What’s In The Box? September 19-25
Pasta Night
Rich with comforting flavors, yet bright with summery ingredients, this week’s Italian-themed box is equally fit for a grand feast, or an intimate meal for two. Have fun experimenting in the kitchen with the provisions for pasta night—locally-crafted bucatini, organic Italian sausage, and our homemade garlic bread—plus, gorgeous garden favorites like artichokes, carrots, tomatoes, and green beans. Inside you’ll also find: A fragrant herb bundle, Bellsong Creamery fromage blanc, organic salad greens, classic-style biscotti, and farm-fresh eggs. Mangia!
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Fresh Bucatini Pasta
Hand-crafted in nearby Bellingham, this spaghetti-like semolina pasta has a hole running through the center—hence the name bucatini, which comes from the Italian buco, meaning “hole”, while bucato means “pierced”.
Skagit River Ranch Italian Sausage
The pampered pigs raised on the Skagit River Ranch in Sedro-Woolley roam outdoors in certified-organic pasture land to root, dig, and cavort as only happy pigs can, thriving on a diet of flax seed, corn and wheat. Spiced with savory herbs, this delectable Italian-style sausage adds a savory note to the likes of pastas, pizzas and more.
Farm & Larder Garlic Bread
The perfect side dish to a bowl of pasta? Fresh garlic bread, of course! This week, we’ve baked up a batch of homemade bread featuring our own garden-grown garlic just for you; simply pop it into the oven to reheat.
Biscotti
Also included in this week’s box for you to enjoy with your morning coffee: Freshly-baked biscotti.
Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Hailing from the Colchagua Valley of Chile, this red wine boasts notes of raspberry jam, candied fruit and white chocolate, along with spices of black pepper, nutmeg, bay leaves and cloves. Deeply and pleasantly mature with dark cherry, blackberry and plum flavors, it is smooth, round and easy-drinking on the palate.
Farm Fresh Eggs
As they spend plenty of time outdoors in their run and give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream, our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are enjoying succulent popweed pulled from the gardens, as well as vegetable scraps from the kitchen, to supplement their diet of locally produced organic layer mash.
Bellsong Creamery Fromage Blanc
Light in texture and tangy in taste, our fromage blanc is lovingly-made from local cow’s milk—put it to work in your favorite recipes, or mix it with fresh herbs or lemon zest and honey to add lusciously-creamy appeal to your next cheese board.
Seasonal Organic Greens
This week’s vibrant produce selection includes: Green beans, lemon cucumbers, artichokes, orange carrots, Walla Walla sweet onions, cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, Carmen sweet peppers, ground cherries, yellow Romano beans and Anellino beans.
Garden-Grown Herbs
Garlic and a fragrant mixed herb bundle from the gardens here at Bella Luna.
What’s In The Box? September 12-19
Season to Season
As summer begins to wane, this week’s box toes the line in between this season and the next as it is packed with staples like tomatoes, zucchini, Tropea onions, baby beets, plums and cucumbers. Enjoy all these bright and fresh September flavors alongside: farm-fresh eggs from our flock of heritage breed hens, smoky dry-cured bacon, buttery blueberry-lemon croissants, seasonal organic greens and a plethora of fragrant herbs; bon appetit!
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Jack Mountain Sunday Bacon
Each smoky strip of dry-cured bacon from this Skagit Valley-based meat company is cut the “old school” way, by hand, and aged for a minimum of eight days. Smoked all day over hazelnut shells, the resulting bacon crisps up beautifully, while still maintaining a big meaty chew.
Bella Luna Farms Plums
Beautifully-ripe, freshly-harvested plums from our very own orchard here at the farm!
Multigrain Bread & Blueberry-Lemon Croissants
Crafted in nearby Snohomish by our favorite bakery, this healthy freshly-baked loaf is made with locally-milled Shepherd’s Grain flour and seven different whole grains, plus a hint of honey and toasted sunflower seeds. Also tucked in your box and from the same local bakery: Buttery, blueberry-lemon croissants.
