Chilled Beet Soup with Golden Beet, Fennel & Radish Salad

Chilled Beet Soup with Golden Beet, Fennel & Radish Salad (Vegan)               Yield: 1 Quart 2 TBSP Olive Oil 1 each Sweet Onion, sliced thin 1 bulb Fennel, sliced thin 4 Cups Red Beets, washed, peeled and chopped 3 Cups Vegetable Stock 1 each Bay leaf To Taste Salt To Taste White Pepper 2 TBSP Brown Sugar 2 TBSP Red Wine Vinegar To Taste Salt & … Continue reading Chilled Beet Soup with Golden Beet, Fennel & Radish Salad

Three Cabbage Cousins Slaw with Pecans, Dates, and Vegan Tahini Dressing

Napa Cabbage, Kina Savoy, and Bok Choy are all in the Cabbage family — they are like cabbage cousins. This recipe can be made with other Cabbage family greens, such as Kale, or Tatsoi. Cabbage family crops are known for being health-promoting. If you’re new to Cabbage family crops in your diet, you may be pleasantly surprised by their light sweetness and craveworthiness. A mixture … Continue reading Three Cabbage Cousins Slaw with Pecans, Dates, and Vegan Tahini Dressing

Roasted Beets Salad with African Blue Basil Vinaigrette

We grow three types of beets; deep red, gold, and candy stripe.  While we have published a few beet recipes on our blog, this is one of our favorites as it focuses our attention on the colors of all three and the pattern of the candy stripe variety. We use African blue basil in our vinaigrette but you can, of course, use any type of … Continue reading Roasted Beets Salad with African Blue Basil Vinaigrette

Sauteed Beet Greens with Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar and Greek Feta

Did you know that beet greens are not only edible, they are delicious and very healthy?  Saute them briefly in a little extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt, and black pepper, dress them in your favorite vinaigrette; we have a couple favorites, tarragon, and orange muscat champagne vinaigrettes to name two.  Add some Greek feta for even more tang! Preparation Time:  15 minutes Cooking Time:  5 minutes Serves: … Continue reading Sauteed Beet Greens with Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar and Greek Feta

Roasted Vegetables with Indian Five Spice

Our globe eggplants, carrots, and green beans are abundant now, so we are using them in this recipe.  We added carrots for their sweetness, to balance the spiciness of this exotic and flavorful dish.  You can, of course, use other veggies.  Just pick veggies that will hold up to roasting, like squash, bell peppers, Spring onions, scallions, or even turnips. Indian food is very aromatic … Continue reading Roasted Vegetables with Indian Five Spice

Arugula Salad with Shaved Fennel, Orange Supremes, Roselle Hibiscus Vinaigrette, and garnished with Crispy Leeks, and Greek Feta

Our favorite salads always have a lot of flavor and hit every taste bud and texture.  This salad has it all: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami tastes, plus crispy, crunchy, and creamy textures. One of our friends makes a delicious roselle jam using the roselle hibiscus flowers we grow on our farm; we use that jam to make this vinaigrette which adds a bright lemony flavor and … Continue reading Arugula Salad with Shaved Fennel, Orange Supremes, Roselle Hibiscus Vinaigrette, and garnished with Crispy Leeks, and Greek Feta

Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette

One of the many ways we enjoy our cherry tomatoes when we want something a little more unique is to make them the featured ingredient in a vinaigrette, a very colorful, sweet yet tangy one, that we think you will enjoy as well.  You won’t need a lot for this recipe.  Just a cup will do.  We use both our red and Sungold varieties, and … Continue reading Cherry Tomato Vinaigrette