Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  Welcome to summer…and a fantastic full bag of locally grown greatness.  This week we’re so happy with our bag–it’s full of wonderful seasonal fruit (mangoes and lychee), greens (kale and manoa lettuce), tomatoes, cucumbers, and a fresh mix of herbs (rosemary, Italian sage, and thyme) from Nalo Farms.

What will you be doing with all this goodness?  Well, I bet it won’t take you long to try those juicy mangoes and if you can be patient and put the lychee in the fridge for a bit, you’ll be rewarded with chilled sweet “candy” with very little effort.

For the remainder, here are a few suggestions:

Chilled Kale and Potato Soup   A great make-ahead that you can take for lunch and not even have to use the microwave!  Just grab your water and a spot in the sun for a healthy noontime break.

Cucumber Hummus Bites with Sesame Seeds   These look elegant, but don’t wait for a party to make them.  Pamper yourself and your family with these delicious appetizers while the sun goes down…you’re worth it!

Lychee Martini   Because you need a drink to go with those appetizers…                      

Mango Salsa   This is great on fish or chicken, or in fish tacos.

Grilled Chicken with Herbs   Use the mixed herbs from Nalo (Poultry Mix) for a wonderful grilled chicken dinner.

Happy Summer everyone!

Happy post Memorial Day everyone!  Oahu Fresh had a good Memorial Day weekend, with a morning ceremony at Punchbowl, beach time, Lantern lighting, and finally some grilled local eggplant, sauteed swiss chard, and an Oahu Fresh salad for dinner!

This week we are bringing you sweet potatoes, peppers, braising greens, kale, grape tomatoes, and we hope some mangoes!!  We’re still waiting on confirmation on the mangoes, but we’ll let you know as soon as we know for sure!

Sweet Potatoes, Braising Greens, and Mangoes   The original recipe here uses apples, but I think to make it totally local you could sub in mangoes.  I would not saute the mangoes for as long as the apples, so maybe do just a quick five minute saute before you add them to the greens.

Boiled Kale and Eggs   To make this quicker you can use prepared chicken stock and boil the kale ahead of time. This would be a great breakfast.

Quinoa with Caramelized Onions and Green Peppers

Grape Tomato Salsa   YUM!  also you can make the carrot fritters if you’r e feeling like spending a little more time in the kitchen!

Aloha Oahu Fresh members! This week’s bag will knock your socks off! We’re bringing you roma tomatoes, swiss chard, long eggplant, japanese cucumbers, “cool greens” mix, and hydroponic lettuce. Nalo Farms is introducing a new mix of greens with mint and basil (cool!) so we are happy to be trying that out this week, and we hope to hear from you on what you think about it.

Roasted Ricotta Roma Tomatoes

Japanese Cucumber Salad with Miso Dressing

Swiss Chard with Bacon and Eggs

 

 

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This week’s bag will have long squash, okra, cherry tomatoes, pineapple, green onions, and greens from Nalo Farms.

What to do with all this bountiful fresh produce?

Easy Indian Style Okra   Many excellent review of this recipe, even from people who never tried okra before!

Roasted Pineapple with Honey & Pistachios   an elegant dessert that takes less than an hour!!

Sauteed Scallops with Cherry Tomatoes and Green Onions

BLT Bites (Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes)   pretty and tasty!

Ginataang Sitaw Kalabasa   Shrimp, green beans and squash in coconut milk–calls for acorn or butternut but you can use long squash!!

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh Members!  This week’s bag is fun filled–we’ve got cherry tomatoes, round eggplant, braising greens, spaghetti herb mix, lychee, tangelos,  and gherkins!

What are gherkins you might be asking!?  Baby cucumbers, and they are great for pickling.  Below are some recipes for this week’s produce, and please feel free to send us your ideas and pictures!  Thank you for eating locally grown food!!

Quick and Easy Refrigerator Kosher Dill Pickles

Spotlight on Braising Greens