Aloha everyone, and happy autumn!  We have a great bag this week with some cooler weather type produce and hope you enjoy it. You will receive a butternut squash from Ho Farms, grape tomatoes and japanese cucumbers from Pacific Gateway farmers in Kunia, mixed organic baby greens from Kahumana Farm, organically grown avocado and lilikoi from Kama`aina Land (Uluwehi Farm) and turnips from a new-to-us grower, Jennifer Appel.  Jennifer previously grew organic crops on Lana`i and is now working on O`ahu.  She’s growing using permaculture methods (those are her sunflowers in the picture below!) and we’re excited to try out her produce.

So what will you do with the bag items this week?

4 Easy Turnip recipes from Real Simple

Leon O’Neal’s Turnip Greens   Don’t waste the greens by throwing them out, use them to add some great flavor to your meal by cooking them.  This recipe uses bacon, so it’s going to be great.  No question. 🙂

Butternut Squash Fries

Easy Butternut Squash Soup   I love butternut squash soup…this one has few ingredients, which means you just get to the eating soup part that much faster.  Yay!

Spaghetti with Sauteed Chicken and Grape Tomatoes   Sometimes I get in the rut of using my tomatoes only in a salad…this recipe will help you get out of that rut!

Cucumber Chickpea Salad with Lemony Tahini Dressing

 

Ahoy Oahu Fresh members!  This week’s bag is full of veggie booty…and tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day-so we’re going to find some great recipes that will have you feeling like you’ve found a treasure chest of gold–when really the booty is fresh local produce!

First, the booty:  this week’s bag  has avocados from Uluwehi Farms /Kama`aina Land and Plant Rentals, local bananas from Ho Farms, tomatoes from Green Growers, organic mixed greens and baby bok choy from Kahumana Farm, and daikon greens (tops) and eggplant from Pacific Gateway Farmers.  So much to choose from!

Here’s our suggestions for using up your local bounty-

Grilled Eggplant & Bok Choy with Korean BBQ  Sauce   The picture of the bowl filled with rice, eggplant, bok chou, and topped with chicken looks great!  I would also consider using tofu, fish, beef, or more veggies on top.

4 ingredient banana oat bars

Creamy Chocolate Paleo Avocado Pudding   I know, you are probably thinking eeewwww!  but trust me, I tried this and it’s GREAT!

White Bean and Eggplant Hummus   Make this and pack it to take to the beach, work, or a potluck with your friends.  And btw white beans on sale at Safeway…

Mixed Green Salad with Avocado, Peaches, Bacon, Feta, and Champagne Vinaigrette   I love everything about this recipe…and I know peaches are not locally grown on a large scale, but you could certainly sub in mango.

Also you can use your daikon greens in this mouth watering recipe:  Sauteed Daikon Greens with Onion, Garlic, & Lemon.

Happy Local Eating everyone and don’t forget to talk like a pirate tomorrow!

 

Hello everyone!  This week’s bag is going to make you smile–avocados and limes and lilikoi from Uluwehi Farms, Swiss chard from Ho Farms, organic mixed baby greens from Kahumana Farm, and shishito peppers, grape tomatoes, and long beans from Pacific Gateway farmers!  So much yumminess, I am not sure where to start!

Grilled Shishito Peppers   These look so good in the picture!  While you are grilling you might want to throw on some fish and even could put a few of those grape tomatoes on a skewer or wrap them up in foil with a splash of olive oil and some salt.  All done-and hardly any dishes 😉

Chard-Garbanzo Fritters   I really really want to make these….

Sirloin Steaks with Garlicky Swiss Chard   Don’t forget, you can order local beef (stew, ground, sirloin)right from Oahu Fresh and we’ll deliver it!  Which would make this recipe oh so easy…

Garlic Parmesan Avocado Cauliflower Mash   I love cauliflower mashed, grilled, or made into rice.  Adding avocado seems like a great idea and the parmesan probably puts it over the top.

Roasted Grape Tomatoes with Tangled Noodles   This recipe looks fast, easy, and yummy.  You won’t be getting 4 cups of grape tomatoes, probably about 2, so cut all quantities by half in this recipe.

Beef with Chinese Green Beans   You could also use ground pork in this.

Create a wonderfully creamy and healthy dressing for your salad greens using your avocado.  This recipe comes from Dr. Micaire at Global Health Chiropractic (shout out ;)–she keeps me in top form for carrying heavy produce boxes!) and you probably received a recipe card from her just a few weeks ago.

Here it is in case you are new to our service or misplaced it:

Avocado Basil Vinaigrette

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup apple cider vinegar

handful fresh basil

1/2 avocado

Mix all together in food processor.

Yup!  That’s it!  And Dr. Micaire says EVOO and apple cider vinegar work best on this one but you can get creative.  Prepare for creamy deliciousness on any salad!

Hey Oahu Fresh members–we are so stoked about this week’s bag!   We are featuring sea asparagus this week and we hope you enjoy it, especially if you’ve never had it before.  We’ll provide several recipes in case you are not sure what to do with it, but don’t hesitate to just toss it in a salad or use as a side to grilled or steamed fish.

Our sea asparagus this week comes from Marine Agrifuture (An archived article in Star Bulletin about sea asparagus from  Marine Agrifuture), and you’ve probably heard of them or seen them at various events around town.  Also included in the bag are green onions and slicing tomatoes from Green Growers, hydroponic lettuce from 808 FarmFresh, eggplant from Ho Farms, and cucumbers and bush beans from Pacific Gateway Farmers in Kunia.  Lots of great locally grown food that you can use in a number of ways.  Happy eating!

Sea Asparagus Salad with Grilled Shrimp Skewers   This one looks amazing.  I will be making this pronto!!

Several recipes for sea asparagus from West Coast Seaweed.

Sea Asparagus Pasta (Gluten free with rice noodles!)

Green Beans with Bacon   Not sure if I’ve posted this one before but since it’s easy and has bacon, it surely deserves a repost.  And it has bacon.  Did  I mention that? 😉

Green Onion Pancakes   This is one of my favorite “cheat” foods.  I love the onion flavor and definitely would make this at home–although probably good to put half in the freezer so I don’t eat it all at once!  I bet it would be great with brunch foods.

Zaalouk (Moroccan Eggplant and Tomato Salad, cooked)

Moroccan Roasted Eggplant

 

Soak up the summer rays everyone because it’s back to school time!   Hopefully that means it will be cooler weather soon too…which will be good for you and also for our wonderful variety of green produce that we have been missing while it’s been so hot.  This week you will receive either swiss chard or butternut squash from Ho Farms, because the weather hasn’t been too helpful for growing green leafy things, so we’ve only been able to get a few bunches at a time.  Everyone will have long beans from Ho Farms too, Hauula tomatoes from Green Growers, lilikoi and avocados from Uluwehi Farms, mixed organic keiki greens from Kahumana Farm, and baby daikon and red radishes from Pacific Gateway Farmers in Kunia.  What will you do with all this produce?  We always like to see your creations so please send recipes, ideas, and suggestions to us via email or our facebook page.  It’s virtual potluck!

Tropical Salad with Avocado and Lilikoi Dressing   You may wish to sub in a few items from the bag this week to make this salad, like using the organic greens then adding steamed long beans in place of the green papaya.

Butternut Squash with Walnut Goat Cheese Crumble

Long Bean Omelette Recipe

Sliced Tomatoes with Parmesan Cheese   baked, looks delicious!

Pan Fried Daikon Cake   These baby daikon will be small and great to eat raw in salads or on the side but if you want to try something different this recipe looks great!