We have certainly been blessed with some truly wonderful summer days recently!
They are perfect for pineapple juice rocket pops and Frog Hollow’s uber ripe peaches and nectarines. People have been really enjoying the Frog Hollow’s fruit and Eating with the Season’s vegetable, fruit, meat, and eggs CSA boxes that arrive weekly to the store. These are boxes that come right from the farm to the store and are devoured within the week. The options are endless with the wonderful produce from Eating with the Seasons and everyone has their own favorite methods of enjoying the Frog Hollow’s stone fruit. Dehydrated, with granola, blended in a smoothie, grilled out back for a sweet dessert (or indoors!), even fresh out of the box.
So, with September approaching, we are only now entering the season we truthfully have all been waiting for. Tomatoes. Heirloom, cherry, dry-farmed early girls (tomatoes that are not watered after they are transplanted thus the roots must grower deeper for water and produce a more concentrated flavor), and more.
Tomatero Farm’s Tomato CSA weekly delivery started last week! What this means is that you can be the recipient of a lovely 4-5lb box of fresh tomatoes from some of the best growers in their field (love the pun). Imagine a Lasagna Tart (another good way to use all that farmer’s market zucchini), a nice Tomato and Quinoa dish, or a simple TLT sandwich with a side of good fun, family, and friends! This would require sharing some of your mouth watering tomatoes, but sometimes we have to do things we don’t always like to do.
Stop by and ask Martha, Malcolm, or Sara about signing up with for Tomatero’s tomatoes or check out more information on our Tomatero Farm's CSA page. If you know you want in, you can find their contact info on that page as well. The rate is very well priced and runs for $15 per week with sign-ups available for two weeks at a time.
Thank you Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks for her fantastic recipes, Tomatero Farm’s for their lovely produce pictures, and UCSC where I learned about dry farmed early girls! Hope you check them all out.
