Author: Sunnyside CSA Core Group

4 Quick Turnip Recipes

Sautéed Turnips and Greens
Cook peeled and cut-up turnips and sliced garlic in olive oil in a large skillet until tender. Add the turnip greens and cook until just wilted. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Roasted Turnips With Ginger
Peel and cut turnips into wedges. Toss with sliced fresh ginger, canola oil, salt, and pepper on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with honey and roast at 400° F until tender.

Mashed Turnips With Crispy Bacon
Simmer peeled and cut-up turnips in boiling salted water until tender. Drain and mash with butter, salt, and pepper. Fold in crumbled cooked bacon and chopped chives; top with shaved Parmesan.

Creamy Leek and Turnip Soup
Cook thinly sliced leeks in butter in a large saucepan until soft. Add peeled and cut-up turnips and enough chicken broth to cover. Simmer until very tender. Puree until smooth, adding water or broth as necessary to adjust the consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Courtesy Tara Wood.

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In the Box 9-11-14

Yellow Potatoes – 1 quart
Spaghetti OR Acorn Squash – 1 piece
Red Onions – 1 quart
Zucchini – 4 pieces
Green Pepper – 2 pieces
Red Long Pepper – 2 pieces
Red & Plum Tomatoes – 16 pieces

FRUIT SHARE

Peaches – 1 bag
Bartlett Pears – 1 bag

For news, storage tips, and recipes, check out this week’s newsletter.

Events

Let Us Eat Local Event–Discount Available

Post author By Sunnyside CSA Core Group
Post date September 8, 2014
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Tickets are still available for Just Food’s seventh annual tasting benefit, Let Us Eat Local! And this year Just Food is offering a 15% discount on tickets to CSA members!

Enjoy unique, seasonal tastings from over 30 of NYC’s most celebrated chefs while supporting Just Food’s mission to make fresh, local food available in underserved NYC neighborhoods. This year’s Let Us Eat Local will be held on September 17th at The Altman Building from 7:30-10pm, with a VIP Hour from 6:30-7:30pm featuring cocktails and raw bar by abc cocina, Blue Hill, L&W Oyster Co. and Print.

Also- When you buy your ticket be sure to let them know that you are a member of our CSA. If our CSA has the greatest representation at Let Us Eat Local, each person from the CSA who purchased a ticket will also receive a complementary ticket to the 2015 Just Food Conference!

Promo code after the jump.

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In the Box 9/4

VEGETABLE SHARE

Yellow Watermelon – 1 piece
Scallions – 1 bunch
Garlic – 2 pieces
Green Bell Pepper – 1 piece
Red Tomatoes – 12 pieces
Cherry Tomatoes – 1 bag

FRUIT SHARE

Peaches – 1 bag
Bartlett Pears – 1 bag

*The contents of the share may change through the week. For storage tips and recipe ideas, check out the Golden Earthworm newsletter here.

Recipes

Making the most of your CSA box

Post author By Sunnyside CSA Core Group
Post date August 27, 2014
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Guest post by Tara Wood

I have been a member of the Sunnyside CSA farm share for four years now. Taking part in a farm share is a wonderful, exciting, and adventurous endeavor, but it can also be overwhelming at times. More often than not you just don’t get around to cooking all those veggies! I always feel like such a failure when I have to throw away an overlooked vegetable in my fridge. For this first installment, I have come up with several ways to make sure you are getting the most out of your CSA.

Thursday night is a busy evening in our house. I usually take my 3 year old with me to pick up my farm share around 5 and then we grab a quick pizza for dinner. I put each veggie in a separate plastic grocery bag and then place them in my fridge or on the counter, depending on the storage tips from Golden Earthworm.

On Friday I start to make a meal plan as I sip my morning coffee. I start with the contents of my box and design a meal plan to use all the ingredients. If there is a lot of cabbage in the box, then I might design tacos with a cabbage chipotle slaw. If the box is loaded with zucchini, then shredded zucchini pizza, pasta with zucchini, or a zucchini quiche. I seem to get a lot of swiss chard so I routinely plan on making Moroccan chick pea stew and chard stew over couscous.

Then I head to the grocery store to get the rest of what I need. Depending on the week, I might prep my veggies on Saturday. That way I am all set for the week! But of course there are other weeks – especially in the summer – when life is too crazy to get to all that meal planing and cooking. Stay tuned for some time and money saving tricks for those busy weeks coming up in my next post!

Milk Not Jails A La Carte Ordering

Post author By Sunnyside CSA Core Group
Post date August 26, 2014
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Place an order today for a special, one-time delivery of any of our dairy products to your CSA. In addition to your dairy share items, Milk Not Jails offers greek and flavored yogurts, kefir, cheese and more from the seven family farms we serve.

This month stock up on Ronnybrook yogurt drinks for the school season – Special Discount on Mango and Strawberry yogurt drinks only $2.00 this month so you can send your family off to school with the protein they need to excel!

Deadline to place your order is Tuesday, September 2nd at 8pm. Place your order here, and we’ll deliver your farm-fresh dairy to your CSA pick-up the week of September 9th.

Enjoy beautiful cheeses and ferments you cannot find anywhere else in NYC! And this month we’re excited to have some new items from Tonjes Dairy, home to our amazing whole milk. We’ll be adding more items throughout the season, so please let us know what your hungry for and we’ll work with our dairy farmer network to find it!

Don’t see your CSA listed, contact us at milknotjails@gmail.com or (917) 719-6455 with any questions.

Thanks,

The Milk Not Jails Team

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In the Box–August 28

Swiss Chard – 1 bunch
Green Beans – 1.5 lbs
Red Onions – 4 pieces
Green Long Peppers – several pieces
Red Tomatoes – several pieces
Yukon Gold Potatoes – 1 quart

*The contents of the share may change through the week.

Fruit shares:
Peaches – 1 bag
Mixed bag Donut Peaches & Nectarines – 1 bag

For recipes and storage tips, read the rest of the newsletter.

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In the Box 8-22-14

TOMATOES!

Red Beets – 1 bunch
Batavian Lettuce – 1 head
*Eggplant OR Other Item – 1 piece
Cherry Tomatoes – 1 bag
Red Tomatoes – 5 lbs!
Yellow Potatoes – 4 lbs!

*The contents of the share may change through the week.

Fruit share:
Peaches – 1 bag
Mixed bag Donut Peaches & Nectarines – 1 bag

For recipes and storage tips, read the newsletter here.

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In the Box August 15

Box contents subject to last minute change.

Green Bell Pepper – 1 piece
Fennel – 1 bunch
Cipollini Onions – 1 bunch
Swiss Chard – 1 bunch
Cherry Tomatoes – 1 bag
Red Tomatoes – 2-3 pieces
Red Potatoes – 4 lbs!

For the latest from Golden Earthworm Farm, read the rest of the newsletter here.

Fruit shares is a mixed bag of orange donut peaches and apricots and a mixed bag of yellow and white donut peaches.

Milk Not Jails–Mid Season Signups Now Open!

Post author By Sunnyside CSA Core Group
Post date August 8, 2014
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The online contract to sign up for a mid season dairy share is here.

You can sign up for milk and yogurt, delivered weekly or bi-weekly from 9/4 through the end of the season. These shares will go fast so sign up quick!

Try free samples and learn about the mission of Milk not Jails at the pickup on Thursday, 8/21.

Deadline is August 22nd. You do not have to be a current CSA member to sign up.