Hi Veggie lovers!
Im pretty excited about our first ever sweet potato harvest!
I thought I’d give you a jump on things this week as you meal plan. Brrrr it was cold today. We are definitely in double socks season on the farm, which means we also had to go harvest all the lettuce!
New this past week we just harvested our first ever sweet potatoes! I was quite surprised at how large they turned out with our limited experience growing this crop. Now that they are harvested they are curing in the greenhouse. In this process the starches turn to sugars (thus making them super tasty!) and they are able to keep longer in storage. I will send them next week or on the last week. We’ll see how long I can wait, as I am so excited for them!
We also have some jalapeños for the whole shares to spice up your lives. Some of them have turned red and though they are definitely still spicy, there is some sweetness in there too. I made mine into jalapeno poppers again because I am a little obsessed.
Also this week we have Brussels sprouts again. My dear mother made me dinner while I worked today (I know, I am spoiled!) and sped along the cooking process while maintaining some amazing taste of a brussels sprouts-carrots combo by first boiling them until tender, then pan-frying them with cooked bacon pieces, garlic, onion powder and oregano. So good!
For those of you wondering: this is week 20 of 22. Those of you with weekly shares will get 2 boxes after this week, and those of you with biweekly shares are only due for one box after this one. The season has flown by! I hope you can savour every bite 🙂
Half Shares
- brussels sprouts
- pumpkin
- carrots
- red beets
- radishes
- green peppers
- cilantro
- green leaf lettuce
- green kale
- celery
Whole Shares (add)
- spinach
- Red cabbage
- Parsnips or watermelon radish
- romaine lettuce
- eggplant
- jalapeno peppers
Fruit Shares
- 2.5lbs bananas
- 3lbs gala apples
- 5 oranges
- 1lb kiwi or 3 large grapefruit
- 1 pineapple
Enjoy!