Essentials Box | October 22, 2022

This week’s lineup is all-organic and includes a few local items:

• LOCAL Bartlett Pears (OPMA)
• LOCAL Cameo Apples (OPMA)
• LOCAL Carrots (Ralph’s)
• LOCAL Butternut Squash (Sound Sustainable Farm)
• LOCAL Rogue Blue-Green Curly Kale (Sound Sustainable Farm)
• LOCAL Broccoli
• Bananas
• Green Onions
• Tomatoes

With Diwali in mind and coming up on Monday, here are some recipe ideas to get you started:

Essentials Box | October 9, 2021

Here’s this week’s all-organic Essentials Box lineup with several locally sourced delights:

• Green Cabbage (Ralph’s Greenhouse)
• Carrots (Ralph’s Greenhouse)
• Radish (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Jonagold Apples (OPMA)
• Bartlett Pears (OPMA)
• Limes
• Avocado
• Yellow Onion
• Yams

With this week’s inclusion of cabbage and carrots, DGC volunteer Agen is dreaming about one of his favorite Japanese dishes — okonomiyaki (derived from “okonomi” meaning “as you like” and “yaki” meaning “grilled“). Here’s a real simple recipe from… erm.. Real Simple. Agen also plans on adding in the radish, a bit of yellow onion, and maybe some yam! If you’re a meat eater, don’t forget the bacon!

Here’s also a more traditional recipe (involving Nagaimo yam) from one of Agen’s favorite cooking YouTubers: