Blog — localfood

Sprouted lentils and spring radishes are both oh so delicious and nutritious! This quick salad uses a pantry staple star to remake your weeknight side or weekday lunch for a filling, wholesome meal that also happens to highlight some gorgeous spring crops. You can also sub in any other spring vegetable from our recent harvest boxes - salad turnips, sweet carrots, and sugar snap peas would all be excellent substitutions or additions.

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Like many folks, the Paulovits family was looking for new ways to use the radishes from their harvest boxes this last winter. We chatted a lot at pick-up and our first blog post of 2023 on the Purple Heart Radish with all the recipe suggestions was a popular topic. We are always looking for more ways to get folks excited about our local produce though so, when they came across this recipe and told me about it, I asked them to share.

I've taken the linked recipe and made some augments to it to be more reflective of a traditional chopped Greek salad. I also wanted to share how easy it is to make substitutions and alter recipes like this to what best suits your tastes and what you have readily available. Think of any recipe we share as quidelines rather than hard and fast rules and you'll do well!

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Quiche can be intimidating to make because it takes a while to prepare and it seems to have a lot of steps. However, those steps are pretty easy! And the end result is so filling, delicious, and the smiles it always seems to put on everyone's faces (including my own) makes it one of my all-time favorite things to cook. Quiche can also be a wonderful catch-all for odds and ends in your vegetable drawer, especially if you choose to make the crust from grated root veggies. This particular recipe uses a lot of veggies common to our fall and winter boxes but practically any vegetable can be subbed in or out of a quiche for fresh flavors year-round!

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While there are endless recipes for hummus out there and you can certainly make it without a recipe if you'd like, this particular recipe has become a favorite for Erin, our Director and General Manager, that they almost never make any other variety! They've tried this one with butter, vegan butter, no butter, and almost always serve it with roasted veggies and meat-free protein options but that's not to say you can't try it with spiced lamb like the original recipe calls for, chicken, or whatever strikes your fancy.

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Welcome to Heart Healthy Month! We're officially introducing our second pantry staple in the winter to late spring rotation this week: Chickpeas (Garbanzo Beans). These incredibly nutritious legumes are neither pea nor bean but are jam-packed with fiber, protein, heart healthy fat, vitamins, and minerals and are truly delicious and endlessly versatile.

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