Colorful Cornucopia Recipes

Bright orange carrots, striped and yellow zucchini, rainbow tomatoes and pretty purple eggplant—this week’s box greets the official start of fall with a riot of color that also includes such highlights as Delicata squash, mixed sweet peppers, microgreens, juicy nectarines and Italian prunes. Also starring farm-fresh eggs from our heritage breed hens, hearty and healthy garbanzo beans, citrus-fennel sea salt and fragrant heirloom garlic, as well as a bold Columbia Valley Cabernet, this lineup sings with the flavors of the new season. Enjoy!

Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:

Pan-Fried Peppers with Lemon & Garlic
Seasoned with slivered garlic, this Bon Appetit recipe is a favorite for enjoying fresh peppers.

Zucchini Ribbons with Lemon & Basil
This incredibly fresh side from Alice Waters’ Art of Simple Food II is seasoned with just the right amount of fragrant basil and zesty lemon.

Caramelized Delicata Squash
Glazed in brown sugar and white wine vinegar, this squash from The Glorious Vegetables of Italy is a wonderful balance of sweet and sour.

Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette
A simple, easy and incredibly flavorful salad vinaigrette to add to your arsenal!

Polenta Cake with Italian Prunes
This luscious cake is kissed with juicy Italian plums and citrus peel.

Classic & Colorful Recipes

As we greet the month of November this week, it seems as if more classic autumn weather has also arrived in the Puget Sound region. As we cozy up to the (delightful) sounds of rain outside, this week’s box fittingly celebrates the new month’s cozy and color-rich flavors. With the likes of fresh kiwi berries, Puntarelle chicory, broccolini, carrots and fennel, as well as cinnamon-raisin bread, farm-fresh chicken and duck eggs, fragrant herbs and edible flowers, this lineup is sure to bring comfort to your soul; enjoy!

Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:

Fried Duck Eggs Over Roasted Fall Vegetables
Shake up your breakfast routine with this hearty, healthy vegetable hash!

Roman-Style Puntarelle Salad
This classic Italian salad recipe makes ingenious use of Puntarelle greens.

Slow-Roasted Ginger-Lime Carrots
These flavorful carrots from Jennifer Perillo’s Homemade with Love cookbook are wonderful served hot, at room temperature and even cold.

Braised Fennel & Carrots
Kissed with honey and orange zest, this beautiful side sings with bright flavor.

Kiwi Berry Salsa
This bright condiment is delicious served over white fish like halibut, swordfish or cod.

Sweet October Recipes

This year’s exceedingly pleasant October weather sure has kept the fresh produce coming in apace: This week’s lineup includes another beautiful batch of greens, everything from hearty radicchio to tender lettuces, as well as such highlights as yellow peaches, pluots, eggplant, Tropea onions, broccolini and an assortment of peppers both spicy and sweet. Enjoy this fall bounty alongside Gruyère cheese bread, a festive nut and olive mix, rose jelly from France, farm-fresh eggs and a sweet bouquet of seasonal blooms.

Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:

Grilled Radicchio with Olive Oil & Sea Salt
These radicchio wedges are wonderful served alongside a grilled entrée.

Broccolini Salad with Olives & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
This salad packs in the flavor!

Vegetable Frittata
Packed with colorful peppers and summer squash, this easy frittata boasts incredibly fresh flavor.

Lemon Broccolini
This light and fresh side is accented by tart lemon juice and fresh-cracked pepper.

Peach Habanero-Garlic Hot Sauce
This spicy hot sauce is made with fiery roasted peppers and plenty of garlic, ideal for spicing up your favorite foods.

Packed with Produce Recipes

From peppers and tomatoes to corn and squash, this week’s box is full of fresh fall provisions! Also including such favorites as red beets, fennel, purple carrots, cucumbers and French Breakfast radishes, plus a bevy of garden greens, the autumnal splendor is rounded out by Challah bread, farm-fresh eggs, edible flowers and flaky smoked salmon, as well as mini bouquets, white chocolate-coated fruits from France and fresh kiwi berries. Enjoy!

Here are some recipe ideas for the week:

Cherry Tomato-Beet Salad
Topped with a mustard-balsamic dressing, this cherry tomato and roasted beet salad is incredibly flavorful.

Garlic-Herb Patty Pan Squash
So simple, so flavorful: These beauties are excellent served over grilled crostini or tossed in with cooked quinoa.

Pickled Peppers
These addictive peppers are wonderful for snacking, or served with burgers, tacos and sandwiches.

Italian Parsley-Caper Vinaigrette
This adaptation of the pungent vinaigrette from Joshua McFadden’s Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables is magical drizzled over roasted fall vegetables!

Calendula-Infused Herbal Oil Recipe
You can use this oil in salad dressings, or even as an ingredient in salves, massage oils, lip balms, creams, and lotions.

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