Please join us for a volunteer day on Sat. July 2nd! Stop by anytime after 9am, for a few hours or feel free to spend the whole day. There will be plenty of tasks for all ages and skill levels. We’ll be serving refreshments throughout the day, among them some lavender lemonade (as pictured above;…
A simple & quick recipe for scallion pancakes:
If you’re in the mood to try something different with your spring onions this week, I recommend Mark Bittman’s Fast Scallion Pancakes. I skipped the soy sauce and used a gluten free flour mixture and they turned out to be delicious. My only regret – they were a bit doughy in the middle. Next time I’ll…
Garlic Scapes
Garlic Scapes are the flower stalk of garlic and the entire stalk and “flower” are edible. For a mild garlic flavor add them to salads, stir-fry, sauces, pasta dishes, pesto & hummus. Check out 2 Sisters Garlic for more info on using scapes. And for another delicious recipe, check out the link Sara posted on our Facebook…
A Handful of Beets
Aside from being filled with antioxidants, fresh beets are a delicious addition to soups & salads. Or, they’re also tasty by themselves, either roasted, steamed, and raw. If you’re looking for new ways to add beets to your meals, I recommend checking out the recipes provided by Toby Bilanow in his NY Times article “Beet…
A quick update:
And we enter our third week of the season, still lots of greens! For anyone who didn’t try the Mâche/Spinach and Avocado Salad with Tortilla Strips last week, I recommend it! I used bunching onions in the place of shallots & and topped the salad with crumbled corn chips – I imagine the tortilla strips…
Amazing Heart Farm 