Growing up in Germany, meatballs were a frequent dish for our family’s dinner table. German meatballs consist of a mix of pork and beef, bread, onions, eggs, salt and pepper. They are truly delicious. However, we have taken only the concept and adapted it to our Californian organic life-style
Most Colorful Box Today!
Look at our incredibly colorful box today; it’s just bursting with color: red carrots, orange carrots, and another shade orange carrots, golden beets, dinosaur kale, Italian parsley, cabbage, iceberg lettuce, Swiss chard – and if you ordered the fruit share – lots of strawberries and some peaches, apricots, and nectarines.
Luscious Beets!
I have been collecting beets for several weeks now. Usually I like to grate them raw and put them in salads – they add a gorgeous color and they are reputed to be great liver cleansers. But I hadn’t and there they were. Scouting around to find something seasonal to
Chocolates and Olive Oil are up on our Website!
ZXy Chocolates of Moody Chocolates and Nuvo California Extra Virgin Olive Oil are available for purchase on our website now! The chocolate and olive oil tasting on May 4 at the May Faire of the Waldorf School of Orange County went exceptionally well. We decided to not wait a day
First African Speaker Series Event with ZucchiniXpress, May 9th
Enjoy Mixed Green Salad – African style – prepared by ZucchiniXpress, African Soup prepared by Jene Meece and listen to a most interesting speaker, Edith Omwami, Ph.D. When: May 9, 2013 5:30 to 7:00pm Where: Private Residence in Shady Canyon Cost: Event is free RSVP: Jene Meece 949 533-9569 Jene.Meece@C2CKenya.org
NUVO California Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Tasting Nuvo Olive Oil, we were so impressed by its outstanding flavor that we decided to visit the H. Marin Farms olive orchard in Oroville California and see for ourselves. Owner, Steve Madiglian, gave us a tour of the 2000 tree grove with over hundred year old Mission olive trees
Spring Cleaning….. Parsley and Salmon
Part 1: Spring Cleansing Herbs/Parsley Spring herbs are abundant right now and you’ll find cilantro, parsley and arugula in your boxes this season. You may wonder what to do with such a profusion. Most of us are used to eating little sprigs of herbs such as parsley on salads or
Important Events – mark your calendars
Remember to sign up for our Tour Unity Farm this coming Sunday, April, 14th. We meet at 10:00am at the farm in Rubidoux, Riverside at 4800 Crestmore Rd. We’ll be touring the farm with farmer, Gabriel Ruiz, who will tell us all about organic growing practices. He’ll let you pick
Strawberries now! (and Recipe for Strawberry Pie)
The sweetest, most luscious strawberries are ready to go into your boxes! We have them available for you starting this week! Recipe for “old-world” strawberry pie: Ingredients: 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts 1/14 cups organic brown sugar 1/3 cup organic flower 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 4 cups fresh organic
What is in Your Box?
What is in Your Box? Amazing Icicle Radishes What are those white things in your box this week that look like carrots? You may have already discovered that they are radishes – icicle radishes. In case you are wondering if they are worth eating, please read on! Radishes are known