The best vegetables in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Week 10 is shaping up to be another phenomenal week of fresh produce.
Members of the Central Brooklyn CSA, Week 10 is shaping up to be another phenomenal week of fresh produce. As of noon Tuesday, we expect
Please note that this list is likely incomplete, we hope to be able to update it closer to harvest time!
There are a whole lot of great places to find recipes here, just as there are a great many ways to prepare our amazing CSA produce.
Did you realize there are three places to find great tasting recipes on the Central Brooklyn CSA blog?
There are a whole lot of great places to find recipes here, just as there are a great many ways to prepare our amazing CSA produce.
Eat well.
The foods we expect Week 9
Thanks to Veronica (our CSA/farm liaison) and MimoMex, we have a good idea of what to expect in tomorrow’s share:
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Pepper
Kale
Cucumber
& Herbs (not quite sure which one[s], yet)
As usual, this list is subject to change, but we expect most – if not all – of these great vegetables to be on their way to Central Brooklyn CSA early tomorrow afternoon.
We made mini corn potato cakes at tonight’s cooking demo.
This fantastic recipe comes courtesy of Delissa Reynolds, who assisted with the cooking demo at tonight’s distribution.
Ingredients
– 1 lb. potatoes 
– 1/2 cup finely chopped green bell pepper
– 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels including the pulp scraped from the cobs (cut from about 2 ears of corn)
– 4 scallions, chopped fine
– 1 teaspoon ground cumin
– 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
– 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
– 4 tablespoons sour cream for serving
Directions Continue reading “Corn Potato Cakes”
Community Chef Emily and Bar Sepia’s Delissa Reynolds join forces for this explosion of cooking!
Whether you had a chance to join us for last week’s amazing cooking expo or not, you do not want to miss tonight’s event. Our Community Chef Emily will be joined by Delissa Reynolds of Bar Sepia (Prospect Heights) from 5 ’til 7pm. If you want to see what two great cooks can do with veggies from this week’s share, it is definitely worth coming to distribution a few minutes early so you can watch the magic happen. Oh yeah, there will be lots of tasty samples, to boot! 😉
This is what is going on this week in our Central Brooklyn CSA.
Hey Friends,
This week is a busy one for our CSA so we thought it prudent to remind everyone of when and where things are going on.
Tuesday – We are posting this week’s expected harvest on our blog.
Wednesday – Share Distribution (4-7:30pm); Cooking Demonstration (5-7pm) at Hebron SDA Church.
Thursday – August Planning Team Meeting at LaunchPad workspace at 7pm. (LaunchPad is located at 721 Franklin Ave, on the corner of Park Place.)
Friday– Our “Weekend Cooking Blog” returns!
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Check out our Recipe Tab for more recipes recommended by the Food Education Team and visit the CSA Forum to sneak a peak at members’ recipes or add your own
Thank you to all who came and learned how to make Shredded Veggie Pancakes from Emily, our Community Chef! For those who missed the exhibition or simply would like to learn more, we will be having another cooking demonstration at next Wednesday’s ( 4Aug 2010) share distribution.
Check out our Recipe Tab for more recipes recommended by the Food Education Team and visit the CSA Forum to sneak a peak at members’ recipes or add your own.
Thank you Joe Wirtheim for the photos!
