Essentials Box | September 18, 2021

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

• Delicata Squash (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Lacinato Kale (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Blue Italian Plum (OPMA)
• Bartlett Pears (OPMA)
• Lime
• Red Onion
• Romaine Lettuce
• Red Potatoes
• Broccoli

Here’s a great idea for using the Delicata squash and Lacinato kale (along with apples from the store) from Love and Lemons.

Delicata Squash and Lacinato Kale

Essentials Box | July 10, 2021

Here’s this week’s all-organic Essentials Box lineup with lots of locally sourced produce:

• Fennel (Ralph’s Greenhouse)
• Apricots (OPMA)
• Romaine (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Sugar Snap Peas (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Magda Squash (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Bananas
• Pink Lady Apples
• Red Potatoes
• Green Onions

Unfortunately, our distributor did not deliver bananas as promised.

Here are some tidbits to think about from the contents of this week’s box.

Magda squash, you say? It’s a Mediterranean summer squash that’s similar to the zucchini, but with a paler green skin and more globe-shaped (like an eggplant.) This plump squash is typically about 4 inches long, has a sweet, faintly nutty flavor, and works in recipes that would call for zucchini.

Because of its plump size, it’s a good candidate for stuffing. Here are a couple of recipe starters:

Essentials Box | June 26, 2021

Here’s this week’s all-organic Essentials Box lineup:

• Radish (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Spinach (Sound Sustainable Farms)
• Pink Lady Apples
• Pear
• Avocado
• Red Pepper
• Romaine
• Carrots
• Fennel

Recipe Starters

This week’s DGC Essentials Box is built to help you beat the heat with salads over the next few record-setting head-domed days.

  • Here’s a Sicilian-based salad that will go great with just about anything you can put on the grill (so you can keep the heat off in the kitchen). It balances the anise flavor of the fennel with sweet oranges and salty olives.
  • If you are out at the grill, try putting the Romaine on the barbie and topping it with a balsamic and gorgonzola dressing (Food Network).