this recipe comes from a Roncesvalles member named Stephanie who’s learning to love fennel.   Thanks Stephanie! If you’ve got any recipes you love please send ‘em in and we’ll put them up – we love Community Shared Recipes!

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I saw that fennel was part of our weekly share, I was a little worried. I don’t like anise and my boyfriend, Tamir, really doesn’t like anise. But I remembered that my cousin Tina made a salad once with fennel that I loved. Thanks to her for this recipe!

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I’m always suprised at how little folks know about beets…outshined by it’s rooty relation the carrot I guess, beets are a totally undervalued and completely delicious veggie worthy of centre stage – and super high in iron, calcium, magnesium and folic acid for all you health conscious folks out there!  And these aren’t just your gramma’s old red beets; we’ve got some beautiful heirloom beets from Kawartha Organic Produce and Elm Tree Gardens – red, white, yellow, pink and striped!  Summer beets also come with gorgeous greens, and you can happily eat every last bit of these beauties…here’s a couple easy recipes to start you on your path to the beet side:

golden beets

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so it’s cucumber season, and pickling cukes are coming out in full force – why not take some home in your box this week and try your hand at a lil pickling?  i know making pickles might seem scary to some, but it’s really very easy – and so worth it when you’re eating your own deliciously pickled veg all winter long…here’s an easy recipe to get you started – a Gateway Pickle if you like.

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We picked up some fresh whitefish from Akiwenzie’s Fish at the Wychwood market last Saturday, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to steam some fish with the garlic and spring onions from last week. This will work with just about any kind of whitefish, but my desert island, all-time favourite is a whole tilapia. Hopefully someone I know will get interested in aquaponics and I’ll have a steady supply… but this was pretty awesome.

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So by now I’m sure you’ve met the new potatoes in the shares – an exciting return of everyone’s favourite starch, perfectly timed!  (pictures coming soon…!)

Who’s My Potato Farmer?

Our main potato grower is Young Stephen Stoll over on Cameron Road (not to be confused with Old Stephen Stoll on Birch Point!), a young Amish fella of about 19 who grows 14 different varieties of potatoes – every one the best potato you’ve ever had!  The first potatoes of the season are Eramosaa – an early white flesh potato – and Red Norlands – the beautiful fuschia tates you’ve seen.  New potatoes are tender, sweet and delicious,  and these potatoes are pretty much as fresh as you can get without growing your own – Stephen digs them the night before or the morning of you receiving them!

The simplest way to prepare new potatoes is steamed – just steam until tender (it won’t take as long as you think)  then use however you like.  They’re also wonderful boiled, roasted with herbs and garlic (and ChocoSol’s salt!) or cooked in butter, but what isn’t really…here’s what we’ve done with them so far this week if you’re itching for more ideas:

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This is the first of many dinners and workshops we’d like to hold in the Kawartha Lakes and Toronto to bring folks, food and farmers one step closer together.  Let us know if you’re interested, or have any ideas for future workshops you’d like to see!  shannon@kawarthaecologicalgrowers.com or kawarthaecogrowers@gmail.com.

OH. MY. GOD.

That is all.

if you’ve been reading since the winter you’ll remember some of Candy’s other fantastic recipes…here’s one she sent to help use up that pile of greens in your fridge – could also be the mixed Asian greens in here, and watch the extras table for chard and spinach this week!  And if you’ve got CSA inspired recipes of your own you’d like to share, please send them in and we’ll put them up.  Thanks Candy!

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Wednesdays are exciting because it is the day of my CSA pick up and farmers’ market day. The produce all look so enticing that it’s too easy for me to shop more than I really should. The real estate in my fridge is precious and I always want to free up some space. Just the other day when I open the fridge door, that ginormous bag of beet greens was mocking me, taking up half of my produce drawer. Making soup is an efficient way to reduce a large pile of greens into manageable size but a beet greens soup is not quite the follow up act to the summer borscht made from his brothers. What to do?

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We finally got around to cooking our two KEG ducks this week, so I thought I’d do a post about what we did with them. Want to know what the leftovers were? Here’s a hint:

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is in crêpes.  Or maybe I should say my new favourite food is crêpes, and this is just another great reason to eat them.



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