Aloha everyone!  This week’s bag is shaping up:  we’ve got arugula, lettuce, tomatoes, avocados(organic!), chinese parsely, and Maui onions.    Here are  few recipes:

Spicy Chicken & Arugula Sandwich I just ate dinner but this recipe is making my mouth water…

Open Face Brie, Apple, & Arugula Sandwich uh oh!  delish…

Greek Salad Instead of Romaine, try this salad using your hydroponic lettuce.  Different  texture= fun in the mouth!

More to come!

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  We are really trying to get some late summer melons in this week’s bag; as of this posting, it’s still up in the air but we’re keeping our fingers crossed!  Your bag will have lettuce, tomatoes, nalo greens, long beens, and sweet potatoes though.  Here are a few ideas to keep using your local produce in fun and delicious ways:

Piele (Mashed Sweet Potatoes in Coconut Milk)

Long Beans with Egg Easy!  Great for any meal, and you could add a salad of Nalo Greens to round it out.

Thai Lettuce Wraps Whenever we have extra salad greens I try to think of other ways to use the hydroponic lettuce.  It holds just about anything, so try these veggie wraps.  There seem to be alot of ingredients but it’s mostly things you probably already have in stock.  If not, substitute at will!

Emeril’s Mixed Baby Greens with Goat Cheese and Balsamic Lager Dressing Sometimes you want to make a really spectacular dressing…this is one!

Oven Roasted Tomatoes Stuffed with Goat Cheese In case you have leftover goat cheese from the mixed greens salad!

Aloha Members!  This week’s bag has us really excited…lettuce, tomatoes, round eggplant, cilantro, avocado, braising greens, and canteloupe…WOW!  We hope you enjoy it, and please send us your recipes and meal creations.

If you’re stuck on what to do with your produce–here are a few ideas:

Eggplant Curry

Tomato and Eggplant Tian Tian refers to the cookware but the style is simply layered veggies.

Tomato Cilantro Salad

White House Garden Herb Roasted Chicken and Braised Greens Well if Michelle’s doing it…. 😉

Aloha Oahu Fresh Members!  This week’s bag will have lilikoi from the North Shore, radishes and sweet potatoes from Kahuku, Kahalu`u lettuce, Hau`ula tomatoes, papaya from Kahuku and Nalo tatsoi.  We hope you’ve enjoyed a summer full of local fresh vegetables, and if you are new, we hope you’ll enjoy the next few weeks of post summer produce!

Some ideas for using your island fresh produce:

If you’ve been making lots of salads and are looking for a new, easy dressing to make, try this one:  Walnut Viniaigrette The ingredients are few, and it looks simple.

Salmon Chowder with Cauliflower and Spinach This recipe would be great with spinach but you could use your tatsoi also!

Radishes, butter, and salt on bread

Radish and apple salad I know, apples aren’t local!  But this is a good way to use your radishes and is a unique salad to try.

Canteloupe Ice Scroll down for the canteloupe substitution…

Prosciutto, melon, and mozzarella skewers

Lilikoi Chiffon Pie

Tatsoi with Garam Masala For an Indian inspired side dish, or add mushrooms or chicken for a meal.

The first post summer bag is full of late season goodies:  arugula, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, mushrooms, zucchini and green onion!  The mushrooms in the bag this week come from Waimanalo’s Small Kine Farm, and we are excited to feature them again.

Chanterelle Tartines This is really just sauteed mushrooms on toast with a bit of cheese, although it sounds fancier in French!  Scroll down for the mushrooms recipe  & substitute your local portabellos in this elegant and quick snack, perfect for pupus on the lanai.

Lettuce, tomato, and prosciutto sandwich

Tofu, Lettuce, & Tomato Sandwich

homemade Baked Zucchini Fries YUM!

Arugula Salad with Lemon Parmesan Dressing Use one of last week’s lemons if you have any left!

A few notes to share:  we hope you have been enjoying the items in the bags this summer.  Please remember that our goal is to source local ingredients first and foremost.  There may be weeks where the same item will show up in the bag; this is because it is important to us to buy direct from local farmers and to buy what they have in season.  If there are items that you would like to see but haven’t, please let us know!  We would be happy to express that interest to the farmers we work with and see if they would be willing to grow specific items.  On occasion some items may be difficult to obtain in quantity, such as eggs, and we ask for your patience.  If there is not enough to fill each of the orders, we will make it up as soon as possible.

Also please remember to provide your bags to the delivery staff each week.  You can leave it out on the door or give it directly to them.  It’s important to do this because replacing bags can become costly; we want to keep our costs to you as low as possible!