FARM AT BLUE SKY RANCH: January 2012

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Blue Sky Ranch CSA has Openings

Friday, January 27, 2012

This Weeks Box 1/28/2012

Thank you little red. For everything you do. You're definitely one of hardest workers ever!

Here is What is in the box this week:

avocados

meyers lemons

persian cucumbers

braising mix

spicy salad mix with arugula

tangelos

baby bok choy

some other kind of bok choy that I have not identified

"but it is great in stir fry"

home made sun dried tomatoes

rainbow chard

limes

head of green lettuce

So what is braising mix?

Every farm has a different definition of what braising mix is.

Here at the ranch, braising mix is a combination of young leaf vegetables that are too small to make into individual bunches. Often, the mix will have a combination of more than one variety of green. This weeks braising mix has red russian kale, blue dwarf kale, dinosaur kale,

baby collards and some tender baby broccoli greens.

Here is a recipe for this mix:

Ingredients

5 cloves garlic, chopped
Olive oil
braising mix
red wine vinegar
cooked pasta
Pine Nuts (optional)
Honey(optional)
Dijon Mustard(optional)
Walnuts or Peacans(optional)

Instructions
Sauté five cloves of garlic in olive oil until they soften; turn the heat to high and toss in the braising mix until it wilts. Sprinkle with red wine vinegar and stir until it disappears. Serve over pasta.

Sauce:(optional) 2 tsp. honey 1 T Dijon mustard and some chopped walnuts or pecans.

Here is a link to three greens mix recipes from:

Seasonalchef.com