Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

I am overwhelmed this week with all the information I received from the Georgia Organics conference.  It was wonderful to see so many people excited to continue working for healthy, beautiful, heirloom alternatives to our industrial food supplies.  I met several new farmers that are interested in being a part of our community and will be planting food specifically for us this spring – Yeah!

This week we are still looking to our Florida and Carolina neighbors for some of our food but we are fortunate to have very local items, as well.  I had several requests for red cabbage and this week we have it.  We also have celery that was brought from Florida for us this morning.  Roots farm is still going strong for us with carrots and Serenbe Farms harvested another dig of sunchokes. Please refrigerate these – even though they look more like ginger or a root item that could stay out, they are not. They dry and go bad very quickly left out.  Kept cold, they seem to last for a while. Your basil is also grown here by Neva Farms. This is such a treat to have this time of year. Below is your list of goodies:

Carrots

Swiss chard

Sunchokes

Celery

Red cabbage

Zucchini

Tangerines

Basil

I have a great recipe for the red cabbage with Sake this week if you are in the mood for a yummy vegan friendly Asian influenced dish.  I have also added one last recipe for your sunchokes to give you a bit more inspiration.  I love these but I know some friends have found it difficult to come up with new ideas for them.  I hope some added recipes will help.

I will be posting several ideas and highlights from the conference to our facebook page later this week so if you are not a member yet, come join us there!  Go in good health this week and remember I am always happy to TALK FOOD!