Happy Prince Kuhio Day! Hopefully you have some time off from work so you can enjoy the Prince’s birthday. This week’s bag is fun featuring curly kale, red potatoes, and green onions. Check out the recipes below and let us know what tasty meals you create!
This week’s Meal Kit Recipe is Tuscan Kale Salad with Roasted Chickpeas! Check out all these recipes!
The Sweet Potato is one of the oldest vegetables known to mankind. Sweet potatoes originated in Central and South America, but archaeologists have found proof through prehistoric remnants that the sweet potato was grown in Polynesia before western exploration, according to radiocarbon dating. Current thinking is that it was brought to central Polynesia around 700 AD, possibly by Polynesians who had traveled to South America and back, and spread across Polynesia to Hawaii and New Zealand from there.
The sweet potato is not a potato, and it is not a yam!
Preparation
The simplest way you can prepare a sweet potato is by first heating the oven to 400° F. Pierce each sweet potato several times with the tines of a fork. Place the sweet potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake until tender, about 45 minutes. Make a slit in the top of each sweet potato.
What else is in this week’s bag?
This week’s Meal Kit Recipe is Sweet Potato Collard Green Stir Fry! Check out all these recipes!
This week’s bag features Butternut Squash! Butternut Squash is typically grown during the winter time on the mainland however grows well during spring time here in Hawaii. It grows on a vine and tastes similar to pumpkin. As it gets ripe it gets deeper orange in color and sweet and rich in flavor. It’s a great source of fiber, vitamin C, A & E, magnesium, and potassium.
Butternut Squash may appear intimidating at first but it’s really not! First thing is first, grab a vegetable peeler and take of the skin, just like you would with a carrot. Then grab a large knife and slice the squash in half long ways, through the spine. Next, clean out the seeds and stringy stuff, just like last Halloween’s pumpkin! You can then slice across the squash into bit size pieces. Boom, your squash is prepped and ready for action. Throw in a skillet, throw in the oven, check out the recipes below for more info!
What else is in this week’s bag?
This week’s Meal Kit Recipe is Stir- Fried Kale! Check out all these recipes!
This week’s bag features Collard Greens. Collard greens have large, dark-green leaves. They have a flavor somewhat similar to kale. The ancient Greeks cultivated both collard greens and kale. Today they are a staple in Southern cooking. What else is in this week’s bag?
Try these recipes!
This week’s Meal Kit Recipe is Smoky Collard Greens wih Beans !
