We are so excited to begin the growing season once again!  Shares for 2018 are now available.  This year we have some new and exciting things happening around the shop and garden.  We are increasing our growing as well as new organic food opportunities.  One of our new things this year is our weekly artisan bread share.  We will be offering more artisan cheeses, kombucha and more!  We will keep you updated!

All shares will be picked up at our shop, Ali’s Organics & Garden Supply.  We will be changing our time to make it a little easier for pick up by increasing the time by a few hours.  New pick up hours will be from 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

We also would like our share holders to be sure to bring a basket this season to pick up their shares.  This way we don’t have to hound you for our baskets back!  We will be using wooden boxes, as we can stack them in our new “up and coming” cooling room this year.

Some things to look forward to this year in your shares.  This year our asparagus patches will be able to be picked for a longer season of at least three weeks rather than the one week.  There is nothing better than fresh cut asparagus!  Our strawberry patches have grown and we should have a larger abundance as well.  Possible ramps this year.  We have been waiting patiently for our patch to be harvested for three years now and this just might be our lucky year!

Last fall we included a recipe every week using produce that was in your share.  We thought this might help those that wasn’t to sure what to do with some of your produce.  This did take extra time and love, so PLEASE, if you loved it, give us feed back on weather you would like us to do it or not!

Now, get signed up on the shares tab (or click link below) and we will see this spring for the best season ever!  Thank you!

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Here we are at the end of our fall shares.  The time has buzzed by so fast.  We all want to sincerely thank you for you support, kindness and friendship.

We are very excited for season 2018 shares as well some new surprises in our locally grown food endeavors.  We can’t wait for you to see what we have in store for you!   We now have 2018 share dates listed for your planning.

This weeks shares shares include a great recipe for Acorn Squash Stuffed With Red Quinoa.  We know you’ll enjoy it!

Share produce:

• Quince ~ Great for fall preserves
• Persimmons ~ These are great diced and put into green salads, eaten raw or dried
• Pomegranates ~ Sweet and tart.  Tarts are perfect for topping salads, sweet potatoes or juicing
• Baby Leeks
• Carrots
• Green Onions
• Garlic
• Kohlrabi
• Peppers
• Tomatoes
• Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes) ~ Keep in a Ziplock bag, in the refrigerator
• Acorn Squash
• Cucumber
• Thyme
• And our thank you, a pumpkin on a stick!  Great for decoration.

While shares are over this week we will continue to have produce through the fall and various greens, winter squash, a few greenhouse cucumbers and tomatoes and root crops into winter.   So don’t starve yourself of local produce!

Have a WONDERFUL fall and winter!  See ya soon!

Here’s a video showing you how to make them all:

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Peanut Butter Banana Cinnamon

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Peanut butter, to taste

1 small banana, sliced

Cinnamon, to taste

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Spread peanut butter evenly across sweet potato toast and top with sliced banana.

Sprinkle with cinnamon and enjoy!

Bacon And Egg

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

2 slices of bacon, cooked

2 eggs, scrambled

Salt, to taste

Pepper, to taste

Green onion, for garnish

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Place two slices of cooked bacon on the sweet potato toast.

Scramble eggs with salt and pepper and place on top of bacon.

Garnish with green onion and enjoy!

Almond Butter And Fruit

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Almond butter, to taste

Handful blueberries

Handful pomegranate seeds

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Spread almond butter evenly across sweet potato toast.

Top with fresh blueberries, pomegranate seeds and enjoy!

Fried Egg And Beans

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Refried black beans

Salsa, to taste

1 egg, fried

Cilantro, for garnish

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Heat refried black beans and spread evenly across sweet potato toast.

Spread salsa over beans and top with a fried egg, garnish with cilantro and enjoy!

Brie And Walnuts

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Spreadable brie, to taste

Handful walnuts

Honey, to taste

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Spread brie evenly across sweet potato toast.

Top with walnuts, drizzle with honey and enjoy!

Chicken Salad

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Chicken salad, to taste

Green onion, for garnish

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Spread chicken salad evenly across sweet potato toast.

Garnish with green onion and enjoy!

Strawberry Almond

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

Light cream cheese, to taste

1-2 strawberries, sliced

Handful sliced almonds

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Spread cream cheese evenly across sweet potato toast.

