Mele Kalikimaka Oahu Fresh ohana!  It’s just two weeks from the Christmas holiday, and we want to wish you a happy holiday season!  We also would like to let you know that we will not be delivering produce over Christmas and New Year’s weeks.  We’ll be back on schedule for January 8th.

For this week we’ve got a stellar bag worked out for you, including an item we haven’t had for a while, fresh island corn!!  This is coming to you from Leilehua High School’s ag students.  We’ll also have a lemon, kale mix, and organic mixed greens from Kahumana Farm, grape tomatoes and long beans from Pacific Gateway Farms, and japanese cucumbers from Ho Farms.  You have a lot of options for what you can do with this produce, but below we’re listing a few ideas in case you are looking for a quick easy meal!

25 Fresh Corn Recipes   A mix of easy grilled corn on the cob to soups and sides recipes.

Kale of all Kinds   Here are a few recipes for kale as well as an explanation of the various kinds out there.  This week you’ll be receiving a mix of curly and dino kale.

Long Bean, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad   This.Looks. GOOD!  Thai salad, with lots of ingredients you probably already have on hand.

Lemon Garlic Salad Dressing   Uses only one tablespoon of lemon juice and a little zest.

Lemon Mustard Vinaigrette   Similar to the above but requires two tablespoons of lemon juice.  Easy to make, and healthy!

Happy Holidays from  Oahu Fresh–Lisa,  Matt, Jeter, and Joram.

 

Happy Holidays Oahu Fresh members!  Are you doing your holiday shopping already?  If so please remember that you can give the gift of Oahu Fresh to a family member and/or a friend!  We offer convenient 1 month and 3 month options for both weekly and every other week delivery, and delivery can start whenever your “giftee” chooses!  Call us at 343-8196 or email us at info@oahufresh.com if you have questions.

This week we’ve got a wonderful bag for you!  Anyone running the Honolulu Marathon will find lots of great veggies to add to pasta dishes during this carb-loading week!  Ho Farms supplied us with beautiful swiss chard, we’ve got eggplant and string beans from Pacific Gateway Farmers in Kunia, mushrooms from Small Kine Farm in Waimanalo, hydroponic lettuce from Mari’s Gardens, and broccoli from Leilehua High School’s ag students!

A few thoughts on how to use this produce, for pre-marathon meals or post holiday shopping trips.

Chicken and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake   If you’re planning to eat this after shopping, put it all together and have someone at home put it in the oven before you get back.  Otherwise, make it and re-heat!

Baked Angel Hair with Eggplant

Frankies Spuntino’s Fried Eggplant Sandwich   There’s video with this one!!  A great idea for lunch on Saturday…

Roasted Garlic Green Beans with Lemon and Parmesan   Grill your mushroom for a meatless dinner and have these on the side.

Creamy Broccoli Soup

 

 

Aloha everyone!  It’s Thanksgiving week and we have a great bag for you that will hopefully round out  your holiday menu or help you create a beautiful locally sourced side or pupu to take to someone else’s house!

We’re sending you organic hydroponically grown arugula and kale from Mari’s Garden, long beans from Ho Farms, grape tomatoes and okra from Pacific Gateway Center Farms Kunia, and organic beets from Kahumana Farm.  Below are our suggestions for using your fresh produce in this week’s big meal, or with the yummy leftovers!

Roasted Beet Tartare   Serve with crackers or toasted sourdough for a nice appetizer or have with a side of turkey the day after the big meal!

Okra Chips

Easy Arugula Salad

Kale Tacos with Carmelized Onion, Fresh Cheese, and Red Chile   In case you feel the need to switch over to something completely different for the football games, these look amazing!

Tomato and Mozzarella bites   Feel free to experiment with these, by using feta cubes, cucumber slices, lettuce or arugula, or anything else you can slide onto the toothpick!

Use your long beans to make this Healthy Green Bean Casserole!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone–mahalo for your support of our local food system!

