Season to Season Recipes
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 are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Bacon, Onion & Herb Quiche
Light and bright, with a touch of smokiness courtesy of the bacon, this frittata is bound to be a sure-fire hit.
Grilled Lemon-Garlic Zucchini
Brushed with a herb-kissed butter mixture, these zucchini slices pair well with grilled chicken, fish or steak.
Marinated Lemon Cucumber Salad
Super simple and healthy, this salad is perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner.
Frisée Salad with Italian Plums & Hazelnuts
Later in the fall, this salad is equally amazing with slices of crisp apple or juicy pear.
Grilled Zucchini & Peppers
Serve these classic grilled vegetables from Domenica Marchetti’s The Glorious Vegetables of Italy atop warm slices of crostini!
Grilled Lemon-Garlic Zucchini
Brushed with a herb-kissed butter mixture, these zucchini slices pair well with grilled chicken, fish or steak.
Ingredients:
2 medium zucchini, cut diagonally into ½-inch thick slices
3 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons freshly-chopped parsley
Sea salt and fresh ground pepper
Method:
1. In a small bowl, whisk together butter, garlic, parsley and lemon juice; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Brush zucchini slices with butter mixture.
2. Heat a grill to medium-high. Add zucchini in a single layer and grill until lightly charred on both sides and just beginning to soften, about 2 minutes per side. Serve immediately, garnished with additional parsley and salt and pepper, if desired.
Summer All-Stars Recipes
Peaches! Cherries! Radicchio! These long-awaited summer staples are now arriving in abundance, especially those chicories as you’ll enjoy six different varieties of radicchio and endive in this week’s box. Celebrate them in all their glory, as well as other sun-ripened favorites like summer squash, rainbow slicing tomatoes, fragrant herbs, and fennel. Also joining these summer all-stars: Freshly-baked Pain au Levain bread, a wealth of citrus fruit, farm-fresh eggs, and a Portuguese wine. Long live summer!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Radicchio Salad with Peaches & Hazelnuts
This salad is amazing with pretty much any stone fruit, from plums to apricots to this week’s yellow peaches.
Grilled Radicchio with Olive Oil & Sea Salt
These radicchio wedges are wonderful served alongside a grilled entrée.
Rainbow Tomato Salad
Simple to make, but big on taste, this salad is all about the quality of the ingredients, so use the best you have.
Sautéed Summer Squash
So simple, so flavorful: These summer beauties are excellent served over grilled crostini, tossed into pastas, or scattered over pizza.
Fennel & Lemon Relish
This crisp slaw from Alice Waters’ The Art of Simple Food II is excellent tossed with grilled veggies such as summer squash.
Grilled Cherry Salsa
This flavorful salsa is excellent on top of pork tenderloin, or served with grilled bread.
Summer Splendor Recipes
Sugar snap peas to baby fennel, zucchini to salad greens, the summer hits just keep coming! This box celebrates summer with a plethora of locally-grown produce, all accented by sunflower seed-kissed multigrain bread, farm-fresh eggs and fresh chevre cheese and silky crème fraîche from our own farmstead creamery, Bellsong. Unpack the box, crack open some wine, thumb through the recipes and enjoy these summer gems to the fullest.
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Fried Zucchini Blossoms
The ultimate summer starter, incredibly beautiful and flavorful.
Sugar Snap Peas with Lemon Breadcrumbs
This light, crunchy side makes beautiful use of fresh snap peas.
Grilled Baby Fennel
A wonderful side for grilled chicken or steak.
Crème Fraîche Salad Dressing
Creamy, yet light, this dressing is fantastic tossed with pretty much any type of salad greens.
Charred Green Onion Gremolata
This smoky sauce is wonderful slathered on grilled bread.
