Aloha Oahu Fresh Ohana! Happy early 4th of July.  We’re excited to bring you this week’s bag and then celebrate with a day off.  What are you getting this week that you can use for your July 4th party?  Lots of locally grown produce is coming in this week’s bag–Ho Farms okra and butternut squash, Pacific Gateway Farmers shishito peppers, Mari’s Garden’s lettuce, Kahumana Farm carrots, Sumida Farm watercress, and local bananas from Waimanalo.  Here are some ideas on what to do with your produce:

Sauteed Shishito Peppers   A la Lucky Belly, serve these with drinks and relax!

Garlic Balsamic Grilled Butternut Squash   Since you’ll probably have the grill going anyway…;)

Watercress Salad with Lime Dressing

Buffalo Chicken BLAT Wraps   Easy, portable, tasty…just what you need to take to the beach with some cold adult beverages.

Oven Fried Okra   Another easy way to use your okra, and great as pupus.

Pickled Okra

Sauteed Okra

Happy 4th of July-get some fireworks viewing in and we’ll see you next week!

 

 

 

Aloha and thanks for tuning in!  We’re here to bring you great tasting fresh local produce and this week we want to let you know what you’re getting, so here it is!  Pacific Gateway farmers will be providing string beans, eggplant, and grape tomatoes, Ho Farms brought us  swiss chard and  collards, so you’ll be getting one or the other, Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals had avocados, and Mari’s Garden provided hydroponically grown organic lettuce.  Have you thought about what to do with all of this?  Here are some suggestions:

 

Eggplant Pomodoro Pasta

Classic Caponata   This is a great way to use your eggplant and it’s a perfect potluck dish.

Potato and Green Bean Salad   Another great potluck for days on the beach or in the park.

Sauteed Swiss Chard with Balsamic Vinegar   easy!

Spicy Collard Greens with Tomato, Garlic, and Onion   you won’t be getting 3 lbs of greens this week, so you should adjust the recipe for about a half lb.

Easy Collard Greens   This one is easy to prepare and has few ingredients.

Braised Lettuce and Peas   If you are tired of making salads, here’s a new way to use your lettuce!

Happy Local Eating!

Happy almost summer Oahu Fresh fans!  We have a packed bag this week for you–plenty of farm fresh produce that will make you feel great about what you’re eating and where it comes from.  In this week’s bag there will be long beans, papaya, and cucumbers from Pacific Gateway Farmers in Kunia, swiss chard from Ho Farms, avocados from Kama`aina Land Plant Nursery, carrots from Kahumana Farm, and certified organic hydroponically grown lettuce from Mari’s Garden!

Original Sunrise Smoothie:  This recipe comes from KCC’s collection A Sweet Dash of Aloha.

2T quick oats, 1/2 c low fat milk, 1/2 papaya very ripe, 1 large frozen banana, 1T orange juice concentrate, 1 tsp vanilla extract, ice, and 2T fat free whipped topping.

Soak the oats in the milk for 30m in the refrigerator.  Seed and peel papaya.  Combine oats, milk, papaya, orange concentrate, vanilla, and ice in blender and puree until smooth.  Divide into two portions and top each with 1T whipped topping.

Indian Cucumber and Yogurt Salad

Shrimp and Coconut Curry with Green Beans   use your long beans in this one!

Goat Cheese, Lentil, and Brown Rice Rolls     Swiss chard leaves wrapped around the lentils and brown rice mix and baked with marinara sauce.

Roasted Carrots with Cumin   This is for 1-1 1/2 lbs carrots, and you will be getting a 1/2 lb, so you will need to reduce everything accordingly.  This link also has a few other variations if you don’t like cumin or want to try something else!

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  What’s coming this week!?  It’s a great bag, we have Pacific Gateway Farmers kale & string beans, Kama`aina Land Nursery  avocado, Waimanalo bananas, Ho Farms cucumbers, and Green Growers tomatoes.  It’s going to be so easy to make refreshing summer meals with this produce.  Here are some ideas to get you started:

Raw Avocado Kale Pesto  with Zucchini Noodles

Garlic Parmesan Kale Pasta   This looks amazing…definitely would add the tomatoes!

 

Sesame Soy Green Beans   easy to make, and would be really good with fish or scallops

Two Ingredient Banana Pancakes   Definitely making these this week…

Grilled Cheddar, Tomato, Bacon sandwiches

Green Bean Salad with Red Onion and Tomatoes

 

Oahu Fresh deliveries make it so easy for you to eat locally grown healthy food–and this week’s bag is full of possibilities.

We have okra from Ho Farms, broccoli or long squash from Leilehua Ag Students, green onions and tomatoes from Green Growers, eggplant and long beans from Pacific Gateway Farmers, and lettuce from Mari’s Garden!

What can you do this week with your produce?  Here are our suggestions, and we hope to hear from you too-send us your pictures, recipes, and suggestions.

 

Roasted Okra Fries   Easy–no cutting or slicing, the okra here is roasted whole!  Here’s another roasted okra recipe, sliced crossways.

Stewed Okra and Tomatoes   Indian flare, serve this with basmati rice!

Eggplant and Okra Curry   There’s a theme this week, can you tell?!

Eggplant Sandwiches   Your long eggplant can be used just like Italian eggplant would be in this, just cut it longways instead of across.  You can also order Naked Cow Dairy’s Feta cheese from us, see our specialty items for more!

Vegetable Lasagna:  Veggie lasagna is an easy way to use a lot of different veggies.  You can pick and choose what you want to put in it from what is in your bag, but if you need a step by step reference on how to do it, try this vegetable lasagna recipe from Pioneer Woman.  Although your veggie choices may be different, the pictures and steps are helpful to understand how to put it together.