16 Summer Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less
On page 1 of her treasured book, Tamar Adler tells us, “Cooking is both simpler and more necessary than we imagine. It has in recent...
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- Jun 28
- 5 min
How to Store Summer Vegetables
Summer vegetables, those treasures born of the heat and hailing from equatorial origins, have different storage needs than you’re average...
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- Jun 21
- 2 min
TOMATO SODA, OR TOMATO PEACH SODA
Recipe & Photos by Mackenzie Smith Kelley. We learned about Tomato Soda from our dear friend, Mackenzie Smith Kelley. Mackenzie is a...
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- Apr 19
- 3 min
Easy Recipes for the Freezer
My friend had a baby recently and a meal train link landed in my inbox. Of course, I signed up. But when these things come around, I...
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- Apr 11
- 4 min
What Chat GPT has to say about Local Farmers
Our experience living as farmers is so enmeshed with our experience living as humans. The whole work-life separation thing doesn’t really...
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- Jan 18
- 5 min
Gumbo Tips + How to Cook with Radicchio
This past weekend, I snuck away with a group of friends to a lodge nearish to Utopia, Texas. If you’ve ever spent time out in this...
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- Jan 3
- 6 min
2023: Cooking Trends
I entered the new year with a big pot of soup. I wished I would have had the gumption to fry some chicken or make a seafood platter eaten...
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- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Almost 20 Holiday Salad Ideas
Hello! In case you missed last week’s email: the farm will be closed 12/24- 12/26 and will not be delivering CSA shares on those days. If...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 4 min
8 Tools Essential to the CSA Kitchen
Pots, pans, (big) stainless bowls, large roasting trays, sturdy cutting boards, and sharp knives. These should be the givens in any...
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
9 Easy Fermentation Recipes
Did you know Austin has a (free to the public) Fermentation Festival every year? Texas Farmer’s Market, the organization that runs the...
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 6 min
Barely-Recipes: Quick and Easy Ways to Use your CSA Veggies
Why, hello there. Ada here with some ideas on what to cook this week, quickly. A few weeks ago we put out a survey asking you what types...
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- Aug 23, 2022
- 4 min
Ice Soup: For when Chill isn't Cool Enough
Hello! I recently made a hearty vegetable stew, the wintery kind, because it's so easy and because a soup pot like this can make use of...
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- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
The Meal Prep Trifecta Ada is Cooking Now
Hello! Ada here. For better or worse, I've had less time to spend in the kitchen lately, and this cooking crunch has left me feeling a...
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- Jun 27, 2022
- 3 min
Why-To and How-To Can Tomatoes
Have you ever cracked open a jar of homemade pickles, or sliced into a loaf of banana bread that you baked yourself? It’s a satisfying...
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- Jun 20, 2022
- 7 min
Karin's German Potato Salad
Hello! Ada here. It’s roundup time! If you want some recipe inspiration for your very summery CSA shares, scroll to the bottom. And if...
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- May 9, 2022
- 5 min
How To(Quick)Pickle Anything
The biggest perk to working for farms is undoubtedly the continual access to high-quality and fresh vegetables, sometimes in comical...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 6 min
Herby salads, veggie muffulettas, carrot hummus, and 3 picnic recommendations
Picnic: It’s a noun, it’s a verb, it’s a table, it’s a blanket. It’s the warmth of the sun on your shoulders, or maybe an oak’s shady...
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- Jan 10, 2022
- 5 min
Smarter Veggie Prep
Becoming a CSA Member and truly aligning yourself with Texas seasonality is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes effort, and some practice,...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 8 min
Your Farmer's Favorite Salad Dressings
It’s hard to pick a favorite vegetable, or a favorite growing season, for that matter, but if forced to really ponder the matter, the...
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- Nov 8, 2021
- 7 min
The Best Canned Goods to Complete your CSA Pantry
As a member of a CSA program, you have the wonderful opportunity to eat fresh vegetables, straight from a local farm. When cooking from...
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