Oh my goodness–what a great bag this week!  I’m so excited for it-so no delays, here’s what’s coming!

Poultry mix herbs from Nalo Farms, local bananas, papayas, tomatoes, and corn from Pit Farms, mushrooms for Small Kine Farm, and organic keiki greens from Kahumana Farm.  I’m thinking already about a mushroom stir fry with fresh herbs, corn, and tomatoes, served over the mixed greens, or even in a pita or wrap for a healthy quick lunch.  The banana and papaya will make a great smoothie.  Or try the following recipes out if you’re feeling more adventurous:

Farro with mushrooms and herbs

Eggs scrambled with wild mushrooms and fresh herbs   a great way to get out of your usual breakfast routine!

Fresh Green Beans with Bacon, Mushrooms, and Herbs   this side dish looks fantastic…serve with some garlic bread?! YUM

Since you’re receiving fresh organic baby greens in this week’s bag, I would suggest going a minimal route with them and only dressing them with a light vinaigrette.  The flavor of the greens will stand out, rather than the dressing.  Instructions on making a simple vinaigrette  .

Papaya  Banana Smoothie   What a great combination…papain in the papaya is great for digestion, and banana (& yogurt) has potassium, which is good for building muscles and breaking down carbohydrates!!

 

Aloha!  We’re happy to bring you this week’s bag items, courtesy of Ho Farms, Pit Farms, Green Growers, Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery, & Nalo Farms.  What’s in store this week?  A mix of tangerine and tangelo, slicing tomatoes, sweet potatoes, sugar snap peas, zucchini, round eggplant, & poultry mix herbs.

Here are a few suggestions on what you might do with your produce this week:

Roast Chicken with Fresh Herbs   This recipe will use your poultry mix herbs and provide the base for a great meal.  You can then serve a few sides with your chicken using your zucchini, sweet potatoes, snap peas, and or eggplant!

Sauteed Sugar Snap Peas   easy!!

Quick Saute of Zucchini with Toasted Almonds   From Smitten Kitchen, minimal and fast!

Pureed Sweet Potatoes   From Real Simple, this recipe  uses maple syrup and 4 # sweet potatoes.  Since you will not have 4# in your bag, cut the other ingredients and use only a quarter.

Easy Fried Eggplant   This would work as a side dish or a main dish for lunch with sliced tomatoes and some baby greens.

 

Happy Valentine’s Day and Viva  la Mexico!  Lisa went to Mexico this week so let’s all pretend we are there with her by having a Mexican theme with our bag!  This week item’s include:

Nalo Greens from Nalo Farms

Long Squash from Ho Farms

Green Peppers from Pit Farms

Broccoli from Pit Farms

Papayas from Pit Farms

Roma Tomatoes from Green Growers

Mexican-Style Stuffed Green Peppers! – Add in some Kuahiwi Ground Beef for a quick and easy snack or meal!

Mexican Squash – any recipe that calls for lots of butter and cheese, it must be good!

Mexican Roasted Garlic and Broccoli  – another quick and easy snack/side dish

Greetings Oahu Fresh Members!  Hope you are doing well this week.  We’ve got some wonderful items in this week’s bag…lemongrass, poultry herb mix, grape tomatoes, choy sum, nalo greens, zucchini, and bananas.  Lemongrass is a new one for us, and maybe you are not too familiar with it either, so we’ll give you some background and recipes that you can use it in this week.

Lemongrass is a grass type herb often found in Thai cooking; you may recognize it’s scent and particular flavor if you’ve had any Thai food here in Hawaii.  For more information on it and some recipes in which you can use it, try this link:  Lemongrass–How to Cook

Grilled Turmeric and Lemongrass Chicken Wings   I wish I had these on SuperBowl Sunday…

Fresh Citrus Lemongrass Soda

Thai Chicken Lemongrass Soup

Parmesan Zucchini Fries Recipe

Williams-Sonoma Sauteed Zucchini and Mushrooms

Sesame Choy Sum

Enjoy your bag this week, please send us your recipes or post them on our Facebook page, and congratulations to the Baltimore Ravens on their SuperBowl win!!

that’s my team….:)

 

It’s getting closer to spring, although it has really felt like winter this past week or so!  For the last week of January we have a nice mix of citrus for you (2 lbs!), sweet potatoes, green peppers, tomatoes, green eggplant, and swiss chard.  Winter is always tough on certain types of produce in Hawaii…our cooler temperatures and occasional heavy rains aren’t too friendly to greens and tomatoes, and things just grow a lot slower!  We hope you enjoy getting your fill of citrus this week–despite not always looking perfect like a “sunkist”, local citrus is usually very flavorful and extremely juicy.

Swiss Chard and Sweet Potato Gratin   Either halve this recipe or buy more chard and potatoes as the recipe serves 12 as written.  This would be sooo good on a windy and rainy winter night in Honolulu!

Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

Green Pepper Relish   Wow your friends or colleagues at the next potluck with this topping for burgers or wraps…and don’t wait for a potluck, create one at the beach this weekend if no one else does!

Fried Green Eggplant   With a chilled bottle of white wine, some salad, and some protein you can pretend it’s not winter!

Please send us your creations or post them on our facebook page!  Happy local eating!