Spooky Greetings Oahu Fresh members!  We are happy to bring you the items in this week’s bag for your Halloween week meals!  What’s coming?

• Ho Farms collard greens
• Pacific Gateway Farmers lemongrass
• Pacific Gateway Farmers bitter melon
• Small Kine Farm mushrooms
• Kakoo Oiwi bananas
• Mari’s Garden lettuce

I’m sure there are plenty of ways you can use your bananas but here’s one that I just tried out and really liked-

Banana Rice   I had this with chicken satay and it was fantastic, we made the satay sauce with almond butter instead of peanut butter–a great substitution.  And we didn’t use the coconut extract called for, instead we cooked the rice in coconut milk and added some chopped unsweetened coconut shavings.

Lemongrass Ginger Tea

Grilled Lemongrass Beef and Noodle Salad   Can’t wait to make this one!

Bitter Melon Salad   I’ve never seen bitter melon used this way, so let us know what you think!

Sauteed Mushrooms with Red Wine   This would go great with steak…

Not sure what else to do with your lettuce?  Try this if you’re tired of salads:  Pea and Lettuce Soup

Have a great week Oahu Fresh members and let us know what you cooked with this week’s produce!

 

Oahu Fresh members, are you drying out after all this rain?!  We’re glad we missed the hurricane winds, but the rain, while steady, was a lot and our farmers are feeling the effects.  This week’s bag has fun items nonetheless:

• Ho Farms papaya
• Ho Farms lemongrass
• Ho Farms butternut squash
• Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery avocados
• Kahumana Farm mixed organic keiki greens
• Mari’s Garden hydroponic lettuce

Now what to do with all this produce?

Lemongrass Beef and Onions over Vermicelli

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup

Fall Greens Salad with Pumpkin Seeds and Asiago

Enjoy!

Oahu Fresh members, we have taro this week!  What else are you going to have in your bag?

 

• Ho Farms Okra
• Leilehua HS Ag Students Daikon
• Mari’s Garden hydroponic Lettuce
• Kakoo Oiwi Taro
• Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals and Nursery Avocados
• Pacific Gateway Farmers Eggplant and Chives

Have you tried making taro hash?  If you’re looking for a new way to eat it, try this:  boil your taro until it’s tender, then let it cool and peel it.  It can be stored in the fridge in a ziploc bag or tupperware container.  Then just rough chop/dice in the morning, season with salt, pepper, and any other spices you like, and sauté it in a skillet with some oil or butter.  It goes great with eggs!

Buttered Noodles with Chives   You can make this pasta, or you could make the sauce and put it over zucchini noodles, sweet potato spirals, etc.

Smashed Potatoes with Chives

12 Recipes for Grilled Eggplant

Korean Quick Pickled Radish

Savory Roasted Taro

Aloha Oahu Fresh ohana, it’s October already and we’ve got pak choi, lettuce, and lots of other good stuff for you this week!

• Pak Choi from Leilehua HS Ag Students
• hydroponic lettuce from Mari’s Garden
• Baby roma tomatoes, Ho Farms
• Portobello mushroom, Small Kine Farm
• Long beans, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• Bitter Melon, Pacific Gateway Farmers

Here’s a few suggestions for your produce this week:

Roasted Portobello Cap

Green Beans with Potatoes

Baked Baby Roma Tomatoes

Honey Chicken with Pak Choi

Stir Fry Bitter Melon Beef with Oyster Sauce

Bitter Melon too bitter for you?  Try these techniques to lessen the bitter taste

One last idea, if you still have eggplant try this easy pasta recipe using your baby romas:  Pasta Alla Norma

Enjoy!

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  It’s the last week of September, and we still have lots of great produce coming in.  This week’s bags are no exception–check it out!

• Hydroponically grown lettuce, Leilehua HS Ag Students
• Lemons, Leilehua HS Ag Students
• Swiss chard, Ho Farms
• Grape tomatoes, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• Long eggplant, Pacific Gateway Farmers
• organically grown carrots, Kahumana Farm

So how do you plan to use this produce?  Send us your ideas, recipes, and pictures by email or post on our Facebook page or Instagram feed!  We love to share great food!

If you’re stumped though, here are a few ideas to help you get started:

Moroccan Carrot Salad   Uses your carrots and swiss chard, plus a little lemon zest!

Baingan Ka Bharta (Seasoned Roast Eggplant)   An Indian recipe for your eggplant and tomatoes that’s quick to prep and cook.

Lemon Wine Spritzers   Lemon is a great addition to many drinks, including water- still or sparkling- so here it’s added to a gin based wine spritzer.

Carrot Noodles with Ginger Lime Peanut Sauce

Simple Lemon Vinaigrette   For amazing salads, over fish, or steamed/sauteed veggies.

Red Curry Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps   Make this chicken salad and you can wrap it in your lettuce leaves, or have it alongside some sautéed swiss chard.  Or both!!