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!

Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  This weekend you will probably be relaxing with family and friends and hopefully eating a lot of delicious food.  We hope the items in this week’s bag help you do just that:  lettuce, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, papaya, meyer lemon, and braising greens!

For some great ideas on using your fresh produce this week, check out these recipes:

Sweet Chili Lime Shrimp and Chicken Wraps uses your lettuce, lemon, and you can add carmelized onions on top!  bingo!!

Perfect Lemonade

Meyer Lemon Bars this uses 6-8 Meyer lemons, so you may need to adjust but these look delicious!

Lemon Chicken try this with your braising greens in this recipe:  Braised greens with bacon & shallots

Happy Labor Day holiday to all!  If you are off of work for the day, we hope you enjoy it, and if you know someone who’s keeping things running while we’re all enjoying an extra day to the weekend, give them a big thank you (and some lemon bars!).  Bon Apetit!

…eggplant, lettuce, sweet potatoes, kale, tomatoes, and avocados! YUM! How best to use your veggies this week? Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Quinoa with Mushrooms, Kale, & Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes with Kale, Carmelized Red Onion, & Fresh Sage wow…this looks fantastic!

Spicy Seared Eggplant Lots of ingredients for this one but it’s still an easy recipe, and great for summer on the grill!

Salmon with Avocado Salsa healthy and easy, light enough for hot evenings!

Tomato Avocado Pesto Sandwich

Enjoy and please let us know how we’re doing–we love to hear from you!!

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Aloha Oahu Fresh members!  We are enjoying a wonderful summer and hope you are too!  This week’s bag will have yummy greens, sun ripened tomatoes, and…(keep your fingers crossed!)… dragonfruit!!  We apologize for last week’s disappointment; the farmer was unable to get dragonfruit to us but we’re trying again this week!  Enjoy 🙂

Avocado, Corn, & Baby Arugula Salad This recipe is easy but calls for a lot of arugula…so if you are making this with what you are getting in your bag, cut the recipe ingredients by quarters.

Shrimp with Baby Penne & Baby Arugula Uses your tomatoes too!

Balsamic Marinated Cherry Tomatoes Local girl food blog!!

Greetings Oahu Fresh members!  This summer is turning up some wonderful weather and great local food.  Your bag this week will showcase some delicious fruit, healthy salad items, and nutritious taro.  We hope you will enjoy it–I for one am looking forward to eating locally again after returning from a vacation last week in Prague.  Prague is a beautiful city and the beer is wonderful, but they could use a few more veggies on the plate along with all that sausage!!

For those of you looking for an easier way to enjoy your fresh taro:  Oven Baked Taro Chips

The proper way to treat an heirloom:  Mark Bittman’s take on the less is more approach to summer tomatoes.

Spicy Grilled Chicken and Green Onions This recipe is fast! And a great side dish to have with it would be Sesame Choy Sum.

We hope you enjoy this week’s bag…as always, find us on Facebook or Twitter and let us know how we’re doing!  You can also email us at info@oahufresh.com.

bon apetit!!!