Week of January 19th
PUGET SOUND FARM BOX
half shares + base shares + large shares
Red Potatoes, First Cut Farms, Mount Vernon, WA - Red potatoes are waxy and creamy, keeping their shape when cooked, making them great for roasting.
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.
Radicchio, The Crows Farm, Mount Vernon, WA - With its compact, maroon leaves, radicchio provides a unique flavor that is bold, delightfully bitter, and slightly spicy. Add it raw to a salad with mild and sweet fixings to complement its bitter notes, or try it cooked to create a mellow and pleasant, yet complex, flavor profile.
Thyme, The Crows Farm, Mount Vernon, WA - Thyme is a great accompaniment to savory dishes, having an earthy, herby, and bittersweet flavor.
Kabocha Marmalade Squash, The Crows Farm, Mount Vernon, WA - Kabocha squash is sweet and nutty, excellent for roasting, steaming, or frying. It can be used in sweet or savory dishes, from pies to tempura. Plus, the skin is edible!
Carrots, Westwind Organics, Carnation, WA - Crisp, sweet, and full of flavor, these carrots are great for snacking, roasting, or adding a pop of color to your favorite dishes.
PNW FRUIT SHARE
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).
Sunrise Magic Apples - Bellewood Farms, Lynden, WA - This eye-catching apple is crisp and sweet, great for snacking and storing!