It’s that time of week again and as always, we have another stellar bag lined up for this week!  So here it is!

Cherry Tomatoes – Pacific Gateway Center

Organic Mixed Lettuce – Mari’s Garden

Organic Carrots – Kahumana Farms

String Beans – Pacific Gateway Center

Taro – Kako’o ‘Oiwi

Papaya – Pacific Gateway Center

Lemongrass – Ho Farms

 

5 Tasty Meals You can Make with Taro – yep, lots to choose from!!  – Includes Tropical Coconut Taro Warm Dessert Soup, Taro and White Bean Curry, Braised Taro with Dried Shrimp, Oven Baked Taro Chips, Taro Fries with Cilantro Pesto!

Carrot Lemongrass Soup  – add some stock and some other herbs and you’re good to go!!  Maybe go crazy and add the string beans??  Mind blown!!

Carrot-Papaya Smoothie – get out your Vita-Mix or Ninja Blender just a bunch of sharp knives and cool things down with this tasty smoothie!!

How about you, any recipes you want to share?  Post them on our Facebook Page!

 

Aloha Oahu Freshers!!

Hope you had a great weekend and didn’t get too wet from the rains.  Some of our  farms were flooded pretty badly, but should be able to recover quickly!  This week we will be getting carrots again which I hope everyone is enjoying!  Growing carrots is extremely hard, especially growing them organically so we’re super stoked that Kahumana Organic Farms has been having their summer bumper harvest!

In this week’s bag we have!!

• Butternut Squash from Ho Farms

• Cherry Tomatoes from Ho Farms

• Mixed Aquaponic Lettuce from Mari’s Garden

• Kale from Ho Farms

• Cosmic Carrots from Kahumana Organic Farms

• Avocados from Kamaaina Plants

 

Now what to cook with all of these great items in your bag?  Here’s some ideas from us, but please let us know if you have any great recipes of your own!!

Butternut Squash Chipotle Chili with Avocado  – this is a great vegetarian dish, but the great thing about vegetarian dishes is that its easy to turn it into a carnivore dish by just adding ground beef!

Oven Roasted Carrots and Kale  – super easy side dish to create that adds flavor if you’re not a huge fan of the slightly natural bitter flavor of kale!

Tomato Chicken Lemongrass  – add some flavor to that boring chicken breast!!

Enjoy!!

 

Aloha everyone!  Happy mid summer-we’re enjoying the weather and slower pace, and we’re excited to bring you great summer produce too.  This week’s bag will have grape tomatoes and long eggplant from Pacific Gateway Farmers, hydroponically grown organic lettuce from Mari’s Garden, organically grown Swiss chard from Ho Farms, organically grown carrots from Kahumana Farm, and local bananas from Kako’o Oiwi.

I can think of a few things to make with these items, and here are some links to help you.

Shredded Swiss Chard Salad

Roasted Eggplant and Cherry Tomatoes

Moroccan Raw Carrot Salad

 

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  Hope you had a great 3 day weekend!  This week’s bag is all about a mix of old and new items–we are happy to have our Kahumana Farm organic mixed baby greens back, as well as more butternut squash from Ho Farms (gotta get that while we can!), dwarf Wurtz avocados from Kama`aina Land Plant Rentals, japanese cucumbers from Mari’s Garden, and papayas, bush beans, and kale from Pacific Gateway Farmers.

Here’s a great idea for using your butternut squash that I tried on July 4th–it was great, although I had some very competent help in the kitchen, so I can’t take full credit!

It was also good the next morning with an egg on top, so it’s pretty versatile.  We made a few substitutions, like adding kale in with the spinach, and a little portuguese sausage as well as bacon crumbled on top, but you get the idea!  Warm Roasted Butternut Squash & Quinoa Salad

Seared Tuna with Papaya Salsa

Cucumber Papaya Smoothie

Toasted Walnut Salad with Mandarin Oranges and Goat Cheese   This is a great looking salad already, but to make it all local, use  mac nuts, papaya, and Naked Cow Dairy feta.   Naked Cow Dairy feta crumbles are available through Oahu Fresh–see our store and have it delivered with your bag.

Kale Salad with Mango   Mangos are coming in slowly this year, maybe due to the frequent rain we’ve had.  If you can get one try this salad using your PGC Farmers kale.

Dwarf Wurtz Avocados:  these avocados are the only true dwarf variety, and they are sometimes called Little Cado.  Avocados do not ripen on the tree; they will ripen at room temperature after one to two weeks.  For the dwarf Wurtz, they will be ripe when there is a little give to them and the skin is wrinkly.

 

 

 

Aloha Oahu Fresh Ohana! Happy early 4th of July.  We’re excited to bring you this week’s bag and then celebrate with a day off.  What are you getting this week that you can use for your July 4th party?  Lots of locally grown produce is coming in this week’s bag–Ho Farms okra and butternut squash, Pacific Gateway Farmers shishito peppers, Mari’s Garden’s lettuce, Kahumana Farm carrots, Sumida Farm watercress, and local bananas from Waimanalo.  Here are some ideas on what to do with your produce:

Sauteed Shishito Peppers   A la Lucky Belly, serve these with drinks and relax!

Garlic Balsamic Grilled Butternut Squash   Since you’ll probably have the grill going anyway…;)

Watercress Salad with Lime Dressing

Buffalo Chicken BLAT Wraps   Easy, portable, tasty…just what you need to take to the beach with some cold adult beverages.

Oven Fried Okra   Another easy way to use your okra, and great as pupus.

Pickled Okra

Sauteed Okra

Happy 4th of July-get some fireworks viewing in and we’ll see you next week!