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News from the Fields of Driftless Organics • Issue 14 • Sept 5-8, 2018 regulate it if already present. transfer to a freezer bag/container. - Sage has been used as a meat If cooking, bring salted water to a Week 14: Hello Fellow Veggie preservative due to its antibacterial boil, gently drop the gnocchi into Lovers! This wee​ k it seems the rain properties since Ancient Greece the water. When they rise, they are just keeps coming and coming and - Has a strong scented odor and a done - remove them with a slotted coming. It definitely makes things a warm bitter and somewhat spoon. Now serve with sauce. little harder around the farm. Even astringent taste. Goes great with Another way to try something new getting here is a challenge this turkey. Essential ingredient for is spice the potatoes differently. week with the roads. However, the Italian sausages. When I lived in India the potatoes trees have begun changing colors there were SO FULL of flavor, my and there is something in the air. It What the Heck Do I Do Indian neighbor didn’t understand is almost Fall. This is the season, how we enjoyed eating plain garlic when the weather cools, that seems With Potatoes? mashed potatoes. She tried it and perfect for fresh baked bread and said “No flavor”. They load them homemade soups. Just a quick I know it seems odd to write about up with spices and make things like reminder - our harvest party is what to do with potatoes, but samosas (which can be pretty going to be here sooner than you potatoes are so versatile and yet I spicy!) Hopefully these ideas help think. Mark your calendars, we am guilty of doing only 2 things infuse your culinary aspirations want to see you there! ~Rachael with them: mashed and roasted. So with excitement! what else can we do with potatoes? We can make gnocchi, a chewy little WHAT’S IN THE BOX dumpling that goes well in a light Broccoli tomato or cream sauce. Uncooked gnocchi freezes well. A simple Cucumbers recipe is 2 lbs whole potatoes, 2 beaten egg yolks, 1 1/2 cups flour, Dragon Tongue Beans Pinch of salt, and Your favorite pasta sauce. Bake the potatoes at Garlic Did You Know? 350 for an hour. Make sure you - Sage is a perennial, cultivated for prick them all over with a fork so it Jalapeno Pepper its medicinal and culinary can vent as it cooks. Let cool, but properties for thousands of years. it’s best to do the next step while Red Beets - Native to the Mediterranean. they are warm. Scoop out the - Part of the Lamiaceae (mint) potato from the skin, mash and fluff Red Onions family. “Salvia” is the Latin name them up with a fork. A potato ricer for Sage and it translates to “To comes in handy for this step if you Red Radish save” have it. Add flour, egg and salt, Mix - Historically used for treatment of until you have a pliable dough. Be Roaster Peppers snakebite, protection against evil careful not to overwork the dough. and fertility. Cut dough into 4 sections. Roll Sage - Scientifically has been proved to each section (with light pressure) help with improving brain function, into long snakes about ¾” Salad Mix lowers inflammation, prevents diameter, using flour as necessary. chronic diseases by neutralizing Cut into 1” pieces and form Sungolds free radicals, boosts immune indentations, the tines of a fork system, regulates digestion, work well. As you make them, Tomatoes: Mix place on a baking pan using wax alleviates skin conditions, Tomatillos strengthens bones, slows onset of paper. Now you can either freeze OR Cook. If you freeze, freeze on cognitive disorders and helps Yellow Potatoes prevent type 2 diabetes or helps pan and when they are hard, Driftless Organics • www.driftlessorganics.com • [email protected] • 608.624.3735 ​ ​ ​ ​

Crop What’s it look like? Storage? How do I use it? Store in a bag in the crisper, try to use Stir Fry or fresh eating with a little ranch Broccoli Looks like a miniature dark green tree. it up within 2 weeks. dip Skinny, shiny, long and green cylindrical Cucumbers Keep in the fridge for up to two weeks. Try making a cucumber soup veggie Dragon: Waxy yellow bean with purple Dragon Tongue When cooked, bean will loose purple striations on it. Keep in the fridge for up to a week. striations. Try a bean salad! Beans Yellow: yellow Store on your countertop and use Try in this week’s recipe: Sage Garlic Garlic A head of garlic. ​ within a couple weeks. Butter Gnocchi

Jalapeño Pepper Small, dark green peppers. There will be Store in your fridge. Make some fresh salsa! 2 of them in your box. Spicy. (Spicy!) ​ ​ Red Beets with A bunch of beautiful dark red roots with Keep in your fridge in plastic for up to a Try in this week’s recipe: Beet Salad with ​ green tops their leaves attached week. Goat Cheese

Red Onions Beautiful purplish red onion Store on counter Great roasted, minced in salsa or sauteed

Red Radishes Look for the bunch of red & white oval Store with the tops removed in a plastic radishes with green leaves in a bunch. bag with your peppers Try sauteeing them in butter

Roaster Peppers Look for the big dark yellow and/or red Store peppers together, in a plastic bag, These sweet peppers are a great substitute for red or yellow bell peppers. peppers that are pointy on one end. in your fridge (Sweet) They are so sweet and tasty! Try in this week’s recipe: Sage Garlic Sage A few stems of sage Store in plastic bag in fridge ​ Butter Gnocchi Store in the plastic bag it comes in and Yummy on top of sandwiches or making Salad Mix Mixed bag of salad greens. try to use up in a week up a quick healthy salad for side or entree Little orange cherry tomatoes in a green Store on the counter and wait until they Sungold Tomatoes Try them in a salad, on a veggie tray or pulp pint (that you can compost!) are a deep orange. sliced in half on your pasta! Marinara sauce, Margherita pizza, soup, Tomatoes: Mix A bag of mixed varieties (and colors) of Store on the counter - check their tomatoes. ripeness every day and use when ripe. salads, lasagna, fresh salsa Roasted tomatillos make excellent salsa Tomatillos Small green cherry tomato with husk Store in husk on the counter for a few around fruit days, then refrigerate for up to a week. verde They are roundish with a brownish skin Try in this week’s recipe: Sage Garlic Yellow Potatoes Store in fridge ​ and yellow flesh and look like a potato. Butter Gnocchi

juice, balsamic vinegar and olive oil to make the dressing. Beet Salad with Goat Cheese Place a large helping of salad mix onto 4 plates. Sprinkle red 4 medium beets, scrubbed, trimmed and cut in half onion on top. Divide candied walnuts evenly and sprinkle over ½ red onion, rough chopped greens. Place equal amounts of beets over the greens and top ⅓ c. walnuts, chopped with dabs of goat cheese. Drizzle each plate with some of the 3 Tbsp. Maple Syrup dressing. 1 pkg of salad mix ½ c frozen orange juice concentrate ¼ c. Balsamic vinegar Gnocchi in Sage Garlic Butter ½ c. Driftless Organics Sunflower Oil Gnocchi (recipe in article on front newsletter) 2 ounces goat cheese: feta or chevre 4 Tbsp Butter Place beets into a saucepan, fill with enough water to cover. 3 sage leaves, cut into fine strips Bring to a boil and cook for about 20-30 min, until tender. 1 garlic clove, mashed or microplaned Drain, cool and cut into cubes. While beets are cooking, place Pepper, to taste the walnuts in a skillet over medium-low heat. Heat until Melt butter, add garlic. Now add the sage and gnocchi and warm and starting to toast, then stir in the maple syrup. Cook saute for a few minutes, until the gnocchi takes on a golden and stir until evenly coated, then remove from the heat and color. Add pepper generously and serve. set aside to cool. In a small bowl, whisk together the orange

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