Garlic, tofu, pesto, and pasta--the perfect combo of fresh and easy for dinner! Blend up the pesto, boil the pasta, saute the garlic, mushroom and onion, and voila! Your household is happily eating in less than half an hour.

So many veggies as we approach fall THIS WEEK. Butternut squash is about as fall as it gets, aside from picking pumpkins and bobbing for apples. Why not stuff the squash with other goodness like veggies and quinoa? And why not try it with your butter baby squash in your box? You really can't go wrong with all these real ingredients cooked up into a cozy cucurbita meal. 

The fall is speeding closer. The calendar is getting fuller. The meals must not get...sadder. Add this super easy Pork Chops recipe to your arsenal as you get-er-done this fall! Savory spices with sweet and tart honeycrisp apples will comfort you as summer is almost over. Use the honeycrisps and umami seasoning both straight from your box! 

Asian pears are everyone's favorite cousin to Bartlett. They have perfect, glowing skin, and don't get so splotchy. Bartlett is also jealous of its cousin's crisp delicate crunch, since it can be a softie. Try this salad with Asian pears on a bed of Yellowbird greens, bursting with unique flavors to wake up your palette. These pears will make your salad feel fancy!  

Cauliflower is the superhero of veggie disguise. Trying to get into the back-to-school groove with easy healthy dinners? Cauli to the rescue! It can be hidden well for picky eaters, and its mild flavor will not make them feel betrayed. A veggie that stays in the background, yet is still nutritious--try our friend cauli at your Yellowbird table in this simple pasta recipe! 

These grapes have phenomenal flavor. And Green Acres Organics has some of the best turkey around. Put them together, and you have the simplest gourmet lunch for school or work that you ever did see! That you ever did see. That you ever did see...and the grapes in the salad and the salad in the bun and the bun in the mouth and the lunch gets eaten all gone, all gone...and the lunch gets eaten all gone.

Pear season is here, and the start of fall-ish recipes. Enjoy the last dregs of summer as you make an easy baked oven meal featuring PEARS and local Sweet Grass chicken. The balsamic glaze on these drumsticks will crunch with each bite! And your soul will sing, "Yum." 

When you need a fast, satisfying dinner better than takeout, turn to this stir fry in a pinch! Sweet and spicy with an added zing of plum to complement the crispy chicken, this is a perfect back to school prep meal--ready, set, go!

What's better than boring old chicken salad? Chicken salad that's curried, in a sugar cube cantaloupe! Cool and refreshing summer lunch, and easy to prepare ahead of time for company (just cut the melon right before the guests arrive). They'll be happy they stopped by in time for cantaloupe, curry and chicken--flavor to the cubed power! 

Blackberries and pork go together like Ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong. Remembered forever as Shoo-wop sha whada whadda yippidy boom da boom. Chang chang, changity chang shoo bop, that's the way it should be!  

Zucchini and corn are our friends in the summertime--plentiful, abundant, always there for us. Show them some love by making them the stars of this butter chicken one-dish meal! These are the simple flavors that will melt in your mouth and capture that summer July feeling in a skillet and on your plate. 

For a new spin on peaches, try them with chicken and chorizo! Spicy, savory and sweet, this dish pairs well with rice or salad and will satisfy the hungriest peach lovers.

Black raspberries are the berry to die for. And they grow wild and free, and on farms, all throughout Ohio! Try out this “berry everyone loves” in cheesecake bars perfect to take to your July 4th gathering! Everyone will know how much you love them.

Blueberries and bread, what could be better? Take advantage of the season with this real food quick bread designed to make you berry happy. Pun intended and so is the happy face after consuming.

Broccolini's tender and flavorful soul shines through in this garlicky pasta dish, and the savory sausage will make you come back for seconds. Use stems and florets since ALL of broccolini is good for sauteing and eating! If this doesn't make you eat your green veggies now, then no one can help you. :) 

Summer doesn't mean we have to stop getting our soup on. This flavorful summer stew with a kick will allow you to enjoy tatsoi like never before! If the heat is too much, dial it down with less cayenne or cut the Thai chili pepper (or just run through the sprinkler afterward). Vegetarian and Meat-arian options available. 

Baby pak choi still packs a nutrient punch. This healthy, garlicky soup shows pak choi in its element with mushrooms, ginger and spring onions. Why not try pak choi? It's in your box waiting!

The crispy noodles complement the crispy Salanova lettuce, creating a suitable bed on which chicken thighs, cucumber slices, onion, and mushrooms rest. This supernova of a salad will have you marveling at the crispy taste explosions everywhere!

Tasty tofu and potatoes with whatever veggies you can get your hands on, including asparagus for spring if you want to. Meatballs for the tofu lover, or to make you a tofu lover. 

Adapted from Taste of Home

Strawberries, the sweet royalty of spring. Asparagus, the crown. Make way for a chicken salad that can satisfy your sweet side and cure your spring fever.