Dilled Gravlax

We love dill, be it in pickles, salads, or grilled seafood, but we especially love it on bagels and lox with all the fixings.  In this recipe we will not only show you how to use our fresh dill on your bagels and lox, we will also show you how to make your own dilled gravlax. You can NEVER use enough dill in the preparation … Continue reading Dilled Gravlax

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Full Moon Salad

We created this salad on the December full moon. This uses similar ingredients as in the fresh toppings in Posole, which is a classic Mexican soup that we love. Instead of the traditional radishes and green cabbage, we use turnips and bok choy. Posole often is served on special occasions, and a full moon in December is cause for celebration, bringing in a little more light when the days … Continue reading Full Moon Salad

Arugula and Goat Cheese Pizza with Red Onion and Mushrooms

We love arugula’s peppery flavor, and rather than having it just in salads we try all kinds of ways to enjoy it. Sometimes it’s hard to think of other ways to enjoy a particular ingredient, but one way is to consider what goes well with it and then try using those same ingredients in a totally different type of dish. For example, arugula is often paired … Continue reading Arugula and Goat Cheese Pizza with Red Onion and Mushrooms

Vegetarian Minestrone with Mizuna

Minestrone is like chicken soup, in that if you ask 10 cooks how to make it, you will get 10 different recipes. But it does have a few common ingredients:  beans, onions, celery, carrots, rice or pasta, vegetable stock, and fresh or canned tomatoes.  It can be, but is not usually, made with meat and/or meat-based stock like chicken stock. Our version of minestrone is vegetarian and … Continue reading Vegetarian Minestrone with Mizuna

Handling the Harvest at Home

Here a few general guidelines to help you keep your produce fresh and delicious after you get it home. Clean and organize your refrigerator Throw out bottles and containers of “mystery food”. Wash your refrigerator vegetable bins and shelves with a solution of one tablespoon of baking soda mixed with one quart of warm water. Check your refrigerator’s temperature. For most refrigerators the temperature is adjusted by … Continue reading Handling the Harvest at Home

Zucchini

Zucchini is a versatile vegetable and is a type of summer squash. It is excellent raw in salads, marinated, grilled, stir fried, sautéed, stuffed and baked, and diced or pureed for soups. Adaptable Zucchini Bread This recipe is a favorite at Worden Farm. It has worked well with every variation we can conjure, from substituting ripe bananas for half of the zucchini, adding chopped apples and walnuts, or grating fresh ginger and zesting … Continue reading Zucchini

Korean-style Scallion and Veggie Pancakes

We farm in Florida, but we love food from all over the world.  Korean-style Scallion and Veggie Pancakes are delicious, healthy, and easy to make. This recipe uses scallions, carrots, and red bell pepper, but you can use any vegetable of your choice, as long as they are somewhat flat.  For example, using large or even small broccoli or cauliflower florets will result in very uneven … Continue reading Korean-style Scallion and Veggie Pancakes