What’s In The Box? March 16-21
St. Patrick’s Day Feast
Just in time for St. Paddy’s Day, this week’s box bursts to life with beautiful spring ‘greenery’—from green cabbage and leeks to arugula and garden-fresh herbs. Complementing this beautiful bounty are all the ingredients for a feast inspired by the Emerald Isle: Pre-brined corned beef and raisin-flecked Irish soda bread, plus organic rolled oats, a vanilla-caramel nut butter and other produce such as Granny Smith apples, Huckleberry Gold potatoes, Brussels sprouts, carrots and more. As they say in Ireland, sláinte (to your good health)!
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Corned Beef Brisket
This all-natural, grain-fed beef brisket has been seasoned and pre-brined, arriving oven-ready for your feast.
Irish Soda Bread
Baked in nearby Snohomish by our favorite bakery, this beloved quick bread is crafted in the traditional style with buttermilk, flour, sugar, raisins, and egg.
Steel Wheel Farm Rolled Oats
These farmer-style organic rolled oats hail from Steel Wheel Farm in Fall City. Milled to order and full of fresh flavor, they feature a darker-than-usual hue and are slightly thicker than average grocery store oatmeal.
Big Spoon Roasters Vanilla Caramel Almond & Cashew Butter
This gorgeous nut butter from North Carolina-based Big Spoon Roasters is chock-full of organic cashews, heirloom Mission almonds, organic maple syrup, organic coconut nectar, vanilla, and a touch of Jacobsen sea salt for a combination that’s indulgent, comforting, and downright delicious. As an added bonus, the duo of maple syrup and coconut nectar creates a rich and toasty caramel taste that’s also 100% vegan and free of refined sugars.
Boundary Bay Irish Red Ale
This easy-drinking seasonal ale from Boundary Brewery out of Bellingham highlights the arrival of spring with earthy, floral and toffee-like characteristics. A light-body, low hop bitterness and clean malty finish also help this ale go down smooth.
Farm Fresh Eggs
Our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are on an early-to-bed, later-to-rise schedule with the short daylight hours. As they spend more time snug in their coop, the “girls” are enjoying an extra helping of grain to supplement their diet, continuing to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
Seasonal Fruit
Tart and crisp Granny Smith apples.
Fresh Organic Greens
This week, enjoy baby arugula greens, baby Romaine and rainbow Swiss chard.
Seasonal Organic Vegetables
This week’s produce selection also includes Winter Density cabbage, Jerada carrots, Huckleberry Gold potatoes, Brussels sprouts and leeks.
Fresh Garden Herbs
Italian parsley, dill and thyme from the hoophouse and walled garden at Bella Luna Farms.
What’s In The Box? March 9-15
MARCH 9-15
Good Morning
Rise and shine—it’s breakfast time! This week, cozy up to a brunch-themed box that stars such farmhouse favorites as organic pork breakfast sausages, cracked farro porridge and dry apple cider, plus cinnamon-raisin bread, maple syrup and farm-fresh eggs from our heritage breed hens to help you whip up a sweet baked French toast for the centerpiece of your meal. Also accented by Austrian Crescent fingerling potatoes, Brussels sprouts, juicy Cara Cara oranges, Fuji apples and a beautiful mix of early spring greens, as well as fragrant herbs, this lineup is sure to help you start your day off right.
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Skagit River Ranch Breakfast Sausage
With a flavor profile that includes hints of sweet maple syrup and savory spices, these incredible breakfast sausages are made from the all-natural pork raised on the Skagit River Ranch in Sedro-Woolley. These pampered pigs roam outdoors in certified-organic pasture land to root and dig, thriving on a diet of flax seed, corn and wheat.
Bluebird Grain Farm Organic Cracked Farro Porridge
Used in Northern Italy as a savory porridge, this milled-to-order organic cracked farro porridge from Winthrop’s Bluebird Grain Farm is a nutritious whole-grain cereal that can be used as a hot cereal or prepared polenta-style with fresh herbs and roasted vegetables or meat. Cracked in a fine grind from the farm’s signature whole-grain Emmer Farro, this porridge is an excellent source of protein, fiber, phosphorus and trace minerals, plus it’s naturally sweet, rich, and nutty with a creamy texture.
Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Baked just for us by our favorite local bakery, this fresh-baked cinnamon raisin loaf makes for a delicious base to French toast.
Republic of Vermont Maple Syrup
Pure Vermont sweet maple syrup for all your breakfast needs.
Greenwood Cider Company Dry Apple Cider
This signature libation from Seattle-based Greenwood Cider Company is crafted from a blend of Washington-grown apples and finished with heirloom and wild apples sourced from local farms, small homesteads, and abandoned orchards to minimize food waste. Unfiltered, light-bodied, and very dry with hints of apple peel, lime, and fresh straw, this cider is ultra-refreshing; we bet you can’t stop at just one glass.
Farm Fresh Eggs
Our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are on an early-to-bed, later-to-rise schedule with the short daylight hours. As they spend more time snug in their coop, the “girls” are enjoying an extra helping of grain to supplement their diet, continuing to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
Seasonal Fruit
Fuji apples, Cara Cara oranges and fresh lemons.
Fresh Organic Greens
This week, enjoy baby rainbow Swiss chard, Little Gem lettuce, baby greens salad mix and cantaloupe microgreens.
Seasonal Organic Vegetables
This week’s produce selection also includes Austrian Crescent potatoes, parsnips, baby red beets, leeks, Walla Walla sweet onions and Brussels sprouts.
Fresh Garden Herbs
Italian parsley and thyme from the hoophouse and walled garden at Bella Luna Farms.
What’s in the Box? March 2-8
MARCH 2-8
Bavarian Classics
This week’s box stars the hearty and robust flavors of Bavaria with organic bratwurst sausages and zippy sauerkraut complemented by a locally-crafted smoked cheese and our housemade whole-grain dill pickle mustard, plus seasonal produce like Savoy cabbage, Huckleberry Gold potatoes, watermelon radish, leeks and baby golden beets to help craft our favorite German-style side dishes (see recipes for details!). Jewish Rye bread, farm-fresh eggs, a light white wine and our signature apple cake mix round out this truly-satisfying lineup. Prost!
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Skagit River Ranch Bratwurst
The pampered pigs raised on this farm in Sedro-Woolley roam outdoors in certified organic pastureland to root, dig, and cavort, thriving on a diet of flaxseed, corn and wheat. This week, enjoy the all-natural pork in the ranch’s perfectly-spiced bratwurst.
Britt’s Riesling Sauerkraut
Crafted from green cabbage, sweet onion, sea salt and yes, Riesling wine, this zippy sauerkraut from Langley, Washington’s Britt’s Fermented Foods is wonderful served with this week’s Bavarian fare. (Fun fact: The first sauerkraut was actually from China and used rice wine! Sauerkraut was introduced to Europe by the Huns when they came on horseback and became a staple in German cuisine when they combined salt and water with their cabbage.)
Housemade Dill Pickle Mustard
Wonderful served with this week’s Bavarian fare, our signature mustard is bold and slightly spicy, made with both ground and pickled mustard seeds, dill pickles, fresh parsley and apple cider vinegar.
Jewish Rye Bread
This dense, nutty loaf is baked for us by our favorite small bakery in Snohomish and is made with traditional dark rye flour, a natural sour rye starter and caraway seeds.
Dominio de Eguren Protocolo Blanco 2019
This organic Spanish wine boasts a light gold hue as well as a ripe, complex nose of tropical fruits, flowers, citrus pith, and spice. Clean, medium-bodied, and nicely balanced, with a dry, crisp finish, it will pair nicely with this week’s lineup of seasonal favorites.
Ferndale Farmstead Smoky Scamorza
Crafted by the cheesemakers at this family-owned and -operated farm in Ferndale, this Smoky Scamorza is a three-time award winning signature Italian cheese aged on ropes, a technique used by artisans for hundreds of years that gives it a characteristic pear-shaped body. A relative of a mozzarella, but with a bolder and more buttery flavor, this cheese is smoked in-house using a signature blend of Apple and Alder wood smoke.
