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.
Summer Color Recipes
Eat the rainbow: This week’s lineup is truly color-rich, from green zucchini and orange carrots to pink radishes and the first of the summer blueberries, plus a plethora of summery greens like sunflower shoots, mixed microgreens and Romaine lettuce, plus lots of fragrant herbs. Also accompanying this brightly-hued lineup: Eggs from our heritage breed hens, sun-dried tomato and sea salt-kissed Pomodoro bread loaf, and a crisp Spanish white wine—enjoy!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Carrots Marinated with Garlic & Oregano
This room-temperature dish packs in the flavor and makes for a lovely side dish on a warm day.
Meyer Lemon Honey Vinaigrette
This lovely vinaigrette is bright with lemon juice, sweet honey and fresh parsley.
Pickled Blueberries
Tart-sweet and incredibly addictive, these pickled berries are a wonderful finishing touch for salads and sandwiches (try them on grilled cheese)!
Grilled Lemon-Garlic Zucchini
Brushed with a herb-kissed butter mixture, these zucchini slices pair well with grilled chicken, fish or steak.
Roasted Radishes
Seasoned with fresh thyme and red onions, these buttery radishes are an excellent accompaniment to just about any protein.
Fresh & Flavorful Recipes
With a vivid assortment that includes Persian cucumbers, green beans, Jerada carrots and not one, but two different varieties of smoky peppers, the late-summer harvest continues here at the farm. This week’s box also continues to sing with such additional highlights as earthy Shiitake mushrooms, Chojuro Asian pears and baby bok choy; combine these beauties with fresh stir-fry noodles and spicy pork dumplings, and allow these fresh, seasonal flavors to shine.
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Garlic-Ginger Vegetable Stir-Fry
Serve this fragrant stir-fry with noodles and a side of this week’s pork pelmeni; alternatively, we also love topping each serving with a fried egg and extra hot sauce.
Blistered Shishito Peppers
Easy to make and totally irresistible!
Green Bean Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette
Tossed with a Dijon mustard and sherry vinaigrette, these beans boast bright, zesty flavor.
Baby Bok Choy with Garlic & Ginger
Fresh ginger and fragrant garlic lend big flavor to sautéed bok choy greens.
Ginger-Carrot Soup
This bright carrot soup from The Splendid Table is super flavorful thanks to a kick of fresh ginger and orange juice.
Sweet Onion Confit
This buttery-sweet topping is wonderful in sandwiches or even atop crackers.
