Summery Salads Recipes
As we approach the summer solstice next week, the gardens are bursting to life with vibrant produce and verdant greens indicative of the coming season. Thus, take in the summer splendor with a delivery that is chockablock with mix-and-match salad ingredients—from the likes of green Bibb lettuce, endive frisée, and a mix of microgreens to build on as a base, to faves such as fresh fava beans, red bunching onions, Meyer lemons, baby golden beets, and peppery nasturtium flowers to add on as you please. Also included: Farm-fresh eggs, Italian Rustica bread, dried plums, and vinaigrette-ready preserved lemons crafted in the farmstead kitchen; whether you’re celebrating Dads or grads this week, we hope you enjoy this plant-powered menu!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Purple Sprouting Broccoli Salad
This room temperature salad from The Barefoot Contessa has just the right amount of crunch!
Citrusy Golden Beet Salad
Kissed with freshly-squeezed orange juice, cilantro and mint, this salad will brighten up any spread.
Spring Greens with Butter-Poached Radishes
This earthy salad is beautiful topped with buttery radishes.
Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette
Fantastic drizzled over salad greens!
How-To: Fava Beans
Our quick guide for peeling and prepping fresh fava beans!
Fava Bean Dip
This simple, fresh dip enhances the inherent nutty flavor of fava beans.
Flavors of Asia Recipes
Complete with toothsome Udon noodles, our spice-infused chicken broth, and an array of spring produce that includes the likes of baby bok choy, Chinese cabbage, asparagus and peas, this week’s box invites you to create your own bowlful of goodness utilizing these beautiful Asian flavors. (See this week’s recipes for suggestions for noodle bowl add-ins, then mix, match, sauté and simmer as you please!) Also included in this fresh lineup: Eggs from our heritage-breed laying hens, freshly-baked multigrain bread topped with sunflower seeds, crisp Romaine lettuce, and peppery chive blossoms from the gardens.
Here are some recipe ideas for the week:
Stir-Fried Spring Vegetables
Serve this colorful stir-fry with this week’s noodle bowl!
Garlic-Ginger Baby Bok Choy & Greens
Fresh ginger and fragrant garlic lend big flavor to sautéed baby bok choy and greens; add these to your noodle bowl this week!
Chive Blossom Vinegar
This punchy vinegar is fantastic incorporated into salad dressings.
Beet Salad with Chive Blossom Vinaigrette
Tossed with a light, honey-kissed vinaigrette and freshly-roasted beets, this salad sings of springtime.
Glazed Hakurei Turnips
These buttery glazed turnips are sure to delight.
The Italian Spring Recipes
Rich with comforting flavors, yet bright with spring ingredients, this week’s Italian-themed box is equally fit for a grand feast, or an intimate meal for two. Have fun experimenting in the kitchen with the provisions for pasta night—locally-crafted bucatini, organic Italian sausage, Tuscan-spiced salami, Pain au Levain bread and a savory salt mix—plus, gorgeous garden favorites like radishes, cauliflower, sunflower shoots, green garlic and basil. Inside you’ll also find: Locally-foraged fiddleheads, classic-style biscotti, and farm-fresh eggs. Enjoy!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Bucatini Pasta with Italian Sausage & Sautéed Fiddleheads
Everyone will be asking for seconds of this extremely satisfying dish.
Roasted Radishes with Brown Butter & Lemon
The sweet, nutty brown butter here lends a beautiful finishing touch.
Whole-Roasted Cauliflower
This dish can’t be beat for presentation, served whole and topped with olive oil and sea salt.
Green Garlic Salad Dressing
Flavor-packed ground mustard, vinegar and green garlic stalks mix beautifully in this easy vinaigrette.
Sweet Onion Confit
This buttery-sweet topping is wonderful in sandwiches or even atop crackers.
Cozy Comforts Recipes
Warm yourself body and soul this week with a lineup of cozy wintertime favorites like Gruyère cheese bread, earthy Shiitake and dried Porcini mushrooms, farm-fresh eggs, and hearty split grain emmer farro that can be prepared risotto-style with our signature, hand-crafted chicken stock. Additionally highlighted by crisp radicchio, carrots, leeks and garden-grown herbs, this box is also flush with a bevy of beautiful winter citrus fruit to further brighten your week. Enjoy!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Herb-Kissed Farrotto with Shiitake Mushrooms & Crispy Shallots
This truly cozy, risotto-style dish boasts immense flavor, cooked in chicken stock and accented with earthy mushrooms and crackly-crisp shallots.
How-To: Reconstitute Dried Mushrooms
Follow these simple steps to reconstitute the beautiful mushrooms for this week’s farrotto.
Radicchio, Farro & Apple Salad with Garden Herb Vinaigrette
Tart, crunchy and crisp, this salad celebrates the classic combination of apple and radicchio.
Garden Herb Vinaigrette
This flavor-packed vinaigrette is fantastic with both grains and greens.
Honey-Balsamic Roasted Carrots
This slam-dunk recipe from Domenica Marchetti’s The Glorious Vegetables of Italy makes the best of crisp carrots.
Meyer Lemon-Lime Curd
Serve this classic curd from Gourmet magazine with sliced pound cake or sugar cookies for an easy and elegant dessert!
