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Judi’s Recipe for Week #10

Greetings and welcome to Week 10! I would be saying I’m tired of eggplants and cucumbers, but they’re all so delicious! We’ve been eating eggplant parmigiana, babaganouj, tzatziki and cucumber salad at our house and loving it all.

We are getting more leeks this week, and that makes me think of one of my favorite soups, a cold potato and leek soup called Vichyssoise (pronounced VEE-she-swaz). So wonderful on a hot summer day and very quick and easy! It can, of course, also be eaten hot but, for this time of year, cold is the way to go.

VICHYSSOISE
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3 TBS butter
3 cups leeks, sliced and washed
4 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
Salt and pepper
8 cups water
2 cups heavy cream

1. Melt the butter in a large pot. Add the leeks and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the potatoes and season with the salt and pepper.
3. Add water and bring to a simmer. Cook until the vegetables are tender.
4. Put 3/4 of the soup into a blender and puree, then return it to the pot and stir in the cream.

If you are serving the soup cold, let it cool and then refrigerate it until serving time. Give it a quick stir and then serve.

NOTE: Leeks are very sandy. Cut them into rings and float them in a lukewarm sinkful or bowl full of water. The sand and grit will drop to the bottom and you can scoop out the clean leeks.

Have a delicious week, everyone.
Best,
Judi

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What’s in the Bag — Week #14

UPDATED LIST — Posted Monday evening

Veggies 

  • Green beans – 1 pound
  • Tomatoes – 2 (These are probably the last of the tomatoes.)
  • Asian eggplant – 2
  • Edamame -1 bunch.  (Edamame are soybeans. Pluck the pods from the stalk and rinse. Steam the pods for 5 or so minutes. Drain. Sprinkle salt on the warm pods and pop the beans out of the pod.
  • Carrots – 4
  • Dill -1 bunch
  • Broccoli – 2 heads
  • Red onions – 2
  • Cabbage-1 head  (The cabbage will keep in your refrigerator.  Great for making sauerkraut in a Mason jar or coleslaw.  Recipes for both can be found on the farm website in the recipe section.)
  • Potatoes – 2 pounds
  • Peppers-  2
  • Habanero hot peppers – take as many as you like. (Habaneros are a very hot pepper, and caution is needed when preparing and eating.)
Fruit Share
  • 1 bag Bartlett pears
  • 1 bag nectarines
  • 1 box Concord grapes
Mushroom Share
  • Shiitake
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Farmer’s Note — Week #14

Dear CSA Member:

 Fall weather has been creeping in.  It was almost cold this morning.  We are bound to have warm days again, but the seasons are changing.  The sound of the insects is loud and constant.  The sun is shining brightly but just does not have the intensity that we felt during the last month.
The garden is also moving to a new season.  There will still be a few of the summer vegetables that we will pick until the patch is finished.  The fall vegetables are almost calling to us to be picked.  We have dug carrots this week and potatoes.  The root crops have been growing from early spring time and are now mature.  The carrots still have that delicious real carrot flavor but are a bit sweeter.  The cold weather gives many of the vegetables either a brighter color or slightly sweeter flavor.
There are a limited number of 1/2 bushel boxes of green beans available through the CSA Marketplace.  If you would like to freeze beans for the winter, this will be the last of the green beans.  Green beans will also be in the CSA share this week.
Enjoy the last of the summer vegetables as we move into fall.  Thank you to all who were able to visit on Saturday.  If you have photos that you would be willing to share, please send them to info@stoneledgefarmny.org and I will post as many as I can on the farm Facebook page.
 
Deborah for everyone at Stoneledge Farm.