Aloha Oahu Fresh members,

This week your bag will include kale, corn, tomatoes, chives, pineapple, and lilikoi!

Here are a few ideas to mix and match your produce for some great fresh dishes.

Quinoa, Corn, and Tomato Salad with Chive Oil You can make the chive infused oil or just use olive oil and add some chopped fresh chives. Quinoa is very good for you and has a nutty flavor.  It’s packed with vitamins and amino acids.  You could saute your kale to go with this dish for the ultimate vitamin packed lunch or dinner!

Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes with Chives Easy!  Halve the recipe to use only your Oahu Fresh tomatoes, or buy more to do the whole thing.

Garlicky Kale with Corn Easy and looks delicious.

How to Use and Eat Fresh Lilikoi Several tips for using your fresh lilikoi.  I hadn’t thought to eat it with yogurt but I’m going to try it out-I bet it’s fantastic!

Grilled Pineapple Just grill all of your pineapple at once while you’re making dinner and eat it for dessert, then with yogurt at breakfast or lunch the next day!

Hi Oahu Fresh members!  This week’s bag has some organic fruit -grapefruit, lemons, and limes, as well as arugula, nalo greens, long beans, tomatoes, and kirby cucumbers.

Grapefruit is a versatile fruit, which can be used in salads as well as desserts or eaten just by itself.  Here are a few ideas to use your grapefruit this week, along with the rest of your fresh produce!

Shrimp, Grapefruit, and Spinach Salad You can purchase spinach at the market for this salad, or you could use your fresh baby arugula or nalo greens.

Prosciutto and Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

Stir Fried Long Beans with Chicken

Fresh Grapefruit Smoothie

Lime, Grapefuit, and Ginger Juice

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  We’re back from a Thanksgiving break and we hope you had a wonderful feast with family and friends.  We enjoyed local oysters in Baltimore and cheesesteaks in Philadelphia while visiting family before having a great Thanksgiving meal.  This week we have kale, lettuce, tomatoes, tangerines, and eggplant in the bag for you.  Here are a few ideas on how to use them:

Tuscan Kale Chips Kale chips are fantastic, and there are several recipes out there for them. You can also cut the kale into smaller pieces rather than just in half.  Lemon juice is a great addition as well!

Eggplant Gratin

Manoa Lettuce background —archived Star Bulletin article

Manoa Lettuce Poke Wraps (Video)

Dont’ forget to send us  your creations!  We are happy to put them up on the site or in our newsletter.   If you enjoy Oahu Fresh, try giving a gift subscription this holiday season!  You ‘ll be supporting local businesses and keeping your friends and family healthy and happy with an easy to use, health conscious gift!  See our Give Oahu Fresh as a Gift page for details.

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  This week’s bag is full of unique veggies.  We’ll be bringing you okra, dandelion greens, and mushrooms and we hope you enjoy trying something new.

Okra is often thought of as something that goes into gumbo or jambalya, especially if you are from the mainland.  You may not be familiar with other uses, but we hope to show you some here.

Chili Lime Fried Okra This is an easy recipe…few ingredients, and it’s quick.

Shrimp and Cheese Grits with Okra I miss grits…they’re something I hardly ever have anymore, and this dish looks like the perfect way to get them back on the table.

Fried Okra poppers Filled with Monterey Jack cheese…yum 🙂

Sauteed Dandelion Greens This recipe notes that the greens can boiled up to a few days ahead, which is a great way to save time on another night!

Crisp Skinned Salmon with Lentils, Bacon, and Dandelion Greens Making this one asap!

Aloha Oahu Fresh Members!  Super good bag coming this week…Nalo Farms arugula and tatsoi, Ho Farms eggplant and tomatoes, Pit Farm canteloupe and zucchini, and Kama`aina Land orange and tangelo!

Here are a few ideas:

Ginger Spinach and Water Chestnut:  you can use the tatsoi for the spinach in this recipe, and for those of you watching your gluten intake it can be gluten free!  There are several ideas for dishes to serve with this one on this page too.

Zucchini Feta Fritters…scroll down this page to find a recipe for Zucchini with Lemon and Thyme!

Canteloupe Smoothie I’m trying this one with a few strawberries added!

Nat and Darcy’s Amazing Eggplant Lasagna 3 kinds of cheese, bacon…no pasta…need I say more!  YUM!