SEASONAL RECIPES

Vegetable of the Week - Tomatoes
Fruit of the Week - Blackberries
Harvest Week - July 15th - 21st 2007

Paella (serves 4)

Helpful Information:
Type of Recipe: Main Dish
Prep Tool: Stovetop

Ingredients:

1 pound FARMER JOHN'S Hot Louisiana Brand Premium Smoked Sausage

3 large Tomatoes peeled and cut into wedges

1/2 teaspoon Saffron

1 cup Long-grain Rice

4 teaspoons Salt

4 tablespoons fresh Lime Juice

2 tablespoons fresh Orange Juice

2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 small clove Garlic minced

1/4 teaspoon Pepper freshly ground

1 teaspoon ground Cumin

1 pound cleaned Shellfish (clams, shrimp or mussels)

1 1/2 cups Cherry Tomatoes quartered and seeded

3 stalks Celery diced

1/4 cup tightly-packed Cilantro Leaves, roughly chopped

Directions:

1. In a wide frying pan over medium heat, brown the Farmer John® sausage. Discard drippings, add garlic, tomatoes, water, 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper. Simmer uncovered for twenty minutes
2. Crumble safron into 2 cups of cold water in a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Stir in rice and 1 teaspoon of salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until rice is tender (12 to 15 minutes). Remove from heat and let stand covered, for 10 minutes. Fluff rice and transfer to a bowl to cool.
3. Whisk together lime nad orange juices, olive oil, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper and cumin. Pour over cooled rice and mix to combine.
4. Skim accumulated fat off simmering meat mixture. Mix with shellfish and rice. Serve immediately.

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Cantaloupe and Tomato Salad with Mint

Ingredients

1/2 small cantaloupe, balled or cut in 1-inch pieces (about 1 cup)
2 small tomatoes, cut into thin wedges (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced (about 1 cup)
1 large celery rib, diced (about 3/4 cup)
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup chopped fresh mint, plus more for garnish
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons honey
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Combine the cantaloupe, tomatoes, cucumber and celery in a large salad bowl.
2. Whisk yogurt, mint, vinegar, honey and lemon juice in a small bowl. Pour about half over salad and toss until well combined. Add more dressing according to your taste. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with mint leaves. Serves 4.

Recipe adapted from Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, www.gibbs-smith.com, 2006), "Relish the American Farmer," August 2006.

 

Forces in Food
If one needs to stimulate one's thinking then one should use especially the salty stimulant of the radish for instance. If someone is not very active in the head it is good for him to add some radish to his food which will activate his thoughts a little. So you see the strange fact emerges: One can say radishes stimulate thinking. And one does not even need to be very active oneself, the thoughts simply come when one eats radishes -- such strong thoughts that they even generate powerful dreams.
-- Rudolf Steiner, from Nutrition and Stimulants

[ Excerpted from Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables: Seasonal Recipes and Stories from a Community Supported Farm by Farmer John Peterson & Angelic Organics (Gibbs Smith Publisher). Check with your local farm or bookstore for availability. Additional recipes, charts, indvidual copies of this book, and quantity discounts available at www.AngelicOrganics.com/cookbook.]