Week of March 26th
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Crimson Crisp Apples - Tonnemaker Hill Farm, Royal City, WA - Crimson crisp apples top their class for snacking and cider making. They even rival the reigning honeycrisp apple in their flavor and complexity.
Leeks - Ralph’s Greenhouse, Mt. Vernon, WA - Leeks are great in quiche, pasta sauce, or as an onion substitute in any recipe. You can caramelize them as a side, add to potato leek soup, or include in stir fry. Try our Red Lentil Soup with Crispy Leeks LINC Box Recipe!
Arugula Microgreens - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - The delicious bitter taste of arugula, in microgreens! Add them to pasta, sandwiches, or hamburgers.
Collard Greens or Collard Raab - Ralph’s Greenhouse + Griffin Creek Farm, Skagit Valley, WA - Soul food! Try slow roasting these greens with ham hocks for a southern classic, or sauté with tomatoes, chickpeas, and lemon for a fresh twist!
Sweet Yellow Onions - Andersen Organics, Othello, WA - Our multifaceted and indispensable friend in the kitchen. Keep these onions stocked in the pantry for all-around use. Yellow onions have the quintessential strong and pungent onion flavor that’s ready to be chopped, sliced, minced, or diced.
Yellow Belmonda Potatoes - Channing Farm, Twisp, WA - Yellow potatoes have smooth skin and are slightly waxy which helps them to keep their shape. Their firm texture makes them great for grilling, baking, or roasting. This variety has an exceptional buttery and rich flavor!
Chives, Rosemary, or Thyme - The Crow’s Farm, Mt. Vernon, WA - The first of the spring herbs! Add fresh flavor to your eggs, baked potatoes, pasta sauce, or cracker dip.
*contents subject to change due to variability of local harvesting
ROTATING ADD-ONS
DRIED FRUIT | granny smith apple snacks - allview orchards, chelan, wa - Allview Orchard uses alternating cold dehumidification and warm air for their natural fruit-preserving process, removing the moisture while leaving all the flavor, nutrition, and health benefits of a fresh granny smith apple!
ARTISAN BREAD |
TUESDAY - rind and wheat, spokane, wa - cinnamon raisin crumb loaf - Cinnamon and raisins swirl this enriched sourdough bread. The bread is baked with all butter cinnamon streusel to provide a delicious crunch and crumble.
WEDNESDAY - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id - country blonde - Check out MAK's website to learn more about MAK’s mission to create nutritious and flavorful bread using local grains and by crafting each loaf using natural fermentation!
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - the grain shed, spokane, wa - turkey red - Classic, rustic sourdough with Turkey Red Wheat. Naturally leavened Sourdough -or- turkey red with seeds - Classic Turkey Red dough with Sesame, Sunflower and Poppy Seeds. Naturally leavened Sourdough
ARTISAN CHEESE | marinated labneh - brush creek creamery, deary, id - To create this award-winning Mediterranean soft cheese, we make yogurt with pasteurized cows milk and drain it through cheesecloth until it is thick, . We then spice it with fresh garlic, parsley and salt. We shape it in balls and drop it in olive oil with peppercorns, fresh herbs and dried red pepper for garnish. Delicious on pita bread and crackers or as a vegetable dip. Use the flavored oil on salads. This cheese won first place in all of North America.
PLANT PROTEIN | black beluga lentils - palouse brand, palouse, wa - Black lentils have a deep, nutty flavor, they can be pureed but also hold their shape well when cooked. These tiny lentils look almost like caviar and make a great base for salads, soups, and casseroles. Dry black lentils cook in 20 minutes, with no soaking required.
WILD CAUGHT ALASKAN SALMON | wild sockeye fillet + smoked salmon portions - thunders catch, sandpoint, id - Thunder's Catch Salmon is all-natural, caught from Alaska's most sustainably managed sockeye fishery and harvested using the highest quality standards. Foster a direct connection to our bountiful oceans, cast a vote that honors our sustainable ecosystem and nod to fishermen who harvest responsibly.
PASTURE RAISED PORK SHARE | pork chops and ground sausage - scabland farm, , wa - Scabland Farm is a small family farm that raises all-natural heritage hogs on pasture. The pigs are treated respectfully and humanely from birth to harvest. They are fed only high-quality, locally milled peas and barley, garden produce, and what they find out in the pasture.
GRASS-FED BEEF SHARE | steak and ground beef - lazy r ranch, cheney, wa - Nestled in the channeled scablands ponderosa forest and rich sub-irrigated meadows. The cattle harvest solar energy and turn it into nutrient-dense food while sequestering soil carbon, and preserving natural landscapes and wildlife habitat. The Lazy R strives to create more life than we take- taking and honoring their cattle each and every day!
PASTURED CHICKEN SHARE | whole chicken - windy hills farm, walla walla, wa - This organic, pasture raised chicken is some of the highest quality, most sustainable, and best tasting chicken you can find. The chickens are rotated on fresh certified organic land daily, where they are free to forage, roam, root, and exercise, being in their most natural state possible! While on this land the animals leave behind their fertilizer, which is full of so much good nutrients and helps restore the soil. This keeps the minerals in the land, rather than depleting it, and the animals get to live their best lives; a true symbiosis of nature.