Week of August 14th

LINC BOX - Tuesday

half share + base share + large share

Yellow Nectarines - Tonnemaker Hill Farm, Royal City, WA - Enjoy this summer stone fruit with a SUPER short peak season! Nectarines are actually a smooth-skinned variety of peach with an extra sweet zing.

Heriloom Tomatoes- Frog Hollow Farm, Walla Walla, WA - This versatile fruit can top your favorite salad, be the base of a soup or sauce, or give any dish a delicious summer flare. Try this Homemade Salsa, Tomato Basil Bruchetta, or my favorite during this heat wave... a Caprese Salad!

Mixed Sweet Peppers - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - A delicious treat! Perfect for an on the go snack or summer veggie platter. Pair with our Late Summer Seven Layer Dip, or our INW Hummus LINC Box Recipes and you have the ultimate party dish!

Purple Eggplant - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - Eggplant has a flavor similar to summer squash or zucchini! These pretty purples are tender, mild, and sweet, and will absorb the flavor of whatever it's cooked with. Try our Fresh Tomato and Eggplant Pasta Sauce and Fresh Eggplant Baba Ghanoush from our LINC Box Recipes Blog!

Red Cabbage - Big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - Great base for slaw, roasting, or soup! Try this Roasted Cabbage with Walnuts and Parmesan recipe from The Smitten Kitchen, or as a topping in our LINC Box Bahn Mi Recipe!

Music Garlic - Dogwild Farm, Spokane WA - Music garlic offers a flavor that ranges from spicy when raw to a hot and aromatic, true gourmet garlic flavor when cooked, and is considered to be the choice garlic of garlic lovers. A staple in a chef's kitchen, It's the perfect addition to soups, sauces, stir fries, marinades, rubs, dips and other recipes. Try it in our Trumpet Mushroom Pasta Sauce, our Chiles Rellenos, or our Fresh Gazpacho from our LINC Box Recipe Blog!

LINC BOX - Wednesday - Friday

half shares + base shares + large shares

or Green Bell Peppers - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - Did you know that green bell peppers are simply unripe red bell peppers? These Stuffed Green Bell Peppers will be your next go-to easy, weeknight meal!

New Potatoes - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - These freshly harvested, young potatoes are d-lish!. They are the same varieties as their larger counterparts, but are harvested earlier in the season when they are sweet than their older counterparts. Also, because these potatoes are harvested young, their skins are tender and flaky - the perfect consistancy for any recipe!

or Banana Fingerling Potatoes - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - These small, long potatoes are perfect for roasting. This heirloom variety is fluffy, nutty, and buttery when cooked!

Yellow Nectarines - Tonnemaker Hill Farm, Royal City, WA or OPMA, Okanogan, WA- Enjoy this summer stone fruit with a SUPER short peak season! Nectarines are actually a smooth-skinned variety of peach with an extra sweet zing.

Garlic - Lilac City Harvest, Spokane, WA or Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - The beginning of any delicious dish! Try it in our Trumpet Mushroom Pasta Sauce, our Chiles Rellenos, or our Fresh Gazpacho from our LINC Box Recipe Blog, or check out this list of 14 recipes for "Garlicky Good Dinners"!

Kale - Big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - A favorite for salads, kale chips, soups, and smoothies. Enjoy in one of our LINC Box Recipes - Kale Salad with Balsalmic Shallot Vinegarette, Kale + Crispy Chickpea Salad, Kale and Golden Beet Salad, or our favorite during these summer months, our Avocado Kale Salad recipe!

ROTATING ADD-ONS

INW FRUIT | strawberries - J&J Produce, prosser, wa - Jake and Jesus at J&J Produce hope to share with customers how delicious strawberries can truly be. "The large scale centralized strawberry production system shortchanges customers in both measurable and immeasurable ways. Most people haven't eaten a fully ripe strawberry in their life, which is a wrong we are trying to right." Try our Strawberry Slushies or Rhubarb Shrub LINC Box recipes! -and- plums - big sage organics, othello, wa - There's nothing quite like a juicy plum! Plums have an edible, smooth skin, juicy flesh, and a hard pit in the middle. It's a sweet fruit, and is slightly close in taste to apricot. The skin of the plum has a tartness to it, making the fruit taste sweet and sour.

ARTISAN BREAD | TUES | seeded wheat - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id | WED - FRI | 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.

FRESH CUT HERBS | 3 herb bundle - the corner farm, spokane, wa - Enjoy this 3 herb bundle of rosemary, oregano, and triple curl parsley. Check out our LINC Recipe blog for endless possibilities with these three showstoppers.

ARTISAN CHEESE | orchard blue - brush creek creamery, deary, id - Semi-Firm Texture with a Tangy, Blue Flavor. The creamy texture of our blue cheese, is like none elsewhere. We dip the newly-made wheels in our own apple cider daily for 3 days. This 2-3 month-old, raw cow milk cheese has a moist yet semi-firm texture and finishes with a tangy, blue flavor. This cheese won first place in all of North America.

PLANT PROTEIN | golden lentils - palouse brand, palouse, wa - Golden lentils display a beautiful golden color and cook in just 20 minutes with no prior soaking needed. These lentils have a delicious honey and citrus flavor and their texture allows them to puree well. Golden lentil recipes like golden lentil curry and yellow lentil dal will be a great addition to your meal rotations. We love the versatility that comes with these gorgeous petite golden lentils.

WILD CAUGHT ALASKAN SALMON | wild sockeye 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 | grass-fed and grass-finished heritage pork - scabland farm, davenport, 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 | grass-fed and grass-finished 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!

LINC FoodsAugust 11, 2023Comment