Hello everyone!  Wow-it’s almost Thanksgiving, the Super Bowl of eating!  I’m looking forward to some tasty treats and will be doing a trial run this week to determine what in the menu is going to work and what’s out!  Hopefully we will put some of our locally grown great produce to work too.

This week you will be receiving some wonderful organic carrots from Kahumana farm, hydroponic lettuce from Mari’s Garden, green eggplant from Ho Farms, citrus from Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery, grape tomatoes and bush beans from Pacific Gateway Farmers, and broccoli from Leilehua High School.  Sounds like plenty of wonderful veggies to make a veggie tart, quiche, or gratin with.  We’ll post a few recipes to help you get started, and please feel free to also send us your creations.

Spaghetti Squash Noodle Bowl–a great way to use your broccoli, beans, and even a few torn lettuce leaves.  This is accompanied by a peanut lime sauce…YUM!

Candied Orange Peel   The easiest recipe I’ve seen…

Spicy Carrot Soup with Coconut, lime, and Young Ginger   This recipe calls for 6 cups of carrots…which is a lot!  You probably won’t have that much from your bag, so either cut the ingredients by half or two thirds, or pick up extra carrots to make this later.

Easy Oven Roasted Broccoli

Roasted Tomato and Garlic Tartines   scroll way down for this one, it’s a great looking pupu

Green Beans with Shallots

Enjoy everyone!

 

Join the O’ahu Swim Academy & O’ahu Fresh in helping our island Ohana by donating to the 2nd Annual Turkey Drive.

Let’s give a little to our fellow Ohana here on the Island by donating a Turkey. Our goal is 2000 lbs of turkey in one day. DONATE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17th from 10 AM -8:30 PM. SEE BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS AND HELP OUR HUNGRY OHANA.

On Sunday, November 17th starting at 10 am, donations will be accepted at the O’ahu Fresh location until 3 PM. From 3 PM until 7:30 PM we will be driving around  town in a climate controlled van to pick up donations in the form of Frozen Turkeys.

What we are doing:

Picking up turkeys and giving them to the Hawaii Foodbank to benefit our local Ohana in time for Thanksgiving.

What you CAN do:

Shoot us an e-mail at TurkeyDrive2013@gmail.com,  message me on FB or text me with your address to pick up the Turkey. We are only doing pick ups in the Honolulu area (due to the fact that we only have a limited window of time for pick ups). If you would like to donate, but you live outside of the Honolulu area, please be sure to drop off your turkey at the Hawaii Food Bank from 8-8:30 PM sharp. If you live in the honolulu area and you just want to drop it off, you can do that too. Here is the address:

2611 Kilihau St.
Honolulu, HI 96819

Here is the address/contact information for O’ahu Fresh:

45 Queen St. #203 – Honolulu, HI 96813| phone: (808)343-8196

Drop by O’ahu Fresh from 10 am – 3 pm to drop off your frozen bird. We will be there awaiting your donation!

Please keep in mind that no one will be at the Hawaii Food Bank until 8 PM. We will meet you at the Hawaii Food bank by 8:30 PM. The Director of Donations at the Hawaii Food bank will be there to accept your donations until around 8:30 PM.

Want to donate more than one turkey? DO IT, and get some free gifts for your donation. A free 1-week subscription to Oahu Fresh (valued at $25) along with a free private swim session/goggle (valued at $37) will be given if you are willing to give 5 turkey’s to the drive.

If you have any questions/comments/concerns regarding this, please be sure to contact me ASAP. We can only collect at this time/day due to various constraints at the food bank and of course our own schedules.

Please see  www.HawaiiFoodbank.org,  www.OahuFresh.com, and www.OahuSwimAcademy for more information on the services from each organization.

Thanks again!

-Matt, Lisa and Chris

P.S. UPDATE!!! Our Friend  Omar Razvi, is getting together a bunch of people at  RB Sports Bar & Grill  at roughly 6 PM for a turkey drop off/drink session. Join him at 6, we will pick up the turkeys at aroun 8 pm this coming sunday. Thanks Omar for your help!