Hey ya’ll this weeks dinner idea bag is coming to you from the southwest. It’s got roasted peppers, broiled tomatillos jalapeño and garlic. And cheese who doesn’t love cheese! Right? Any idea what this dish is? You guessed it! Green chili enchiladas!

Don’t forget peach days is this weekend, if you see us come say hi

Also don’t forget if you are doing your fall gardens his year it’s time to get your peas, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuces, carrots and you can still put bush beans in.

• Basket list
• Pears
• Cucumber
• Colored bell peppers
• Carrots
• Gypsy peppers
• Malibar Spinach (hardy Summer spinach best in smoothies, steamed or mixed with other greens in a salad)
• San Marzano tomatoes ( good for cooking)
• Slicer tomato

Bag meal

• 1.5 lbs tomatillos
• Cilantro
• Jalapeños
• Anaheim peppers
• Ancho pepper
• Garlic bulb

Welcome to your first week of fall shares.

We are going to be trying something new this season with themed weeks! YAY!

I know how hard it is to try and figure out what to do with produce you are unfamiliar with. So, we are going to give you a printed recipe and and a separate bag of everything or almost everything you will need for that weeks recipe.

Our goal is for you to try something you have never before tried or never knew what to do with (like eggplant, okra, tomatillos, or winter squash).

We love to hear your feedback on what you like or don’t like about your baskets. Or if you have an idea for a recipe that you love and want to share perfect! we will share it with everyone else if we can.

Thanks for support our CSA Fall Shares.

Basket goods this week:

Figs

Peaches

Cucumber

Heirloom & Red tomatoes

Green beans

Rainbow of bell peppers

Cherry tomatoes

Italian dinner bag:

Eggplant

Red chili pepper

Scallions

Paste tomatoes

Basil & oregano

Garlic bulb

This is our last week of summer shares and we have absolutely loved sharing our garden bounty with all of you. Thank you for supporting us.

Shares are ready for pick up.

Basket

• Tomatoes- heirloom & reds
• Bell peppers
• Gypsy pepper
• Green beans
• Black mission figs
• Asian pears
• Peaches
• Herb bundle- sage, rosemary, thyme
• Cucumber
• Onions
• Cherry tomatoes
• Anaheim pepper
• Eggplant- tomatillos, or okra ( not enough of all of them for everyone to have each. You get one of the three listed)

Let the pears sit on the counter till they turn yellow then you can use them.

Please bring our baskets back we are seriously out!

Don't be a stranger after shares are over, we will still have produce every week till it freezes.

Sweet and savory soup that can be served either hot or cold. It is perfect for any season and is a wonderful complementary side to any main course.

4 Tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, halved and diced
1/2 small fennel bulb, halved and thinly sliced
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 1/2 pounds carrots sliced
3 cups vegetable stock or water
1 cup of orange juice
1/2 cup coconut milk
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup minced radishes

Heat 2 Tablespoons of oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, fennel, & garlic and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
Add the carrots and cook for another 5 minutes.
If the aromatics start to brown, lower the heat a bit.
Add the stock and the orange juice and simmer until the carrots are just tender, about 10 minutes.
Add the coconut milk, salt &a pepper, summer for another 10 minutes.

Transfer the soup to a blender and process until satiny smooth. Drizzle with remaining olive oil and check the seasonings. Serve hot or cold and top with the minced radishes.

Serves 4

Was that not the most well wonderful rain storm we had this week? I absolutely loved waking up to the sound of it drumming on the roof. On the down side it sure made it muggy out there.

One more week left till summer shares are over, don't forget to mark that on your calendar. There will be a 2 week break then fall shares will start. We will still have produce available so don't be shy and stop on by to see what we have.

Baskets:

• Kale
• Figs
• Bell peppers
• Hot peppers
• Peaches
• Tomatoes: heirloom, reds, paste
• Cucumber
• Beans
• Carrots
• Torpedo onion
• Glanora /Neptune grapes

With the peaches the humidity is just making them drop like flies and we really don't want them to go to waste. So we have a few flats in the shop that you can pick out of and use what you can. But be nice and leave some for others too.

*Grumpy Pray mantis*

We are on top of our game this week and will have shares done by 10 am! If you want to pick up early, great! If you can’t till your normal pick up time that’s ok too.

This weeks Shares is a little tomato crazy. A lot of my heirloom tomatoes, that I have been waiting to come on all summer, ripened all at once. Plus all the reds that always seem abundant. If that’s not enough tomatoes for you there is over a pound and a half of grape tomatoes that are perfect for vegetarian pizza, green salads, balsamic tomato chicken or just eating straight out of the bag.

Baskets

• Bagel peaches( last week of those)
• Basil
• Gabriella onion
• Armanian cucumber 
• Slicing cucumber 
• Yellow squash
• Chinese noodle/ green beans
• Bell pepper
• Hot pepper
• Heirloom tomatoes
• Red tomatoes
• Cherry/ grape tomatoes 
• Asian pears

With the pears we have to pick them green otherswise they fall off and are pretty smashed beyond use. So let them sit on the counter till they get a little yellow to them, then enjoy.

This is just a throw together recipe and quantities of ingredients is up to you.

• Cucumber 
• Tomato
• Avocado 
• cilantro
• Hot pepper
• Colored bell pepper (the more color the sweeter it is)
• Corn cut off the cob
• Red onion
• Lime (for flavor and to keep the avocado from browning)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Black beans are optional 

Cut everything up into desired size pieces (I like it small but not puréed small) squeeze 1 lime on to everything , season with salt and pepper. Stir together and enjoy with tortilla chips.

If you let it sit in the fridge over night the flavors will blend better but it’s great fresh made too.

Hello my lovely friends! We are over half way done with summer and with summer shares. Don’t worry though, we still have a few more weeks of garden goodness to bring to you.  I don’t know about you, but I am ready for Fall. The pumpkins (and everything you can make with pumpkin) crispy leaves, cooler days for sure, and the fall gardens! So much to look forward too!

Basket list:

• Red tomatoes 
• Cherry tomatoes 
• Summer squash
• Plums ( Santa Rosa, mariposa)
• Bagel peaches
• Bell peppers
• Hot pepper
• Garlic
• Grapes
• Potatoes (as promised)
• Green beans or Chinese noodle beans
• Armanian or slicer cucumber 
• Carrots

Lots of onions and tomatoes in the shop and a full fridge of extra produce

Also if you are looking for something specific don’t hesitate to ask we have it in the garden.

Just so I don’t forget to let all of you know. We do have extra produce this week, I kind of over picked on some things. Some of the squash got a little to big for regular use, but will be fantastic for zucchini muffins.

Also we have have an one or two extra loafs of asigo artisan bread, and some garlic parsley cracker cheese available.

Basket list:

• Figs
• Chinese apricots (last week I promise)
• Shiro plums
• Beets
• Carrots
• Cucumber
• Summer squash
• Beans
• Walla walla onion 
• Kale or celery
• Tomatoes 
• Bell pepper
• Basil