The organic shallots in this week’s Dogma Box come from Emylou Farm, a family-owned organic farm that’s been a member of the Deep Root Organic Coop for several years.
Though shallots look kind of like oversized garlic cloves, they are actually more similar to a white or yellow onion. While you can use an onion in place of a shallot, if a recipe calls specifically for a shallot, it’s for a good reason.
Shallots are generally sweeter than onions and pack a lot of flavor in a small space without the acidic bite of a fresh onion. They also have a slightly softer texture, which allows them to incorporate more smoothly into soups and sauces.
Locavore Recipe of the Week
One of our favorite things to do with organic kohlrabi in the winter is to shred it into a crunchy slaw. We especially love this recipe for Purple Slaw, and we’re in luck because Red Fire Farm is bringing us a few heads of red cabbage and big bulbs of purple kohlrabi this week!
A food processor or mandoline makes this recipe extremely easy to make, but it’s also entirely possible to shred the vegetables by hand. This Purple Slaw goes great with burgers and sandwiches, but you can also use it in salads, spring rolls and tacos.
This Week’s Local Produce
Parsnips Shallots
Turnips
Golden Beets Forono Beets Carrots
All of the fruits and vegetables we deliver are grown without synthetic pesticides and are USDA certified organic. Interested in receiving produce that’s both organic and locally sourced all year round? Check out our Local Dogma Box.
Similar to a CSA or farm share, our Local Dogma Box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week. It’s the easiest way to eat like a locavore!
Doug Coldwell and Happy Valley Organic’s organic herb production has slowed slightly, but this week we have lots of fresh-cut organic thyme from his solar powered greenhouses in Whately, MA.
This fragrant herb has many medicinal and culinary uses, but it pairs particularly well with the colorful collection of hearty root vegetables that Red Fire Farm and Winter Moon Farm have been growing for us in central Massachusetts.
Locavore Recipe of the Week
This week’s recipe for Roasted Carrot, Parsnip and Potato Soup will warm your bones and fill your bellies. Most soup recipes tell you to boil the vegetables, which creates a richer broth, but ultimately weakens the vegetable’s flavors and lessens their nutritional value.
By roasting the veggies and blending them into the soup, you’ll discover a much richer flavor. It also helps to use a high-quality organic vegetable broth, now available as an add-on through our website!
This Week’s Local Produce
All of the fruits and vegetables we deliver are grown without synthetic pesticides and are USDA certified organic. Interested in receiving produce that’s both organic and locally sourced all year round? Check out our Local Dogma Box.
Similar to a CSA or farm share, our Local Dogma Box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week. It’s the easiest way to eat like a locavore!
It’s no coincidence that all of the ingredients for your traditional Thanksgiving dishes are grown right here in New England.
This time of the year, it’s easy to eat like the pilgrims and cook with all organic fruits and vegetables from local and regional farms.
Picadilly Farm’s sweet potatoes are just begging to be topped with some melted marshmallows and Atlas Farm has all of the potatoes you need to make the creamiest mashed potatoes in New England!
What’s In Season This Week
Beets Red Cabbage Carrots Celeriac Parsnips Potatoes
Watermelon Radishes
Dwight Miller Orchard
(E. Dummerston, VT)
Empire Apples
Spinach
Happy Valley Organics
(Whately, MA)
Mixed Herbs
Porter Farm
(Elba, NY)
Onions
Rutabagas
Sweet Dumpling Squash
Red Fire Farm
(Granby, MA)
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Winter Moon Farm
(Hadley, MA)
Hakurei Turnips
Picadilly Farm
(Winchester, NH)
Sweet Potatoes
Nature’s Circle Farm
(New Limmerick, ME)
Acorn Squash
All of the fruits and vegetables we deliver are grown without synthetic pesticides and are USDA certified organic. Interested in receiving produce that’s both organic and locally sourced all year round? Check out our Local Dogma Box.
Similar to a CSA or farm share, our Local Dogma Box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms and brought right to your door each week. It’s the easiest way to eat like a locavore!
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!
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.
In spite of the wintry mix our farmers faced last weekend, our Dogma Box remains a colorful mix of fall favorites. Crisp lettuce and bok choy complement the crunchy carrots and New England apples.
