Week of April 30th
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Radish Microgreens - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - The peppery radish flavor in the form of a delicate and crunchy green. Microgreens are small but often contain more nutrients than their mature counterparts. Use them to top sandwiches, wraps, soups, or grain bowls with flavorful and nutritious greens!
Asparagus - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - Enjoy fresh spring asparagus during its short window of availability! Asparagus is one of those hyper-seasonal items but we'll have these tender, green shoots around for through the end of May - soak in this beautiful sign of spring while you can!
Purple Sprouting Broccoli- The Crow’s Farm, , WA or Griffin Creek Farm, Skagit Valley, WA - Purple sprouting broccoli has a flavor that's slightly nutty, sweet, and peppery. This bouquet worthy vegetable adds great flavor and beauty to pizza, quiche, curries, or pasta. It is bred for overwintering and is extremely gold tolerant. Purple sprouting broccoli exhibits Amy and Jacob's talent for growing high quality winter vegetables.
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!
Golden or Chioggia Beets - Boldly Grown Farm, Bow, WA or Griffin Creek Farm, Skagit Valley, WA - Sweet beetroots without the mess of red beets! Great for roasting or grating fresh into a salad.
Rhubarb - Ralph’s Greenhouse, Mt. Vernon, WA - It's time for the annual strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb muffins, or Rhubarb Shrub! The nostalgic, bright pink and puckery stalk is here!
*contents subject to change due to variability of local harvesting
ROTATING ADD-ONS
DRIED FRUIT | golden delicious 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 golden delicious apple!
ARTISAN BREAD |
TUESDAY - rind and wheat, spokane, wa - sourdough sandwich - A lighter crumb and softer crust make this 100% naturally leavened loaf the perfect choice for those lunch sandwiches.
WEDNESDAY - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id - potato loaf - 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 - oatis - One of our shop favorites, Oatis is a fermented oat porridge loaf, with coriander and fenugreek seeds incorporated for a delicious herbal, maple flavor in every sourdough bite. Naturally leavened Sourdough.
ARTISAN CHEESE | aged cheddar - brush creek creamery, deary, id - Our clothbound cheddar is aged in the traditional method of wrapping in cheesecloth instead of vacuum-packaging, which allows it to breathe. It develops a nutty flavor after 6 months.
PLANT PROTEIN | brown spanish pardina lentils - palouse brand, palouse, wa - Tan legumes known for their quick-cooking nature and high protein content. They have a nutty flavor profile with a creamy, but firm texture. Try this Classic Spanish Lentil Soup Recipe - one of our favorites!
WILD CAUGHT ALASKAN SALMON | wild sockeye fillet + salmon spread - 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 | spare ribs - ramstead ranch, ione, wa - Berkshire pork is incredibly juicy, has a fantastic flavor, marbles well and is very tender. These pigs live outdoors in diverse pastures and woodlands where they can root, wallow, and lounge to their hearts' content. They are fed a locally milled, non-GMO grain mixture and they devour excess from the farm garden during the summer months. Visit Ramstead Ranch Recipes here!
GRASS-FED BEEF SHARE | skirt steak OR skirt steak + ground beef (depending on size) - ramstead ranch, ione, wa - Ramstead Ranch focuses on raising their herd using regenerative practices and providing a stress-free life. The cows live on pastures, drink clean, spring-fed water, are rotated daily to fresh fields that have not been sprayed, and have access to sun and shade as they choose. Visit Ramstead Ranch Recipes here!
PASTURED CHICKEN SHARE | chicken thighs + drumsticks - 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.