October 22nd, 2008 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband customer,

Well there are some days where I feel like I should be paying you for the honor of driving the two lanes to several beautiful farms on a fresh fall day to hand pick your food for the week.  Soon these road trips won’t be quite as blissful so I am soaking it up for now.  The greens are so great looking at every farm right now and I am learning so much each week about how incredibly different this produce is from what we see in the conventional market.  If any of you want more reasons to stay away from non-organics, talk to me sometime.  I can give you more information than you want.

You each have a bag of tiny collard leaves.  Just treat this like you would baby spinach.  I think mine will get used for breakfast.  I love lightly sautéed greens with my eggs.  A little garlic never hurt the pan either.  The basil is not going to be around much longer so I brought it back this week for a nice summer flavor once more.  Enjoy!  For some reason your recipe never loaded on the website last week so I am making up for lost time and adding several recipes for your fall greens.  The bok choy recipe includes your peppers, basil, and eggplant.

Also, you are getting food from several farms each week and if any of you are ever interested in a fall drive in the country and want to know where exactly your food comes from, I will be happy to give you locations.  I will be revamping the website soon and there will be links to each farm so you can have a virtual peak. Below is the list of your goodies for this week:

sweet peppers
baby collard greens
mixed salad
sweet potatoes
pears
bok choy
eggplant
arugula
basil

Do not hesitate to call or e-mail with any questions you have.  Remember, I am happy to talk FOOD!

Namaste,
Margie Thorpe