Atlas Farm’s collection of root veggies are full of flavor and nutrients to keep you healthy as flu season hits. And if you’re already feeling under the weather, there’s no better cure than some gently brewed mint tea with fresh organic mint from Happy Valley Organics.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
(Click links for storage tips and recipe ideas)
- Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Collards – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Celeriac – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Sweet Potatoes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Turnips – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Mint – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Onions – Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
- McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
Our recipe for homemade mint jelly makes use of the natural pectin in Dwight Miller Orchard’s McIntosh apples so you can make this flavorful classic with the local and organic ingredients in you Dogma Box.
Mint jelly is often associated with roasted lamb or chicken, but you can also mix it with yogurt and roasted eggplant, spread it on crackers with cream cheese, or mix it into a cocktail or iced tea!
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.
This week’s Dogma Box is a genuine fall feast! Gideon and his crew at Atlas Farm have been working hard to prepare for the cool weather and it has paid off.
He’s bringing us a variety of peppers, leafy greens and root veggies to enjoy with the fabulous fresh thyme from Happy Valley Organics and the lovely McIntosh apples from Dwight Miller Orchards.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Beets – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Green Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Snacking Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Bok Choy – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Carrots – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Potatoes – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Thyme – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Onions – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
With the first frost coming to western Massachusetts last weekend, this may be the last harvest of bell peppers! Commemorate the end of summer weather with these Sweet Pepper Poppers.
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.
This week’s Local Dogma Box appeals to all five senses – and your common sense. The crunch of Atlas Farm’s crisp bell peppers will ring in your ears while the mix of fresh herbs from Happy Valley Organics tickles your nose.
And though the beta-carotene in the rainbow carrots is known to improve your vision, the vibrant colors of your watermelon radishes are a sight to behold. Pick up a smooth McIntosh apple and enjoy the flavors of fall.
By buying local, you support small farmers and by eating organic you protect the environment. For $29 everything is brought right to your door…it just makes sense.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Collard Greens – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Green Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Snacking Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Mixed Herbs – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Cabbage – Blue Ox Farm (Enfield, NH)
- Carrots – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- Radishes – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- Shallots – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- McIntosh Apples – Dwight Miller Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
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.
It’s extremely difficult to grow organic melons in New England, so the fact that this week’s Dogma Box customers will enjoy fresh organic cantaloupe from Picadilly Farm is a rare treat!
Cantaloupes thrive in warm, nutrient dense soil and require regular watering and weeding throughout the spring and summer months. Picadilly Farm takes particularly great care of their soil, which helps them grow super sweet melons packed with lots of vitamin A and vitamin C.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
Organic tomato growers have had a difficult time this year battling a major outbreak of late blight in New England, so we’re particularly grateful for the grape tomatoes that Joe Czajkowski grew for us on his farm in Hadley, MA.
Vegetarians can enjoy our classic recipe for Roasted Tomato, Basil, and Feta Pasta while omnivores might appreciate the blend of summer flavors in this recipe for Honey-Rosemary Chicken with Grape Tomatoes.
Enjoy your organic cooking, and check back next week to see what’s fresh and in season with our Local Dogma Box!
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 each week.
We packed so much colorful organic deliciousness into this week’s Dogma Box! We’re featuring red potatoes and dandelion greens from MA, rainbow carrots from VT, and wild blueberries from ME.
The best thing, though, is that all these local organic goodies are brought right to your door each week for just $29.
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
We have so many great summer recipes on our website to help you use all of the ingredients in your Dogma Box. If you love summer sweet corn but don’t have a grill, we recommend you try this recipe for Caramelized Corn with Sage and Onions.
You can also grab a loaf of Nashoba Brook Bakery’s Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread and try this recipe for Bruschetta with Smashed Beans, Sage, and Kale.
Enjoy your organic cooking, and check back next week to see what’s fresh and in season with our Local Dogma Box!
Our 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 each week.
It’s hard to believe so many delicious fruits and vegetables are grown organically right here in New England! If you visited Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley this week you’d find beautiful fields of corn, peppers, mint, scallions and kale.
Don’t have time to visit the farms yourself? Boston Organics brings all the amazing farm-fresh goodness directly to your door!
This week’s Dogma Box contains:
- Bell Peppers – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Blueberries – Dwight Miller Orchards (Dummerston, VT)
- Corn – Lakeside Organics (Hadley, MA)
- Mint – Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
- Radishes – Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
- Scallions – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Sprouts – Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
- Kale – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
- Lettuce – Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
Not sure what to make with sprouts or looking for the best kale recipe? We’ve got you covered! Our Kale and Fresh Mint Salad with Spicy Peanut Dressing is packed with plenty of protein and is the perfect combination of salty, sweet, crunchy, and tasty.