Week of December 15th
PUGET SOUND FARM BOX
half shares + base shares + large shares
Austrian Crescent Fingerling Potatoes, First Cut Farms, Mount Vernon, WA - This heirloom potato has a nutty, buttery taste and is perfect for roasting, baking, boiling, smashing, or making the perfect potato salad.
Acorn Squash, Hedlin’s Family Farm, La Conner, WA - Sweet and nutty, this versatile squash can be baked, microwaved, sauteed, or steamed, and is often stuffed with grains, meat, or mac and cheese!
Carrots, Hopewell Farm, Everson, WA - Crisp, sweet, and full of flavor, these carrots are great for snacking, roasting, or adding a pop of color to your favorite dishes.
Red Bunched Beets, Ralph’s Greenhouse, Mount Vernon, WA - These sweet, earthy red beets are perfect for roasting, pickling, or grating raw into salads. Bonus: the beet greens are also edible and packed with nutrients!
Leeks, Ralph’s Greenhouse, Mount Vernon, WA - A milder cousin of onion and garlic, leeks add a sweet, oniony flavor that give depth to any meal. Use them anywhere you’d use alliums, or try them on their own! Save the dark leafy tops for use in homemade stock.
Parsnips, Spring Time Farm, Everson, WA - Sweet and earthy, parsnips are like a cozy cousin to carrots—try them roasted, mashed, or in soups.
Hakurei Turnips, Spring Time Farm, Everson, WA - Sweet, tender, and almost creamy when raw or lightly cooked, these Japanese turnips are a true treat. Don’t toss the greens, they’re edible and tasty too!
Thyme, The Crows Farm, Mount Vernon, WA - Thyme is a great accompaniment to savory dishes, having an earthy, herby, and bittersweet flavor
PNW FRUIT SHARE
Orin Apples, Bellewood Farms, Lynden, WA - Juicy and sweet, this apple is described as tasting pear-like with hints of pineapple. Great for snacking or in salads.
Cosmic Crisp Apples - Bellewood Farms, Lynden, WA - A mix between Honeycrisp and Enterprise, Cosmic Crisp is simply a win of an apple! It has great texture, flavor, sweetness, and juiciness, is disease-resistant, and the trees bear fruit annually (as opposed to alternate years, as with Honeycrisps).