Aloha Oahu Freshies, and welcome to the last bag of summer!  This week’s bag will have Maunawili Greens lettuce, Nalo Farms baby arugula, Ho Farms tomatoes, Pit Farms mint, Poamoho Organic Produce avocados, and Aloun Farms canteloupe.  There will also be either zucchini or long squash from Pit Farms.

A few suggestions on how to use your produce this week:

Canteloupe Salad with Lime, Mint, & Ginger

Thai Shrimp and Squash Soup This recipe calls for butternut squash but long squash works so well in soup it’s worth changing the recipe.

Squash Griddle Cakes

Long Squash Chicken Soup Very few ingredients in this recipe, so you can make it as is, or get creative!

Baby Arugula Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing

Baby Arugula Pesto A pesto with capers instead of pine nuts!

Six Great Recipes for Zucchini:  zucchini oven chips, grilled zucchini and summer squash salad, zucchini bread, layered zucchini, chocolate zucchini cake, and stuffed zucchini with potatoes and peas!

Sweet Potato Fries with Avocado Dip

Enjoy the produce and please let us know if you try something really tasty-we’d be happy to put it up on the site!

Please remember to provide your previous week’s bag when your order is delivered each week.  You can leave the bag on a door or desk if you are not present when the delivery occurs.

Avocados!  The avocado in your bag is an organic one from Poamoho Organic Produce.  Al Santoro, owner and farmer, told us that normally avocados will ripen in 5-7days after coming off the tree.  This variety however has been consistently ripening within 2-4 days.  Your avo should be ready to eat this weekend-enjoy!  Al says that this variety was called Butterball by the person who gave it to him, although many avos are referred to that way.  Al’s not sure exactly what variety it is but he’s been eating them on BLTs for several days!  Thanks Al!

aloha and bon appetit!

Aloha fresh local foodies!  We have another great bag this week:  Yummy apple bananas, chinese parsley,and white radishes from Pit Farm, tatsoi from Nalo Farms, Ho Farms tomatoes, fresh lettuce from Maunawili Greens, and organic tangerines from Poamoho Organic Produce!  I can’t wait for some tangerines and bananas in my morning yogurt!

Aloha Oahu Fresh clients!  Just a note:  our farmer at Pit Farm was not able to get enough Maui Onion for this week’s delivery, so he supplied a variety of produce.  We hope to provide you with some great Maui Onion soon, and hope you liked your substitute!  Thank you for trying local produce!!

For anyone who hasn’t had tatsoi before, it’s an Asian green similar to spinach.  It’s very good in salads, or steamed or wilted with meat, fish, or pasta.  If you search tatsoi on this website you will find several dishes to try in addition to the ones listed here.

Easy Sauteed Tatsoi and Gingery Sauteed Tatsoi with Tofu Steaks

Tatsoi with Garam Masala tatsoi with Indian flavor!

Tumeric Rubbed  Branzino with Tatsoi and Peanuts You don’t need to follow this exactly but the recipe gives you a great feel for what you can serve with your fresh veggies and the pictures are fantastic.

Hawaiian Grilled Tuna with Maui Onion Slaw Everyone probably has most of the ingredients for this already …just pick up the tuna and wine!

Carmelized Maui Onion Dip just in time for Labor Day picnics

Goat Cheese and Maui Onion Tart from the Hali`imaile General Store Cookbook

Yogurt with White Radish another Indian recipe that will use the white radish and chinese parsley (Cilantro)

Savory Slaw with Mint and Cilantro another great recipe that will use the chinese parsley and daikon