Kiki & Juan Vino Blanco
This fresh and vibrant Spanish white is crafted from 90% Macabeo and 10% Sauvignon Blanc grapes. Granny Smith apple and Bartlett pear notes jump from the glass, followed by layers of green fig and chamomile, plus a noticeable aroma of honeydew melon.
Farm Fresh Eggs
As they spend plenty of time outdoors in their run, our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are enjoying succulent popweed pulled from the gardens, plus vegetable scraps from the kitchen, to supplement their diet of locally produced organic layer mash to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
Miles Away Farm Dried Plums
Grown in Walla Walla, these dried Italian plums are fantastic in salads.
Seasonal Organic Greens
This week’s selection of greens includes baby red lettuce and mixed baby salad blend.
Seasonal Organic Fruit & Vegetables
This week’s vibrant produce selection also includes: baby golden beets, green beans, Tropea onions, lemon cucumbers, cherry and heirloom tomatoes, and mixed baby zucchini and summer squash.
Garden-Grown Herbs
Parsley, thyme, garlic, basil and rosemary from the gardens here at Bella Luna.
Hi, September! The Latest News from Bella Luna Farms
Summer’s End Market & More Happenings at the Farm
It’s September: We are excited to put a big exclamation point on summer with our first-ever Summer’s End Market-details below!
SUMMER’S END MARKET
It’s almost here: We are teaming up with the Field Trip Society to offer our first Summer’s End Market here at the Farm this Sunday. September 15. Enjoy live music; sample and shop Bellsong handcrafted cheeses; meet local artisans and craftspeople displaying their handmade wares; and stock up on larder items all locally grown and produced.
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THANK YOU!
We had an incredible summer of Classes on the Farm as we opened the doors to our schoolhouse kitchen and welcomed so many of you inside! We want to extend a huge ‘thank you!’ for an incredible start to this new series.
What’s In The Box? September 5-11
SEPTEMBER 5-11
Fresh & Flavorful
With a vivid produce assortment that includes zucchini, Jimmy Nardello peppers, Patty Pan squash, mini seedless watermelon, a myriad of late-summer tomatoes and not one, but two kinds, of cucumbers, the late-summer harvest continues here at the farm. This week’s box continues to sing with such additional highlights as Pain au Levain bread, an elegant Spanish red wine, and farm-fresh eggs; combine these beauties with beautiful garden greens and fragrant herbs to allow all these fresh, seasonal flavors to shine.
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Pain au Levain Bread
This slightly-nutty, slightly-sweet sourdough bread epitomizes French country-style baking with a chewy crust and light, airy interior. Baked by our favorite bakery in Snohomish, this traditional Pain au Levain is crafted using the bakery’s own sourdough starter
Atalaya ‘Laya’ Red Blend 2022
This unique Spanish red wine combines complexity, structure and intense color with the explosion of fruit and ease of consumption. Crafted with a blend of Garnacha Tintorera and Monastrell grapes, it is elegant on the nose and palate, and pairs well with pastas, vegetables, grilled proteins and even short or medium cheeses.
Farm Fresh Eggs
As they spend plenty of time outdoors in their run, our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are enjoying succulent popweed pulled from the gardens along with an extra helping of grain to supplement their diet to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
Seasonal Organic Greens
This week’s selection of greens includes salad mix, red-veined sorrel and Lusia radicchio.
Seasonal Organic Fruit & Vegetables
This week’s vibrant produce selection includes: Tropea onions, lemon cucumbers, Shintokiwa cucumbers, Patty Pan squash, Jimmy Nardello peppers, Guajillo peppers, baby mixed and green zucchini, cherry tomatoes and mixed heirloom tomatoes, plus black mini seedless watermelon.
Garden-Grown Herbs
Parsley, thyme, rosemary and tarragon from the gardens here at Bella Luna.
Seasonal Organic Greens
This week’s selection of greens includes chicory frisée and Treviso radicchio.
