Week 11, Tuesday August 13

Vegetable shares

Eggplant

1 bunch- Swiss Card

1 bunch- Baby Carrots

4- Shallots

Broccoli

1- Celery (Very Flavorful)

Sweet Peppers

1 basket- Cherry Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Optional Shares

Mushroom:

White Button- Grown by Bulich Mushroom Farm

Fruit Share:

1 basket- Apricots

6- Donut Peaches

Let's Get Cookin! Swiss Chard: Can be cooked like spinach. Skillet Mushrooms and Chard Shallots: Makes a great french onion soup! French Onion Soup Celery: This celery has the best flavor. Eat raw or add to soup, stew or even wash and freeze for a later date. Use the leaves as well. The leaves are very comparable to parsley. Broccoli: Roasted Broccoli and Garlic Eggplant: Crunchy Broiled Eggplant OR Eggplant Jumbot Peppers: Great for stuffing! Crock-Pot Stuffed Peppers Tomatoes: Bruschetta OR Simple Sauce

Dear CSA Member, Your shares will be filled with beautiful summer colors this week. Peppers, Eggplant, Tomatoes, and new this week carrots and rainbow swiss chard. There are so many great dishes that you can make with these vegetables. I have added some ideas to the bottom of this email. Happy Cooking! We hope that you will mark your calendar with the upcoming Fall Farm Festival. The Fall Farm Festival will be held on the farm August 31 from 11:30-3:00. Please use 145 Garcia Lane, Leeds, NY 12451 address. It is a great day to come to the farm and see how your vegetables are grown, meet your farmers and walk the fields. We have the grill hot with pulled pork, grilled Sweet Corn as well as a batch of Stoneledge Farm Vegetable Chili. Food provided by Kim and Mickael of Paradis to Go http://paradistogo.com There will be Stoneledge Farm Coffee and water available as well. We ask that members bring a dish to share so that lunch is a giant pot luck get together. If possible, please bring your own place settings, utensils, and cup. No pets, please. There are flowers to pick and take home from the flower garden. If you would like to take flowers home, please bring your own scissors and something that will keep the flowers until you get home. Wet paper towels or newspapers in a bag will usually do the trick.

The Fall Farm FestivalIt is really a great day to visit Stoneledge Farm and meet everyone who grows your vegetables. Please make a note on your calendar and come to the farm

If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to the farm. Hope to see you then.

Want to make a weekend out of it? Click Here for more information. Enjoy the harvest. Candice