Category Archives: Seasonal Recipes

What is a CSA?

  Community Supported Agriculture. The dictionary lists the following definition: a noun--"a system by which people purchase a share from a local farm and periodically receive vegetables and other agricultural products throughout the farming season. Abbreviation: CSA." July 2015 blog 035 A simple definition that means so much more! A CSA is a chance for "city folk" to learn about agriculture, and where their food comes from. It is a chance for people who want
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Picklers verses Slicers

This week we had a couple of large cucumbers in our CSA bag and because I am a canner; I thought that this was a good time discuss the difference between a slicer and a pickling cucumber. The cucumbers that were in the bag are great for eating raw but they are not what you want to look for in a cucumber when making homemade pickles. Cucumbers grown specifically for pickling will give you the best product in the end. They
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Cooking with Cabbage

                Our blogging team received our first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) bag of the season! We will be taking turns posting about the health benefits of eating these vegetables and the recipes we create. In the first bag was a giant head of cabbage, broccoli, and lettuce. With the cabbage I made Sriracha Lime Roasted Cabbage. This had an awesome flavor. I plan on making this sauce again to put on grill chicken. My children and niece also helped me use the cabbage to make Runza's, a Nebraska favorite. I couldn't believe how
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