At our first summer CSA pick up we were giving out huge beautiful heads of bok choi, which is one of my favorite greens, but was received with many inquiring questions of what to do with it. Remember you can search our older recipes by just typing in the search field. But here are some additional wonderful ideas. I Love Bok Choi, [...]
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Bok Choi- what to do…the ideas are endless
Posted in About Produce, Recipes, tagged bok choi, bok choy, CSA, garlic, green onions, mango, nutritional info, salad, salsa, summer on May 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Spinach for Toddlers! Green Smoothies!!
Posted in About Produce, Farm News, Photos, Recipes, tagged CSA, green, infant, smoothie, spinach, toddler on January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
So my special needs little girl, Grace, has a really hard time chewing greens, but she loves drinking a smoothie, so green smoothie it is. Being spinach season, she is enjoying her greens via spinach! Here is a simple recipe that can easily be tweaked with whatever fruit you have on hand. 6 frozen strawberries, 1 banana 1 cup [...]
Served for lunch today on the farm, Delicious Wild Rice Soup (with farm veggies)
Posted in About Produce, Recipes, tagged boc choi, bok choi, kale on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Delicious Wild Rice Soup 6 tbsp butter 1 onion minced 1/2 cup flour 3 cups of broth (Chicken is good but Veggie is possibility if you are vegetarian or serving vegetarians in this case omit the ham too!!) 2 cups of cooked wild rice 1 cup of cooked brown rice ( I boil 3 x as much water then [...]
Harvest for December 13, 2011
Posted in About Produce, This week's Harvest, tagged bell pepper, CSA, greens, lettuce, onion, salad, spinach, sweetpotato, turnip, Winter CSA on December 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Greetings from the very damp farm. Looks to be a wet harvest day, with no sunshine in sight. No problem though, at least it’s not 14 degrees, like it was last week. The greenhouse crops are still growing pretty well, and the lettuce, spinach, and choi are all coming from in there this week. The [...]
Cream of Cauliflower with Leeks and Potato Soup
Posted in About Produce, Recipes on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
2 tablespoons butter 1 leek, cleaned and chopped up to the green part, discard the green 4 cloves garlic, minced 2 large potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 carrots, chopped 20 oz of chicken broth, or enough to cover the the veggies to cook them down 1 head cauliflower, chopped 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt [...]
Fresh veggies harvested today that are in your fridge are loosing nutrients. The sooner you eat them the more beneficial they are for you, especially the greens.
Posted in About Produce on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Waiting to Eat Fresh Vegetables Means Loss of Nutrients Mar. 27–CHEYENNE — That bag of spinach that has been sitting in the fridge for a week looks OK. Not too many wilted pieces. Tastes fine too. But guess what? It’s missing a lot of the nutrients it had when picked. According to research from Pennsylvania [...]
Sweet Potato Season
Posted in About Produce, Farm News, Recipes on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fellow sustainable farmers who live up in the Great Lakes Region, had a nice article explaining the process of growing, harvesting, curing, and preparing sweet potatoes. We are often inspired by Henry’s Farm and have been encouraged by many of their practices. This piece was printed in the Chicago Tribune, Sweet Potato Season .
Swiss Chard
Posted in About Produce, Photos, Recipes, This week's Harvest, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, tagged nutritional info, Recipes, swiss chard on November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Swiss Chard, also known as silverbeet, perpetual spinach, spinach beet, crab beet, seakale beet, and mangold, is a favorite among dark leafy green lovers! Chard was indigenous to the Mediterranean and is referred to as Swiss because of the 16th century Swiss botanist who wrote a description of it. Chard can be cultivated outdoors from spring to fall, but we [...]
Winter Harvest #2, November 1, 2011
Posted in About Produce, This week's Harvest, tagged arugula, bell pepper, CSA, greens, onion, radish, salad, spinach, sweetpotato, tomato, Winter CSA on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s harvest we have the following: Spinach- this is the highlight of all winter shares if you ask me, I love our winter spinach, which is sweeter and has more heft than spring spinach, and is a delicious addition to any salad. Head Lettuce- Magenta Summercrisp head lettuce, large delicious heads of lettuce, perfect [...]
Rhubarb, spinach, head and baby lettuce, salad greens, sweet potatoes, onions, leeks, kale, arugula, green tomatoes, choi, white turnips, radishes, swiss chard and more
Posted in About Produce, Farm News, Photos, Recipes on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We are bursting at the seams with fall produce. Come find us at Greater Springfield Farmers Market tomorrow starting at 8:30. We’ll have just about anything you need, all raised with organic practices, right here on Millsap farm just a few miles from Springfield. Rhubarb, spinach, head and baby lettuce, salad greens, sweet potatoes, onions, [...]
