Its already Sept which means back to school for most of the kids in our lives! I’m adjusting to life with a newborn and 2 older boys but I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl so I’m over the moon right now. Here is a note from Jenny:
Happy first week of school!
Whether you’re shedding tears or doing the happy dance, or having a week much the same as the week before, we hope it’s a great week of growth for you all.
This week is a gluten-free dream! The eggplant and spinach together are practically begging to be a spinach lasagna with eggplant noodles (just salt and pre-cook the eggplant in slices with a little olive oil and use just as you would other noodles). The only difference is they have a little liquid, so make sure your sauce is thick.
Have you ever tried spaghetti squash? As the name suggests, it has the texture of fine noodles when cut lengthwise and cooked facedown, seeds removed at 375 or so for about 49 mins or until tender.
It’s pretty amazing with Lemon juice and parmesean cheese or nutritional yeast for the vegan set. Or try your own sauce. Use the zucchini for zoodles if you have a spiralizer, and you’ll be enjoying a week of gluten free bliss!
We are hoping to send field tomatoes To everyone this week. They are not as perfect as I prefer them to be, but we hope you can appreciate them as our best on this wet, wet year. You may need to eat them more quickly than normal.
Hope you enjoy these freshly bunched beets. They are awesome for lowering your blood pressure. I may have used the fact that they colour a certain (ahem) output to entice my kids to try them. You do what you can to get the kids eating good things, right?
NOTE: The jalapeños are hot (small and slim green peppers). The hottest part is the seeds. You may want to chop them up wearing dish gloves to keep the oil from the seeds off your hands. If you like a milder taste, discard the seeds. I may have gotten the oils from them on my hands and in my eyes (it’s butns!), and accidentally gotten some on my baby #1. If you do this, dish soap will get the oils off and dairy products applied topically can soothe the skin. I’m sure Stephanie has an essential oil for this! (I do! I suggest lavender oil-if you are in need of any check out Healing Hollow oils-she is a Canadian company that has high quality essential oils/blends/products).
Hope you enjoy the bountyear this week!
WEEK 14
-beefsteak tomatoes (or 2nd tomato)
-mixed green and sweet red sheppard
peppers
-eggplant
-beets
-zucchini
-cherry or grape tomatoes (grape on tues)
-romaine lettuce
-spaghetti squash
-spinach
-green beans
Whole Shares
-carrots
-Parsley
-celery
-Broccoletti
-tomatillos
-cucumber
-banana peppers or jalapeños (hot, see
note)
-romaine