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 singing
this is your moment to fly
as a Yellowbird
This line from a seven-year-old is pretty deep:
"You really appreciate the hard work when you love something."
We LOVE these blackberries.
But at Yellowbird we also LOVE what we do--
we appreciate being able to work hard to get you the best local, quality food.
And we appreciate the hard work of our growers, box packers, and drivers!
Look for BLACKBERRIES, sweet corn, candy onion, hydro lettuce, green beans, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, nectarines, peaches ALL IN YOUR BOX this week! Isn't summer grand?? See complete list of possible local produce below.
Check out our featured vendor this week: LITT Kombucha ON SALE!
(Life In The Tea!)
DEEP DISCOUNTS IN JULY: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie) and our short date specials!
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!
It's CORN
A big lump with knobs
It has the juice (It has the juice)
I can't imagine a more beautiful thing (Woo)
It's corn
I can tell you all about it
I mean, look at this thing
When I tried it with butter, everything changed
("It's Corn" by Tariq, The Gregory Brothers and Recess Therapy)
One line from this viral ode to corn from a seven-year-old is pretty deep:
"You really appreciate the hard work when you love something."
We LOVE this sweet corn. Best ever.
But at Yellowbird we also LOVE what we do--
we appreciate being able to work hard to get you the best local, quality food.
And we appreciate the hard work of our growers, box packers, and drivers!
Fun fact: Whether eaten as a grain or vegetable, corn is actually a fruit!
And every individual kernel was pollinated by each stringy tassel. More here.
Look for SWEET CORN, blackberries, peppers, sugar cube melons, and hydro head lettuce in your farm share this week!
See complete list of possible local produce below.
Try this recipe below: Garlic Butter Chicken with Zucchini and Corn
Check out our featured vendor this week: Randy's Pickles (On SALE here)!
ON SALE this week: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie).
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.
life is peachy keen
so much flavor in one box
all the joy contained
Look for PEACHES, blackberries, sweet cherries, sweet corn, green peppers, and hydro head lettuce in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)
Try this recipe: Chicken, Peach and Chorizo Fricassee
Check out our featured vendor this week: Foris Extraordinary Meats (formerly North Country Charcuterie).
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.
this is why we do what we do.
"Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup."
-Wendell Berry
Black raspberries simply scream OHIO BOUNTY. They are a patriotic red and blue, and found on the roadside and field's edge for all! Thanks for supporting those berry pickers filling your box with goodness!
It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO.
Look for BLACK RASPBERRIES, blackberries, sweet cherries, sweet corn, zucchini, and cucumbers in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)
Bring these to your 4th of July festivities: Black Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
Check out our featured vendor this week: Pearl Valley Cheese.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY FROM ALL OF US AT YELLOWBIRD!
Have a wonderful holiday!
Truck pick ups are at same times and locations on Thursday the 4th.
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.
and here's a recipe for you.
Blueberry Bread!
Remember, being a part of YELLOWBIRD FOODSHED means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Be one of the first to get veggies when they are in season! Like BLUEBERRIES!
CHERRIES ALSO IN SEASON NOW--ORDER HERE:
Sweet Cherries
It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO.
Look for BLUEBERRIES, sweet cherries, baby bok choy, and yellow squash in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce below)
Check out our featured vendor this week: Minerva Dairy.
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.
...but what is broccolini?
Developed in Japan and growing in fame here, broccolini's stems are as tender and yummy as the florets. A hybrid of broccoli and gai lan (Chinese kale), broccolini cooks up just like regular broccoli, but faster (and with a sweeter finish). Nothing not to like about that!
green broccolini
your flavor is not teeny
I eat the whole thing
Here's a BROCCOLINI pasta recipe for you:
Oriechette with Broccolini and Sausage recipe.
Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like broccolini!
It's the way things used to be. It's revolutionary. It's OHIO FEEDING OHIO.
Look for BROCCOLINI, Carlton greens, and carrots in your farm share this week! (See complete list of possible local produce in your box below)
Check out our featured vendor this week: NOOMA.
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. :)
We have TATSOI.
Tatsoi, nicknamed "Vitamin Green," is what you want for dinner! It has more vitamin C than oranges or spinach. It has vitamin A, calcium, folate, beta-carotene, and phytonutrients which have been shown to help prevent cancer and heart disease.
Shh, we have a secret for you: It's OK to have soup in summer!
Here's a killer Spicy Sweet Potato and Tatsoi Soup recipe to try (see below). ENJOY TATSOI!
Remember, being part of YB Foodshed means you get to:
1. Snag high quality, farm fresh food when it's at its freshest
2. Know your growers and learn about their farming practices
3. Be a part of a community that cares about supporting local food
4. Try new veggies that are in season! Like Tatsoi!
Look for TATSOI, salad mix, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and green zucchini your farm share this week! (See complete list of local produce in your box below)
Check out our featured vendor this week: Stutzman Farms.
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.
pound for pound goodness
the genus Cucurbita
squash to surprise you
It's back, and you love it! When your neighbors come knocking on your door with SQUASH in August, remember this moment! Squash is so yummy, so versatile, and so taken for granted in season. Think back to your old friend surprising you back in June when you are "squash ninja-ed" later this summer!
Look for GREEN OR YELLOW CUCURBITA, salad mix, purple kohlrabi, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and garlic scapes in your farm share this week! And check out Zucchini and yellow squash in the Tex Mex Chicken and Zucchini Skillet recipe below!
Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Cleveland Ketchup.
There's no way you won't like zucchini after trying this skillet. Zucchini, peppers, onion, corn, chicken, cheese--this is not rocket science for your taste buds. A one-pan meal that every age will love!
...packed with nutrition,
packed in your box.
Small but mighty, mini pak choi is dressed to impress with its crispness and versatility. Whether spelled bok choy, or pak choi, it means "white vegetable." With half the daily nutritional value of vitamins C and K, and 40% of vitamin A, the pak choi you unpack from your box is practically a multivitamin. Add in E, and you can have your CAKE and eat it too, especially when folate, B6, potassium, and calcium also join the party.
Pak Choi = some of the best produce Ohio has to offer!
Look for PAK CHOI, hydro head lettuce, purple sun tomatoes, asparagus, slicer tomatoes, and Evercrisp apples in your farm share this week! Try out PAK CHOI in the Easy Pak Choi Soup recipe below!
Here's a link to our featured vendor this week: Berlin Natural Bakery.
...an explosion of crispness.
IN ALL FARM SHARES THIS WEEK
With a core that can be removed in one cut, Salanova lettuce has up to THREE times more leaves than a standard lettuce head. Whether green or red, Salanova's leaves can be used in sandwiches, mixed into pasta, or substituted for baby greens. Mild flavored and full of calcium, fiber, and iron, its red varieties even have antioxidants that protect against cellular damage.
We bring you Salanova--part of the BEST in lettuce that Ohio has to offer.
Look for SALANOVA, slicer tomatoes, and cucumbers in your farm share this week, and in the Asian Chicken with Noodles and Salanova recipe below!
And check out our featured waffles: Lopaus Point (GF) and Liege Waffle Hub!
WIN TWO FREE TICKETS TO FORAGING CLASS WITH CHEF LORENZO!
Lorenzo's June 1st class from 4-7pm features a Local Beekeeper, Edible Weeds and Pawpaw Sale, plus a tour of the Highland Youth Garden and of course, a beautiful meal!
