing, or baking in the oven with garlic scapes
Cynthia's Kitchen
I’ve talked to a number of folks who are afraid of cooking eggplant. Perhaps it’s because you really need to salt it to get out some of the moisture before you cook it. Here are a couple of ideas. OVEN ROASTED EGGPLANT Slice eggplant in half lengthwise. Score the flesh deeply in a diamond pattern with two or three long cuts. Press on edges to open the cuts and sprinkle a little salt over the surface. Let sit for 30 minutes. Heat oven to 400 and line a baking sheet with parchment. Squeeze the eggplant to extract salty juice and...
Update from the Gardens
Someone turned up the heat this week, and it was just what many of the plants in the gardens needed. The summer squash is finally sizing up and the pea patch is now exploding with peas. We uncovered our patch of fall brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels) and gave them a first cultivation. Our second planting of green beans is also in that same garden, along with autumn beets and carrots, which have all germinated beautifully. All the plants look great, but we had a deer wander into the garden last night and do some nibbling. Not much damage, but...
New in the Store
Shelling Peas - Check out Cynthia's write up on Shelling peas. These packets of sweet wonder are prime for snacking or enchanting a meal. Kale Scape Pesto - This pesto is made with roasted garlic scapes, blanched Winterbor kale, local extra virgin sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, and salt. The kale gives a rich almost sweet green essence to the pesto. Enjoy in any of the ways you would use basil pesto. New Potatoes - The first digging of the potato crop. These small, thin skinned, perfect potatoes are ready for a pot of boiling water or an oven. They are...
Cynthia's Kitchen - Shelling Peas
There are three main types of peas; snow peas, snap peas, and shelling peas (often called sweet peas, English peas, or garden peas). When I was a child, we never had snap or snow peas, but the beginning of sweet peas coming from our garden meant lots of shelling and salmon dinners because what would a salmon dinner be without baby potatoes and peas? There’s a quick way to shell peas that my father taught me because I was the main pea sheller in our family. Take the pod, straight side down. Pop the end where the curve is with...