Red d’Anjou Pears – These are ready to eat now! STORE: Refrigerate ripe pears for up to 5 days. PREP: If you’re serving uncooked pears, cut them just before using; sprinkle the flesh with lemon juice to prevent browning. USE: Red D’anjous can be enjoyed like an apple, or try baking, roasting, sautéing, or poaching in […]
This is the time of year when people are making lifestyle changes for good. We all start to focus on maintaining healthy eating, exercising and setting goals for ourselves to keep us healthy. However, there are so many others—friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers—who could benefit from the fresh variety of fruits and vegetables that you’ve […]
Capture your Valentine’s heart with the elegance of Theo Chocolate, the exquisite Breadfarm’s cookies or a combination of both in The Essential Chocolate assortment! Theo’s Casanova Caramel Collection – $8.80 – $26.40 Theo’s exquisite Casanova Caramel Collections will have you swooning as you explore each elegant flavor. Each caramel possesses a unique aphrodisiac quality, so share with […]
Celery root (celeriac) Celeriac is a vegetable that is a member of the celery family. However, only its root is used for cooking purposes. Also known as celery root, knob celery, and turnip rooted celery, celeriac has a taste that is similar to a blend of celery and parsley. Additionally, celeriac is grown similarly to […]
This is the time of year when people are making lifestyle changes for good. We all start to focus on maintaining healthy eating, exercising and setting goals for ourselves to keep us healthy. However, there are so many others—friends, family members, neighbors, co-workers—who could benefit from the fresh variety of fruits and vegetables that you’ve […]
Broccolini Actually a cross between a broccoli and a Chinese broccoli (gai-lan/kai-lan). STORE: Treat Broccolini much like you would broccoli, storing unwashed in a plastic bag in the refrigerator up to 5 days. PREP: Wash just before us, trim just the ends off if using stems, or trim stems off completely if using raw. USE: […]
Broccoli Broccoli is a nutritional bonanza—potassium, vitamin C, antioxidants. It’s also versatile, at home on a crudité platter, tossed into stir-fries and quiches, or pureed into an elegant soup. STORE: Refrigerate broccoli unwashed (moisture speeds decay) in a bag in the vegetable compartment up to 5 days. Broccoli can be blanched (to retard enzyme action) […]
Citrus: Oranges, tangerines, lemons, limes and grapefruit are loaded with vitamin C. They’re great for juicing, flavoring baked goods or marinades, or just eating out of hand. Here’s the best way to keep them fresh, juicy and tasty for as long as possible. STORE: Keep citrus fruit at room temperature for up to a week. Keep […]
Gray hair isn’t a sign of old age, it is a sign of credibility. This past month the Stanwood community lost one of its farmers. Franklin Hanson passed away at the ripe old age of 88. Our family has only known the Hanson family for eight years. Bernice, who passed on a few years ago, […]
As we start into the new year, we are thinking bright, fresh, nutritious options to add on to that box of good! Under each item we’ve listed a few reasons why you will want to include them in your healthy lifestyle choices. KFF Walnuts: $4.00/lb in shell. 2 lbs for $7.50 Locally grown on our […]
Bunch Beets STORE: Before refrigerating, separate the beets from the leaves (which leach moisture from the roots), leaving an inch or two of stem at the top. Store the beets and the leaves, unwashed, in separate bags in the refrigerator’s vegetable compartment. The greens will last for only a few days, but the roots stay […]
Supporting Local Farms Since the inception of our home delivery business in1999, we have always focused on purchasing our fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers first. Every week, I contact my farmer friends to find out what they currently have available that I can add to our boxes. If I need to find more […]
Kiwi STORE: It can be left at room temperature for a few days or in the refrigerator for weeks. PREP: Kiwi can be sliced in half and hollowed out with a spoon or eaten whole. The skin of kiwifruit is edible once the fuzz is rubbed off. If the seeds are crushed, they can be bitter. The […]
