This week’s bag features Long Beans! Also called Chinese longbeans, yardlong beans, snake beans, or asparagus beans, these beans are typically about half a yard long. They are a variety of cowpea and grow on a vine. Unlike green beans, the texture of long beans causes them to become waterlogged and bland when cooked with water. Instead, long beans are best cooked in oil: sauteed, stir-fried, or deep-fried which keeps their texture fresh and intensifies their flavor. What else is in this week’s bag?

Avocados
Ho Farms

Beefsteak Tomatoes
Green Grower’s

Butternut Squash
Ho Farms

Japanese Cucumbers
Ho Farms

Kolohe Mix
Kunia Country Farms

Okra
Ho Farms

Romano Beans
Ho Farms

Try these recipes!

Grilled Okra and Tomato Skewers

Long Beans with Garlic, Ginger, and Black Bean Sauce

Yard-long Beans with Kabocha and Coconut Milk

This week’s bag features Zucchini! Zucchini has a reputation among home gardeners for having overwhelming production. However, they’re are many ways to eat the fruits both cooked and raw. They can be prepared in a variety of techniques including steamed, boiled, grilled, stuffed and baked, barbecued, fried, etc. They can be baked into a bread or cake. Zucchini can also be enjoyed raw, sliced or shredded in salads or lightly cooked. What else is in this week’s bag?

Apple Bananas
Sugarland

Cherry Tomatoes
Ho Farms

Jalapeno Peppers
Fresh Aloha Direct

Kolohe Mix
Kunia Country Farms

Kolohe Mix
Kahumana Organic Farm & Cafe

Zucchini
Aloun Farms

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Baked Zucchini Fries

Jalapeno and Chicken Stuffed Zucchini

Jalapeno Lime Cucumber Salad

This week’s bag features Cilantro! The fresh leaves of the herb are used for flavoring and as a garnish while the dry seeds of the herb are called coriander. The taste of cilantro is related to an olfactory gene. Some people taste cilantro as a fresh, lemony or lime-like flavor while others characterize it as soapy. The leaves of cilantro are widely used as an ingredient in South Asian, Thai, Chinese, Indian, and Mexican cooking. What else is in this week’s bag?

Cilantro
Green Grower’s

Sweet Onion
Aloun Farms

Grape Tomatoes
Ho Farms

Kale
Ho Farms

Kolohe Mix
Kunia Country Farms

Lemon
OK Farms

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Guacamole

Lemon-Garlic Kale Salad

Lime Cilantro Rice

This week’s bag features Carrots! Carrots are usually thought of as orange, but purple, white, yellow, red and black varieties also exist. Carrots are well-known for having high levels of antioxidants and beta-carotene. A serving of carrots has 113% of the recommended daily value of Vitamin A. Research has shown eating carrots regularly has benefits for vision health, colon cancer prevention, and healthy skin, to name a few. If stored properly, in the coolest part of the refrigerator in a plastic bag or wrapped in paper towels, carrots can last for two weeks. What else is in this week’s bag?

Apple Bananas
Sugarland

Beefsteak Tomatoes
Green Grower’s

Butternut Squash
Ho Farms

Japanese Cucumbers
Ho Farms

Kolohe Mix
Kunia Country Farms

Mango
Mana Olana

Mixed Carrots
Twin Bridge Farms

Try these recipes!

Healthy Carrot Nut Muffins

Caramelized Butternut Squash

Tomato Basil Pasta Salad