Hello Folks! We finally did it – we set a date for the farm tour! We hope you can join us on Sunday, September 11 for a Pekarek’s Produce Farm Tour. The tour will run from 2 – 5 pm. We will have hay rack rides leaving from the packing shed at 2:20 andContinue reading “Week 12 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA 2016”
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Week 11 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA 2016
Hello Folks! This week we have been having some “fun” with machines. We have two four wheelers on the farm that are essential to all of our humdrum daily operations like picking squash, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, and almost anything with a small crew. We also use them for pulling trailers, using small equipment andContinue reading “Week 11 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA 2016”
4-Ingredient Guacamole with Tomato
Alice over at cookitquick.org shared another recipe using those tasty Pekarek’s Produce tomatoes. Check out the 4-ingredient guacamole recipe. Ingredients 2 ripe avocados 1/4 teaspoon powdered cumin Dash of cayenne pepper 1 ripe tomato, diced Salt (if desired) Directions Mash avocado with potato masher, pastry blender or fork. I like to keep the mashed avocadoContinue reading “4-Ingredient Guacamole with Tomato”
Week 10 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA
Hello Folks! I made it back safely from Arkansas and Ryan survived a full week on his own. I’m not totally certain that, given his 6 am to 10 pm work schedule, he would have noticed we were gone if it weren’t for the CSA J I’ve had several reports that everything ran smoothly withContinue reading “Week 10 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA”
Storing Your Tomatoes
How do you store your tomatoes? The Florida Tomato Commission recommends storing tomatoes with their stem end up as this is the softest part of the tomato. Store tomatoes out of direct sunlight at room temperature for the best flavor and so they ripen evenly. Once tomatoes have ripened, prolong their freshness by storing themContinue reading “Storing Your Tomatoes”
Cheesy Zucchini?
What happens when you cook zucchini and then you make it cheesy? Winner winner – zucchini dinner! Get the recipe from cookitquick.org
Salad with Pan-Roasted Corn
Pan-roasted sweet corn adds texture, color and taste to salads. Check out cookitquick.org for a quick and simple way to make this tasty salad!
Sautéed Eggplant
Eggplant is one of those foods that makes some people a little nervous. But don’t sweat it – eggplant is easy to work with! Many people love to bread it and fry it or turn it into eggplant parmesan. But I’m a simple girl and I just love it sautéed! My kids eat it thisContinue reading “Sautéed Eggplant”
Week 8 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA
Hello Folks! The hot summer sun has been brutal on our tender vegetables – and our people too. We’ve had as much sun and blistering heat this year as any year since we’ve began growing vegetables. We’ve gone to an earlier start in the mornings to try to avoid some of the heat for theContinue reading “Week 8 – Pekarek’s Produce CSA”
Yellow Squash revisited…
It seems that in Nebraska we are all very familiar with our friend the zucchini – although we may not always spell it correctly. However, one of its relatives – the yellow squash – is grossly under used. Summer squash is a term for squash that is harvested at a tender, immature stage. It hasContinue reading “Yellow Squash revisited…”