Top with sliced strawberry and almonds and enjoy!

Southwestern

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Servings: 1

INGREDIENTS

1 sweet potato

½ small avocado, mashed

Salt, to taste

pepper, to taste

Corn salsa, to taste

Hot sauce, to taste

PREPARATION

Cut sweet potato into thin slices, about ¼ inch thick.

Place in toaster and set it to the maximum cook time. When it pops, flip the sweet potato slices over and toast 1 more time. Depending on the strength of your toaster and your preferences, you may need to toast it 1 more time after that.

Remove from toaster and let cool enough to handle.

Mash half an avocado. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Mix until well combined.

Spread the mashed avocado evenly across sweet potato toast and top with corn salsa

Link buzzfeed sweet potato toast recipes

Seasonal Jams and Jellies

We have one more week left for Shares this year and we are packing your baskets the max! We will still have produce available till it freezes so don’t forget to stop by after Shares are over for the season and pick up more garden goodies for your dinner plans.

Baskets:

• Delicate squash
• Cucumber
• Sweet potatoes
• Persimmons
• Arugula
• Sweet pomegranate
• Swiss chard
• Carrots
• Turnips
• Bell pepper
• Eggplant
• Tomato

I think the title says it all! Moist and chewy all organic ingredients for this seasonal loaf. We have a few extras today that aren’t reserved. This bread goes perfect with toasted with with our organic fall preserves, especially the pear spice.

Bread pick up begins at 1:00 pm.

That wind storm we had on Sunday was so destructive, it whipped the poor garden to death! This is also the last week for tomatillos (because of the wind.)

We have some fun new stuff for you to try this week. Like the Seeded grapes. You can eat them as is, juice them, or jelly them. The almonds were supposed to be in your basket last week but my brain was missing and I forgot to put them in so this week you get them. The collard greens you can steam them, cook them in bacon. or juice them. Everything else you have had before but it is always fun to expand your cooking experience and try a new recipe!

Baskets

• Butternut squash
• Cucumbers
• Carrots
• Poblano pepper
• Seeded grapes
• Collard greens
• Cherry tomatoes
• Almonds
• Tomatillos

Every week we offer specialty artisan bread. This coming Thursday our flavor will be Apple Cinnamon made from all organic ingredients. If you want to make sure you get a loaf (they go fast), let us know and we will reserve it for you. Also this next coming spring we will offer an artisan bread share in addition to our regular produce share. We will post this share in the next coming week.

Cleaning up the garden so we can get our glorious garlic in! And get ready for our annual Christmas light display (it is going to be absolutely incredible his year. We have some spectacular plans in the making that we are sure are going to blow your mind when you see it!

We have lots of extra bell peppers his week so if you feel like you want to be creative please feel free to add some more to your baskets.

Basket

• Scallions
• Bell peppers
• Eggplant
• Gypsy pepper
• Pie pumpkin
• Arugula
• Peaches
• Cucumber
• Almonds
• Winter spice bag (you need to dry them for storage)
• Carrots

Dinner idea bag

• Kale
• Cooking apple
• Turnip
• Carrots
• Scallion

Brrrrr! It is getting a little chilly now that Fall is here. But gosh don’t you just love that crisp fall smell/ feel that’s in the air? I know I do! bring on the fire pit dinners with a cozy blanket to ward off the chill.

We went a little crazy on baskets this week, they are pretty heavy, but man do they look fantastic!

Baskets

• Cucumber
• Carrots
• Sweet & tart pomegranate
• Gypsy pepper
• Sweet chili pepper
• Bag of mixed greens
• Peaches
• Red pear
• Tomatillos

Dinner idea

• Spaghetti squash
• Small garlic
• Oregano

PUMPKINS ARE HERE!

I don’t know about you, but it officially makes it feel like fall when the pumpkins show up. I know it’s “technically” still summer and all, but come on how awesome does the shop look now!

Baskets

Red bell pepper

Acorn squash

Cantaloupe

Apples

Cucumber

Kohlrabi

Bag of mixed greens

Recipe ingredient is sweet potato. (everything else you have to supply)

Recipe this week is sweet potato corn bread (I know! how perfect is that to put you in the Fall mood)