Week of May 14th
LINC BOX - TUESday - Friday
half shares + base shares + large shares
Pea Shoots - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - Pea shoots are the baby version of garden pea plants. Their tender leaves and shoots have a taste similar to the sweetness and freshness of peas! Add them to a fresh lemon pasta dish or in this recipe for Stir Fried Pea Shoots with Garlic.
Asparagus - Tonnemaker Hill Farm, 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!
Little Gem Lettuce - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - A cute and small variety of green romaine lettuce, perfect for a 1-2 servings of one of the best tasting lettuce salads. Little Gem Lettuce is more heat tolerant than other lettuces, making it perfect for growing the hot days of summer!
Leeks - Hedlin Farm, La Conner, 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!
Bok Choy - Springtime Farm, Everson, WA and Ralph’s Greenhouse, Mt. Vernon, WA - Bok choy are the most darling of vegetables 🥺 They're a type of Chinese cabbage that has a flavor similar to spinach. Try this Garlicy Bok Choy recipe or our Black Pepper, Tofu, and Boy Choy LINC Box Recipe!
Salad Turnips - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - Hakurei, or Japanese salad turnips, are sweet and crisp when raw or buttery and smooth when cooked. Add them to a salad like radishes or roast them with miso and ginger!
OR Red Radishes - Full Bushel Farm, Medical Lake, WA - Try sliced radishes with butter and salt! We also enjoy pickling these fresh radishes for tacos, or this LINC Box Bahn Mi Recipe.
*contents subject to change due to variability of local harvesting
ROTATING ADD-ONS
DRIED FRUIT | red 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 red delicious apple!
ARTISAN BREAD |
TUESDAY - rind and wheat, spokane, wa - country french - This traditional French Country loaf will be a mainstay at your table. From roasted meats, and pastas to toast and sandwiches, you won’t go wrong bringing a loaf of this home.
WEDNESDAY - mak bread, coeur d’alene, id - seeded wheat - 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 - purple egyptian - Our most popular loaf - a clean sourdough loaf with rehydrated Purple Egyptian Malt leaving delicious, sweet pockets throughout the loaf. Naturally leavened Sourdough. -or- sprouted rye - A unique and flavorful loaf accented by spicy sprouted rye berries. 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 | orca beans - central bean co, quincy, wa - Orca beans are an heirloom variety from Mexico but are very rare in the U.S. They’re great beans for thick soup or with rice. AND black beans - palouse brand, palouse, wa - We sourced these beautiful black beans from a Washington family farm as they represent the flavors and quality of the Pacific Northwest. Black Beans have a dense and meaty texture that hold their shape when cooked. Dry black beans cook in 45 minutes, with no soaking required. If you are looking for shorter cook time, you can soak them first.
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 breast + wings - 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.