Colors of the Season Recipes
Just as the holiday lights are brightening up the cold, dark nights, so too is this beautiful array of colorful new produce! In this week’s delivery, you’ll discover such garden-grown highlights as Chantenay carrots, mini Delicata squash and Hakurei turnips, as well as punchy Spanish black radishes, organic polish sausages, multigrain bread, a bottle of well-balanced Spanish red wine, fragrant herbs, farm-fresh eggs, and a variety of color-rich organic greens. Enjoy!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Hakurei Turnip & Pea Shoot Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
This salad celebrates the fresh flavors of crisp turnips, tender pea shoots, and a zesty lemon vinaigrette.
Carrot & Apple Sauté with Rosemary
This beautiful combination sings with fresh flavor!
Butter-Braised Carrots with Thyme
Braised in sweet butter and tossed with garlic and thyme, these carrots are truly sublime.
Maple-Ginger Winter Squash
You’ll love this unique flavor combination!
Black Radish Cream
Substitute this zingy spread for horseradish in your favorite recipes.
Soup’s On Recipes
What a snowy week it has been! As the flakes turn to raindrops, we’ve got an incredibly-satisfying menu of warm and cozy favorites to help ward off any pervading winter chill: Housemade French lentil soup crafted from seasonal veg, smoky pancetta and our own chicken stock, Gruyère cheese bread to serve alongside, and all the ingredients to make your own buckwheat crêpes with earthy mushroom filling. Also included: A beautiful bounty of greens fit for braising, both our signature citronette dressing and crème fraîche, as well as produce like red beets, Mokum carrots, Black Spanish radishes and a medley of crisp apples.
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Buckwheat Crêpes
Once you perfect the technique here, start playing with your favorite fillings. This week, we’ve given you our earthy mushroom filling to try!
Radicchio Salad with Cara Cara Oranges & Shaved Black Radish
This lovely salad is sure to brighten up even the gloomiest gray day.
Braised Greens
These tender greens are a great side dish.
Grana Cheese-Roasted Broccolini
Tossed with garlic breadcrumbs and nutty Grana cheese, this tender broccolini is fantastic tossed with pasta or served atop grilled bread.
Frizzled Leeks
These crispy leeks are a wonderful garnish for salads, soups or main dish proteins like beef, pork or salmon.
European-Style Buckwheat Cake
Known as schwarzplententorte in German or torta di granosaraceno in Italian, this wonderfully moist and dense cake is usually eaten for breakfast together with a big cup of coffee—or as a morning or afternoon snack.
Full of Flavor Recipes
From pungent black radishes and earthy Cremini and Shiitake mushrooms to organic pork and a vibrant, locally-crafted hot pepper sauce, this week’s lineup is chock-full of flavor—and just waiting for you to toss together in a stir-fry. Accented by such sauté-ready produce as broccolini, cabbage, carrots and scallions, as well as fragrant herbs and salad mix, the colorful box also includes fresh Pain au Levain bread, our housemade granola and signature chicken stock; enjoy!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Garlic-Ginger Pork & Vegetable Stir-Fry
Serve this fragrant stir-fry with rice or noodles; we also love topping each serving with a fried egg and extra hot sauce.
Black Radish Salad with Cabbage & Cara Cara Oranges
An excellent side salad to this week’s flavorful stir-fry!
Cara Cara Orange & Fennel Salad
This crisp, citrus-kissed salad is both bold in flavor and beautiful in presentation.
Honey-Balsamic Roasted Carrots
This slam-dunk recipe from Domenica Marchetti’s The Glorious Vegetables of Italy makes the best of crisp carrots.
Braised Turnips & Carrots
Simmered in rich chicken stock, this dish is finished with lemon juice and thyme for fresh appeal.
Garlic Butter-Roasted Cremini Mushrooms
Roasted with capers and garlic, this simple dish is a real show-stopper.
Black Radish Cream
Substitute this zingy spread for horseradish in your favorite recipes.
Soup & Salad Recipes
Ward off the chill this week by tucking into a simple, satisfying meal inspired by the hearty flavors of winter, starting with our luscious Italian white bean soup and accented by a bevy of salad-ready ingredients such as baby golden beets, hearty kale, Delicata squash and Westward blue cheese. Nutty Gruyère cheese bread, apple butter and an espresso-kissed chocolate bar also add comforting appeal to this classic soup-and-salad themed box.
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Roasted Golden Beet & Carrot Dip
This beautiful spread is delicious slathered on multigrain crackers.
Delicata Squash & Kale Salad
This hearty salad is also excellent topped with fresh apples!
Mustard-Roasted Cauliflower
Try making this elegant side dish with your favorite wholegrain mustard.
Butter-Braised Carrots with Thyme
Braised in sweet butter and tossed with garlic and thyme, these carrots are truly sublime.
Black Radish Cream
Substitute this zingy spread for horseradish in your favorite recipes.
Crème Fraîche Salad Dressing
Creamy, yet light, this dressing is fantastic tossed with greens and thinly-sliced radish.
