Your source for information on the latest from De La Mesa Farms, including what to expect for farmers' markets and CSAs |
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What's In My CSA This Week? |
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Kohlrabi Marigold Heirloom Tomatoes Purple Daikon Radish Kale Micro-Dill Salad Mix Gravenstein Apples Fresh Herb Mix | | |
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| | Kohlrabi tastes like a mild version of broccoli and is perfect in fresh slaws | | |
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| | Kohlrabi is equally delicious roasted when it's sweetness & nuttiness is enhanced | | |
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| | Another heirloom tomato salad? uh huh. 'Tis the season | | |
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| | Here heirloom tomatoes are paired with Israeli spices, chickpeas and yogurt | | |
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| | Purple daikon has the bitter flavors you love without the spiceness, so it's great raw | | |
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| | From daikon to kohlrabi to pumpkin & much more. Roasted veg is a staple. | | |
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| | Our pumpkins this week are perfect for cooking with. | | |
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| | Roast your pumpkin, puree and then use in this AMAZING spaghetti recipe. | | |
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| | Micro-dill is exceptionally dill-icious (sorry!). A classic with salmon. | | |
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| | Make this shakshuka with any leafy greens and plenty of herbs & microgreens | | |
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| | Bellevue Crossroads Tuesdays, Noon - 6pm | | |
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| | Kirkland Marina Park Wednesdays, 3pm - 7pm | | |
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And don't forget, you can place your pre-orders on our website. Deadline to place your orders is Sunday. |
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These are San Marzano tomatoes. San Marzano is both a type of tomato and a region in Italy. The San Marzano tomato is a type of plum tomato, and it's longer and thinner than the typical plum tomato you might see sold fresh in grocery stores or buy canned. They also have fewer seeds than typical plum tomatoes. These tomatoes are famed for their balanced flavor that combines sweetness, tomatoey intensity and just the right amount of acid. Perfect for sauce making! |
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This variety of kale is known as "Dazzling Blue" and it is an organic cross between a "Rainbow Lacinato" variant and an heirloom Lacinato anecstor. The result is a dazzling blue-green savoyed strap leaf with underturned margins, upright growth and a stricking pink rib. The flavor is bold and assertive. |
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Our anthem these days should be "all I do is weed, weed, weed." Here is Bryan hand-weeding our beds of bush beans. At this point in the summer, our farm is looking a little bit like a jungle. The goal with our no-till, no-tractor regenerative practices is to invigorate the soil. Over time, the weed pressure should lessen in a healthy, non-pesticide way. Until then, we'll be weeding. |
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We first started growing amaranth in Hawaii. This red-leaf variety of Red Amaranth resembles spinach however has no familial ties with it. The stems and leaves have a hoarse texture and are completely edible.Usually it’s cooked either by stir frying the green, tossing some of the chopped leaves into a soup, or adding steamed and chopped amaranth greens as an ingredient in sauces, but it can be even consumed raw as green salad. It's a great source of protein and really great for healthy skin. |
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This is an Italian chiccory. Chicories are closely related to lettuces, but heartier and with a bitter edge. They are typically grown as cool weather crops that come into season in late fall (and last in temperate climates through early spring). You may have encountered elements of them, as chicories such as Belgian endive, curly endive, escarole and radicchio provide a lot of flavor to seasonal fall and winter meals, whether in salads, soups, or braises. |
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