Week of July 23rd
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Mixed Summer Squash - Elithorp Farm, Deer Park, WA - A favorite of summer! This mix includes green zucchini, yellow zucchini, zephyr squash (green+ yellow) and patty pan (squat little guys). Try Chickpeas with Patty Pan and Herby Dressing or Summer Squash and Chickpea Salad.
Fennel - Big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - This funky vegetable has a mild and sweet anise flavor. Add to soups, stews, and salads!
Broccoli - Big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - Broccoli is crunchy with a mild bitterness when raw and sweeter when cooked. Broccoli cheddar soup, broccoli curry, and pasta with roasted broccoli are some of our favorite ways to use these versatile little trees! Pair with strong flavors like garlic, lemon, chili, or sesame.
Pickling/Snacking Cucumbers - Royal Produce, Royal City, WA - *crunch, crunch, crunch* This cucumber variety is made for snacking and pickling.
Arctic Glo Nectarines - Big Sage Organics, Othello, 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!
OR Redhaven or Blazing Star Peaches - CLS Farms, Moxee, WA - Take a juicy bite out of the first peaches of the season!! Leave these peaches on the counter until they're ripe - the top of the peach near the stem should give a bit when it's perfectly ready. Redhaven and Blazing Star are both freestone varieties, meaning their pit is easily removed from the flesh!
Red or Green Kale - Lilac City Farm, Spokane Valley, WA and big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - Kale is a tasty and nutritious green with a earthy and bittersweet flavor. It has high levels of fiber, antioxidants, calcium, vitamins C and K, and iron. Massaging or cooking these greens breaks down their texture, making them sweeter and easier to digest. Kale is choice for a hearty salad, kale chips, smoothies or soup.
OR Small Green Cabbage - Big Sage Organics, Othello, WA - Crunchy cabbage for slaws, roasts, and sautees. Green cabbage has a mild and gentle flavor relative to its red counterpart.
Mixed Variety Lettuce Heads - Ronnigers Organics, Moyie Springs, ID - Fresh, organically grown heads of lettuce for your summer salads. Varieties will include romaine, red butterhead, green butterhead, red crisp, and green crisp lettuce.
*contents subject to change due to variability of local harvesting
ROTATING ADD-ONS
ARTISAN CHEESE | mozzarella - Fior di Latte, or "blossom of milk" translated in English, is a fresh, whole milk low moisture mozzarella with a delicate flavor and texture. We make ours the old fashioned way using Italian cultures instead of vinegar to give you the full mozzarella flavor that this well-known cheese deserves. Makes a yummy caprese salad, grilled cheese, quesadilla, frittata, or whatever your imagination desires.
INW FRUIT | montmorency tart cherries - tonnemaker hill farm, royal city, wa - Goldrich apricots are beautifully golden with sweet and juicy fruit. Great for snacking, freezing, baking, preserving, and drying. The subtle tartness and complex flavors of apricots set them apart from ultra-sweet peaches!
DRIED FRUIT | granny smith apple chips - 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!
GRASS-FED BEEF SHARE | grass-fed and grass-finished beef - 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!
HERITAGE PORK SHARE grass-fed and grass-finished heritage pork - 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. See Ramstead Ranch’s Recipes here!
PASTURED CHICKEN SHARE | whole chickens - osprey hill farm, acme, wa - This organic, pasture raised chicken is some of the highest quality, most sustainable, and best tasting chicken you can find. Our decision to raise animals for meat isn’t taken lightly. We value our animals and view our production as a symbiotic relationship. It’s a philosophy of respect that provides animals on our farm with the natural environment, housing, and optimal diet they need to engage in essential instinctive behaviors. In the end, nothing goes to waste. We sell meat, bones, and giblets and all the other products of the meat harvest are returned to the soil after a long process of composting
WILD CAUGHT ALASKAN SALMON | 1 filet + 1 smoked portion - 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.
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.