Choi with Gingery Butter
Serves 4 to 6 2 medium choi, sliced crosswise into 1-inch strips Try serving this dish with rice. Ingredients: 6 T. butter 2 T. soy sauce or tamari 1 T. grated or finely chopped fresh ginger 1 clove garlic, minced or pressed 1 t. finely chopped fresh cilantro salt and pepper 1. Bring a large [...]
Kale Chips
This recipe was very popular with our customers last year. (If you’re like most people, you may not know what to do with kale). This snack comes together very quickly and is very tasty. Try experimenting with the seasonings for different flavors. Ingredients 1 bunch kale 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon seasoned salt Directions [...]
Potato Beetle Strikes Again!
The potatoes have blossomed, and our arch nemesis is back… the potato beetle. These wide, convex beetles, 1/2″long with alternating black and yellow stripes, lay up to 20 batches of orange-yellow eggs on the underside of the leaves of the potato plant. The eggs hatch into humpbacked, purplish-red larvae that eat the leaves. These then [...]
What’s Edamame?
This week, you are getting edamame in your box. Edamame is a fresh green soybean — a popular finger food in Asian countries. The bean is found inside a green pod, and it has a sweet and nutty flavor. High in protein, soybeans are also great antioxidants. You can find edamame frozen in the pod [...]
Montana’s Diary, June 27
June 27, 2011 by corinna96
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What a beautiful week, weather-wise. Kurt’s been doing a lot of weeding. This weekend was the Portage River Festival in Elmore. Jed and Kurt went to see the tractor pull downtown and had a blast. Corinna made multiple batches of strawberry jam with her fruit share. Did you? They’ve already eaten 2 pints of jam [...]
Fresh Cherry Pie
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons uncooked quick-cooking tapioca 6 cups pitted sweet cherries 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 (15-ounce) package refrigerated pie dough (such as Pillsbury) Cooking spray 2 tablespoons water 1 large egg white 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar Preparation: 1. Place [...]
Sparkling Sweet Cherry Lemonade
This week, you’ll be getting your first batch of sweet cherries in your fruit share. Try this delicious refreshing drink. 2 cups pitted sweet cherries 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 cup sugar 5 cups chilled seltzer water, plus more to taste Directions Add the cherries, lemon juice, and sugar to a blender and puree. [...]
Edamame Salad with Crisp Steak Bits
Ingredients: 3 cups frozen shelled edamame 2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons rice wine vinegar 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1 1/2 cups chopped seeded English cucumber (about 1) 4 green onions, chopped 1 tablespoon olive [...]
Garlic Scape and Fennel Spread
This spread enlivens any sandwich and tastes great with roasted meats — especially shrimp. You can stir it into your hummus or put it over your grilled veggies. If you can’t find mirin, a type of rice wine, you can use regular rice wine, available at Asian markets and many supermarkets. This will last in [...]
Braised Collard Greens with Sweet and Sour Sauce
Lots of people don’t know what to do with their collards. Collards tend to be bitter — not often a favorite vegetable with some folks. But in this dish, the bitterness gets layered with the Asian seasonings to make a tasty morsel. Serves 4 to 6. 1/4 c. water 1/4 c. sweet sherry 3 T. [...]