Farm Fresh Eggs
Our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are on an early-to-bed, later-to-rise schedule with the short daylight hours. As they spend more time snug in their coop, the “girls” are enjoying an extra helping of grain to supplement their diet, continuing to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
K’ul Chocolate Pezzo Baking & Snacking Chocolate
Made with 100-percent, organic single origin cacao from the Semuliki Forest estate in Uganda.
Apple Cake Mix
Crafted from our own signature recipe, this apple cake mix bakes up moist and delicious when simply mixed with eggs, diced apples and walnuts—see recipes for details!
Seasonal Fruit
Granny Smith apples from the orchard.
Fresh Organic Greens
Pea shoots, Rosalba radicchio, mixed radicchio, baby kale and sunflower shoots.
Seasonal Organic Vegetables
This week’s produce selection includes Huckleberry Gold Potatoes, onions, Savoy cabbage, Jerada carrots, baby golden beets, leeks and watermelon radishes.
Fresh Garden Herbs
Garlic and Italian parsley from the walled garden at Bella Luna Farms.
What’s In The Box? February 23 – March 1
Simply Satisfying
Ward off the continuing chill this week with an easy, weeknight-ready supper inspired by the hearty flavors of Italy: Fresh rigatoni pasta tossed with beautiful baby kale, organic Italian sausage, locally-crafted Asiago Pressa cheese and dash of Porcini salt, plus rustic Italian bread and a fun Spanish red wine to go alongside salad-ready winter greens and side-dish-worthy produce like carrots, parsnips and leeks. Farm-fresh eggs, Cara Cara oranges, and lemon-kissed amaretti cookies add to the appeal to this comforting box, as does an herb selection that includes ultra-fragrant basil and dill—enjoy!
Here’s what you’ll find in your box this week:
Bellingham Pasta Co. Fresh Rigatoni
Derived from the Italian word rigato, which means “rigged” or “lined”, this traditional-style, tube-shaped semolina pasta is hand-crafted in nearby Bellingham.
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 will add a flavorful, savory note to a hearty bowl of pasta this week.
Porcini Salt
Made with dried Porcini mushrooms, this beautiful, seasoned salt adds intense depth, flavor and a burst of umami to dishes!
Italian Rustica Bread
This freshly-baked loaf is made at a small bakery in Snohomish using a wild yeast starter, which creates an airy, chewy bread and a delightfully-crisp crust. This bread is wonderfully sliced and toasted for crostini—rub each lightly-charred piece with a cut clove of garlic for extra flavor.
Protocolo Organic Tempranillo 2018
Made of 100% Tempranillo and aged for three months in oak barrels, this great little Spanish red features aromas of red roses, red cherries, blackberry, spices and vanilla that lead to a smooth and dry, yet juicy, finish on the palate.
Ferndale Farmstead Asiago Pressa
Crafted by the cheesemakers at this family-owned and -operated farm in Ferndale, this Asiago Fresco is styled after the Pressata style of this cheese in Italy which is typically only aged 2-3 months; fresh whole cow’s milk from the farm gives this young version a sharp and grassy flavor.
Farm Fresh Eggs
Our small flock of heritage breed laying hens are on an early-to-bed, later-to-rise schedule with the short daylight hours. As they spend more time snug in their coop, the “girls” are enjoying an extra helping of grain to supplement their diet, continuing to give us fresh eggs in beautiful shades of brown, beige and cream.
Seasonal Fruit
Sweet-tart Cara Cara oranges.
Fresh Organic Greens
Enjoy a bounty of beautiful greens this week, including baby arugula, baby kale, Miner’s lettuce, and sweet-crisp pea shoots, plus Rosalba radicchio and Treviso radicchio.
Seasonal Organic Vegetables
This week’s produce selection includes leeks, carrots, pink winter storage onions and parsnips.
Fresh Garden Herbs
Garlic and thyme from the walled garden at Bella Luna Farms, plus fresh basil and dill from NW Farm, a family-owned, indoor vertical hydroponic company in Lacey that grows clean, sustainable, and local fresh produce.
Soft Amaretti Cookies with Lemon
Kissed with hints of lemon essential oil, these traditional soft, gluten-free Italian cookies are a wonderful little pick-me-up!
