Oahu Fresh members, are you drying out after all this rain?!  We’re glad we missed the hurricane winds, but the rain, while steady, was a lot and our farmers are feeling the effects.  This week’s bag has fun items nonetheless:

• Ho Farms papaya
• Ho Farms lemongrass
• Ho Farms butternut squash
• Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery avocados
• Kahumana Farm mixed organic keiki greens
• Mari’s Garden hydroponic lettuce

Now what to do with all this produce?

Lemongrass Beef and Onions over Vermicelli

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Fall Greens Salad with Pumpkin Seeds and Asiago

Enjoy!

Oahu Fresh members, we have taro this week!  What else are you going to have in your bag?

 

• Ho Farms Okra
• Leilehua HS Ag Students Daikon
• Mari’s Garden hydroponic Lettuce
• Kakoo Oiwi Taro
• Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery Avocados
• Pacific Gateway Farmers Eggplant and Chives

Have you tried making taro hash?  If you’re looking for a new way to eat it, try this:  boil your taro until it’s tender, then let it cool and peel it.  It can be stored in the fridge in a ziploc bag or tupperware container.  Then just rough chop/dice in the morning, season with salt, pepper, and any other spices you like, and sauté it in a skillet with some oil or butter.  It goes great with eggs!

Buttered Noodles with Chives   You can make this pasta, or you could make the sauce and put it over zucchini noodles, sweet potato spirals, etc.

Smashed Potatoes with Chives

12 Recipes for Grilled Eggplant

Korean Quick Pickled Radish

Savory Roasted Taro

Aloha Oahu Fresh ohana, it’s October already and we’ve got pak choi, lettuce, and lots of other good stuff for you this week!

• Pak Choi from Leilehua HS Ag Students
• hydroponic lettuce from Mari’s Garden
• Baby roma tomatoes, Ho Farms
• Portobello mushroom, Small Kine Farm
• Long beans, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• Bitter Melon, Pacific Gateway Farmers

Here’s a few suggestions for your produce this week:

Roasted Portobello Cap

Green Beans with Potatoes

Baked Baby Roma Tomatoes

Honey Chicken with Pak Choi

Stir Fry Bitter Melon Beef with Oyster Sauce

Bitter Melon too bitter for you?  Try these techniques to lessen the bitter taste

One last idea, if you still have eggplant try this easy pasta recipe using your baby romas:  Pasta Alla Norma

Enjoy!

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  It’s the last week of September, and we still have lots of great produce coming in.  This week’s bags are no exception–check it out!

• Hydroponically grown lettuce, Leilehua HS Ag Students
• Lemons, Leilehua HS Ag Students
• Swiss chard, Ho Farms
• Grape tomatoes, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• Long eggplant, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• organically grown carrots, Kahumana Farm

So how do you plan to use this produce?  Send us your ideas, recipes, and pictures by email or post on our Facebook page or Instagram feed!  We love to share great food!

If you’re stumped though, here are a few ideas to help you get started:

Moroccan Carrot Salad   Uses your carrots and swiss chard, plus a little lemon zest!

Baingan Ka Bharta (Seasoned Roast Eggplant)   An Indian recipe for your eggplant and tomatoes that’s quick to prep and cook.

Lemon Wine Spritzers   Lemon is a great addition to many drinks, including water- still or sparkling- so here it’s added to a gin based wine spritzer.

Carrot Noodles with Ginger Lime Peanut Sauce

Simple Lemon Vinaigrette   For amazing salads, over fish, or steamed/sauteed veggies.

Red Curry Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps   Make this chicken salad and you can wrap it in your lettuce leaves, or have it alongside some sautéed swiss chard.  Or both!!

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  Wondering what’s coming tomorrow?  We have a diverse bag this week:

• Papaya and tomatoes from Ho Farms
• Bitter melon and kale from Pacific Gateway Farmers
• Avocados from Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals
• Carrots from Kahumana Farm
• Lettuce from Mari’s Garden

If you’re not familiar with bitter melon (aka bitter gourd), take a few minutes to read about it on the Serious Eats blog, Seriously Asian: Bitter Melon. There’s a recipe in this article that you can try, although there are a lot of ingredients.  The PGC Farmers suggest this one:

Thin sliced bitter melon fried with  eggs

Slice the bitter melon in half and use a spoon to scoop out the pithy part and the seeds.  See this link for a picture of this step.  Slice the bitter melon very thin and soak in salt water for about 15m.  Remove from water and lightly squeeze the slices then set aside.  Heat oil in a shallow pan and sauté some minced garlic and onions, then add bitter melon slices.  When the slices are half cooked, add the beaten eggs and cook until the eggs and melon are fully cooked.  Add salt and pepper as needed.

Okinawan Stir Fry with Bitter Gourd   Similar to the above recipe but with tofu and pork.

Carrots–    Marinated Carrots with Mint   Pickled Dilly Carrots     Knife Skills:  How to Cut Carrots

Kale and Cabbage Gratin

4 ways to use lettuce other than salad

Eggs Baked in Avocado   The perfect grab and go breakfast, just make this ahead of time.  Sexy eats!!