CSA #1 Sept 7
Hi everybody!
And the 2013 Fall CSA begins! We are so glad to have you join us! Really! We love supporting real local businesses and food. I love shopping in a small store. Our farm is slowly but surely being built with a huge help from our CSA’s. Everything seems a little crazy now on the farm with lots of harvesting daily, crops coming to an end whether we are ready or for it or not and lots of Fall preparation going on. It will slow down soon though.
So just a reminder, about pick ups.
Farm 10-9 on Saturdays…your bin will stay in there until Sunday evening.
Niagara Falls @ Naturally Healthy from 12-5:30
Like we mentioned if your not picking up your basket until Sunday let us know and we will keep it in the cooler until then and if you will not be able to up in the Falls on a particular week let us know in advance and you can pick up at the farm Sat evening or Sunday. And most importantly, if you will not be coming at all please advise us so that we could donate it will the items are at their peak freshness- we have The Well Church pick it up.
One last thing about pick up, if you could take a double check at your name on the basket you empty to make sure it yours it would help any confusion of someone showing up to an empty basket!
Every friday evening you should receive your newsletter-sometimes it may be late! If ever you do not receive the email with the link you simply need to check our site www.cheznousfarms.com and click the CSA newsletter tab. I may just have forgotten to email it out. There you could also view past baskets and recipes.
In your basket this week:
1 bag of mixed heirloom beans
1 bag of Edamame
1 bag of Chez Nous Lettuce Mix
1 bag of Cherry Tomatoes
1 bag of Larger Tomatoes
1 larger bag of Basil
1 bag of Sunflower Shoots
What is Edamame?
It is a hairy little bean and a super healthy and yummy snack! To cook: get water boiling and add lots of salt-drop beans in with pods on and boil for 4 min and no more. Drain you can add more salt, you can add a little butter, or even a little soysauce or tamari but just a few drops... We love just a little butter and salt. To eat put the pod in your mouth and slide the beans out. Don't be scared of the hairs...haha they help hold all the flavors of the butter etc... By the way, if you decide to buy frozen edamame please make sure that you buy organic as soybean is a huge GMO crop and you'll avoid that by buying organic!
Basil. You are receiving a bag of basil. Delicious in any pasta dish! If ever you have too many herbs mainly to tender kind like parsley and basil or mint. A good way to preserve them is to chop them by hand or your processor and add some olive oil. Freeze in little cups or an ice cube tray. Then when you are making sauce or salad dressing you can pop some fresh basil oil and all in! It feels really good to use something that you have preserved in the middle of winter!
I love homemade salad dressings and have a few recipes that I make the most here's one of them:
This dressing makes a great Italian Salad just add cheese, tomatoes, cubed zucchini, peppers, cucumbers and a little onion
Mme Karolynn's Dressing ( a lady i used to work with)
1 cup of olive oil
1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 tsp of celery salt
some salt to taste if you need more
white pepper
other add in...fresh herbs they all taste good! Parmesan, pesto
Thank you you and till next week...items to possibly expect next week zucchini, eggplant, parsley,tomatoes...
A beautiful evening, when I was picking beans....
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