Tips & Recipes
Baby Beets are really 2 veggies in 1. Simply cut the tops of the beets and use them like you would any leafy green vegetable (sautee or stirfry). Store the beets in a bag in the fridge to keep them from turning soft. To roast beets, make a tinfoil pouch with them and roast for 45 minutes (or until you can stick a fork in easily). Rub the skins off with a paper towel, slice and serve on a salad.
Kohlrabi is a delicious veggie in the broccoli family that tastes like an apple and broccoli in one! Some people think it is like jicama as well. Peel back the bulb with a knife, slice and sautee, use as a crudite, or as a salad topping or slaw when you shred it. Store in the crisper of the fridge once you remove leaves.
U-CHOY is in the bok choy family - it has thinner stems with flowers on them. Cook similar to any choy, chopped and stir fried. Would pair nicely with green onions, garlic and your herb in a stirfry.
Green Garlic is simply garlic harvested a little early and used before it 'cures' or dries. You can cut the bulb off, peel off the outside layers to get to the cloves, and use like you would regular garlic ! Make sure to keep this fresh garlic in the fridge before and after opening the bulb up. Don't waste the leaves - use in a soup or risotto to add a subtle garlic flavor.
Herbs should be spritzed with water, wrapped in a paper towel and stored in a bag in the fridge.
Summer Squash should be stored in your fridge in a bag to keep it moist and from turning soft. Since you are getting quite a bit, you can use it for a BBQ sliced longways into 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick slices. I toss it in oil and throw it on the grill just like that. It is still relatively small so you could also slice (unpeeled) in the round, cover in any type of pesto, and sautee in a cast iron pan for 3 minutes on each side until they brown up a bit.
Field Cucumbers are delicious on top of a salad or cut in sticks in your favorite dip. Experiment with them in a cold grain salad, or make refrigerator pickles (see recipe below). Store in the fridge in a bag - cukes dont like to get too cold!
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