Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.
The organic cranberry growers on Cape Cod have struggled to respond to this fall’s particularly difficult weather patterns, but this week you’ll find beautiful organic cranberries in your box — packaged in Jonathan’s Sprouts’ elegant new bags!
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
(Click links for storage tips and recipe ideas)
- Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Bok Choy – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Parsnips – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Thyme – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Cranberries – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)
- Acorn Squash – Nature’s Circle Farm (New Limerick, ME)
- Onions – Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
- McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
Our Slightly Spicy Beet and Apple Salad is the perfect recipe for this week’s Local Dogma Box.
The dressing, made with apple-cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, and horseradish, complements the natural flavors of Atlas Farm’s roasted beets. Throw in a few sprigs of fresh organic thyme into the mix to bring it all together!
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Our Local Dogma Box includes organic fruits and vegetables sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week.
There is so much amazing organic produce in this week’s Local Dogma Box that it’s hard to know where to begin. Atlas Farm has an incredible fall harvest of leafy greens and root veggies, and the fresh basil from Happy Valley Organics is out of this world.
But the real showstoppers are the local organic cranberries from Jonathan’s Sprouts (formerly Joanthan’s Organic). Harvested from a network of small organic bogs on Cape Cod, these are the freshest cranberries you can find.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Arugula – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Chard – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Kohlrabi – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Turnips – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Basil – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Onions – Porter Farm (Elba, NY)
- Cranberries – Jonathan’s Sprouts (Rochester, MA)
Not familiar with that strange bulbous root in your box? That’s probably kohlrabi, a descendant of wild cabbage and a very versatile vegetable. Here are 5 ways to cook kohlrabi, plus a special recipe for this week’s Dogma Box customers: Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Kohlrabi and Basil.
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
It might seem strange at first glance, but celebrating Hanukkah and Thanksgiving together makes a lot of sense.
Sure, this is the first time that the two holidays have overlapped since President Roosevelt formalized the official date for Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November. And it’s true that the two holidays won’t coincide again for another 70,000 years. The popularized “Thanksgivukkah” portmanteau seems a bit forced, but let’s face it – each of these holidays has amazing traditional food.
It wouldn’t feel like Thanksgiving without some fall-colored squashes or roasted root vegetables, and it wouldn’t feel like Hanukkah without something (everything) fried in oil. Thanksgiving and Hanukkah go together like……well, turkey and gravy or latkes and applesauce.
We’ve compiled a few recipes that will help you make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate Thanksgivukkah!
Recipes:
- Cranberry Applesauce: If you want to embrace the “melting pot” of American culture and celebrate this historic Thanksgivukkah correctly, throw some cranberries and apples into a melting pot and make this flavorful Cranberry Applesauce to go next to your turkey. Made with Manischewitz wine, this condiment goes great on latkes too!
- Sweet Potato Latkes: Speaking of latkes, if you want to add a little Thanksgiving flair to your traditional Hanukkah dish, try these Sweet Potato Latkes. They’ll flip your potato-pancake’s world upside down.
- Horseradish Mashed Potatoes: Spice up your classic mashed potatoes to make them more appropriate for the Thanksgivukkah festivities. These Horseradish Mashed Potatoes give you all the creamy goodness of the timeless side dish with a little extra kick for the double holiday.
Shabbanukkah:
Hanukkah and Shabbat coincide this year – just as it does every year – but no one else seems to be talking about “Shabbanukkah.” Maybe that’s because we just made it up. Shabbat means plenty of challah (a traditional braided bread eaten with the Sabbath meal on Friday nights), and challah makes the perfect addition to any stuffing recipe.
- Cranberry Orange Challah: If you’re feeling extra adventurous, we also found a recipe for Cranberry Orange Challah, but we haven’t tested it out yet. It may take a little time to make, but the result looks pretty darn good.
If you make any of these recipes, we’d love to know how they turn out! Here are some ways to challah at us: email us a picture, tweet it @BostonOrganics, share it on Instagram (@BostonOrganics), or post it to our Facebook page. Also, check out our Thanksgivukkah Pinterest Board for more ideas and recipes.
Have a happy Thanksgiving, a joyous Hanukkah, and a very filling Thanksgivukkah!
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Our Dogma Box includes produce sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms.
This week’s Dogma Box has the delicious flavors of beets, cranberries, and dill! It’s wonderful to see this variety of seasonal produce so close to Boston.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Dill – Happy Valley Organics (Hadley, MA)
- Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Potatoes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Dandelion Greens – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Cranberries – Jonathan’s Organics (Rochester, MA)
- Daikon Radishes – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- Spencer Apples – Hutchins Farm (Concord, MA)
- Rutabagas – Blue Ox Farm (Enfield, NH)
As we make our way through fall, check back to see the changes in our weekly lineup of seasonal produce!
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Photo By: Deb Perelman
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, we’ve been daydreaming about all the wholesome dishes we can make with this season’s produce.
We put our heads together and planned out a menu with starters, sides, and desserts that you and your family can make with the produce in your boxes next week!
Starters:
Sides:
Desserts:
- Chocolate beet brownies
- Cranberry upside-down cake (see above photo)
Stay tuned for our Thanksgiving Recipe Photo contest! We are looking for seasonally stunning photos of Thanksgiving dishes you and your family have prepared with Boston Organic produce.
Happy holidays from your friends at Boston Organics!
Monday, November 12th, 2012
Thanksgiving is next week! We’ve got plenty of great fall produce going out in boxes this week, including cranberries, potatoes, beets, acorn squash, and carrots. The featured add-on of the week is crimini mushrooms, and we have a variety of Thanksgiving add-ons to choose from. Check out this week’s newsletter!
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Happy Food Day (week) from your friends at Boston Organics! This week brings pie pumpkin add-ons, Massachusetts cranberries, parsnips, turnips, kohlrabi, red potatoes, and delicata squash. We’ve also got lots of tasty and comforting recipes to help you get familiar with some of these lesser-known veggies. Check out the newsletter!
Monday, October 15th, 2012
Cranberry season is here! We’ve got 8oz bags of fresh organic cranberries going out in boxes for the next few weeks from local MA cranberry growers. Other fall produce for this week includes Carnival squash, sweet potatoes, rosemary, kale, beets, and more. We’ve also added organic olive oil and canola oil to our add-on grocery selection! Check out the newsletter!
Monday, October 18th, 2010
We’ve got Jonagold & Spencer apples from Hutchins Farm in Concord and, Cape Cod Cranberries and Pie Pumpkins in almost every box! Check out this week’s very seasonal Newsletter.