We're members of Jubilee Farm and subscribe to the Locovore box (which means our produce comes within 150 miles of the farm in Carnation). In the summer, all the produce is grown on the farm.
This week's box had:
Lettuce & Spring Greens Mix, Spinach, Pinata Apples, Basil, Raab, Red Oak Leaf Lettuce, Italian Parsley, Shitake Mushrooms, Rainbow Chard, Red Russian Kale, Bok Choi, Cauliflower and Collard Greens.
For dinner the other day, I found a recipe for creamy polenta. I'm not typically a polenta fan but it sounded good for some reason.
The polenta had 4 cups of milk, 3.5 cups of water, 2 cups of polenta, salt & pepper. I kept whisking that until it came to a boil. The recipe said to cook it for another 20 minutes until it got thick. But it was pretty thick by the time I got to a boil so I only cooked it for another 5-10 minutes. Let it sit while I made the kale & mushrooms. After sitting for awhile, I added a couple tablespoons of butter and some shredded parmigiano-reggiano. I'm thinking using veg broth instead of water might not be a bad idea in the future. But it was good nonetheless.
I chopped up kale, shitakes, and some baby leeks and sauteed them in olive oil, garlic salt & pepper. Added some white wine once they'd softened up a bit and cooked that down.
We've got tooons of leftover polenta. I spread it in a 9x13 pan and refrigerated it overnight. For breakfast the next day I cut it in triangles and fried it in a little olive oil with some marjoram. Then fried up some eggs to go with it. This is definitely how I like polenta.
Still have tons of polenta. I'm thinking about making some croutons or polenta fries if I get a chance.
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i love polenta. i've been making it by the recipe on the package, but substituting part veggie broth instead of water. i made it in a double boiler but i don't know if it needs to be.
half those things you listed, i don't think are in season over here. i guess it's totally different? like we had kale and collard greens and chard in the winter. and apples, aren't those just a fall fruit?
i wish we got mushrooms in our box. we have been getting lots of cherries and strawberries and even early tomatoes!!! so i'm not complaining much.
You've definitely got warmer season in Cali now. It's still cold and rainy here most of the time.
I did see a first crop of cherries at the market the other day. That was exciting. And I have strawberries that are ripe in my yard...but Crush keeps peeing on them so we're not eating them.
I don't understand the apple thing either. It must be the world's longest cold storage of apples. Apparently you can't do that with carrots cause we haven't seen those in months. I never thought I'd miss carrots.
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