Aloha Oahu Fresh members! This week’s bag will knock your socks off! We’re bringing you roma tomatoes, swiss chard, long eggplant, japanese cucumbers, “cool greens” mix, and hydroponic lettuce. Nalo Farms is introducing a new mix of greens with mint and basil (cool!) so we are happy to be trying that out this week, and we hope to hear from you on what you think about it.
Japanese Cucumber Salad with Miso Dressing
Swiss Chard with Bacon and Eggs
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This week’s bag will have long squash, okra, cherry tomatoes, pineapple, green onions, and greens from Nalo Farms.
What to do with all this bountiful fresh produce?
Easy Indian Style Okra Many excellent review of this recipe, even from people who never tried okra before!
Roasted Pineapple with Honey & Pistachios an elegant dessert that takes less than an hour!!
Sauteed Scallops with Cherry Tomatoes and Green Onions
BLT Bites (Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes) pretty and tasty!
Ginataang Sitaw Kalabasa Shrimp, green beans and squash in coconut milk–calls for acorn or butternut but you can use long squash!!
Aloha Oahu Fresh Members! This week’s bag is fun filled–we’ve got cherry tomatoes, round eggplant, braising greens, spaghetti herb mix, lychee, tangelos, and gherkins!
What are gherkins you might be asking!? Baby cucumbers, and they are great for pickling. Below are some recipes for this week’s produce, and please feel free to send us your ideas and pictures! Thank you for eating locally grown food!!
This week’s bag has me thinking stuffed peppers and kale salad! You’ll be receiving kale, cherry tomatoes, green peppers, daikon, Japanese cucumbers, and long beans and papaya. For this week’s recipes, we’ll suggest how you can use these items solo or with minimal additions.
Sauteed Corn and Green Peppers–uses frozen corn…so easy!
Aloha Oahu Fresh community! We’re glad you’re back with us for another week. This week’s bag is looking beautiful already: swiss chard from and cucumbers from Ho Farms, slicing tomatoes from Green Growers, arugula from Nalo Farms, long eggplant, sweet thai basil, and pineapple from Khamphout Farm. YUM!
Here are a few ideas to help you out in the kitchen:
Scrambled Eggs with Arugula and Sweet Plum Tomatoes I like to mix up my eggs in the morning…meaning I like to add interesting things to them, and quite often will add greens of some kind. This looks great and is really easy.
Steamed Eggplant in Sesame and Soy
Rainy Day Rigatoni with Eggplant
Warm Swiss Chard and Mushroom Salad
Sauteed Swiss Chard with Garlic This gives you tips on preparing the chard, then you can add any other items you like!
Bon Apetit Local Eaters!!