Violetta Italia

Box#7 July 15th & July 19th

      Purple cauliflower is a beautiful sight to behold. Violetta Italia, is the variety's name to be exact. We certainly haven't perfected the art of growing cauliflower, but the beauty of this one keeps us coming back. Each cauliflower plant occupies about two square feet in the garden for two and a half months and produces a single cauliflower head. Ours didn't size up too big this year, so we'll have to figure that out next time around. This cauliflower turns green when cooked and also has high levels of anthocyanin, a flavanoid that contributes to good health. We hope you all enjoy this slow growing garden gem.

Box #7
a medium bag of lettuce
a violetta italia cauliflower
a bunch of carrots
2 bunches of kale
2 dragons egg cucumbers
    or 1 Armenian cucumber

Recipe Ideas
        The truth is we've been eating a lot of veggies raw or in some sort of salad, or very lightly steamed in a bit of water with butter and salt.
          In light of that, I'll share with you the yummy salad dressing I made today.
I didn't measure any of this and I encourage you to approximate too.
1/4 cup sesame oil, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, a tablespoon of honey, 2 tablespoons tamari/soy sauce, 2 tablespoons tahini, lions mane mushroom powder, and finely chopped garlic. Stir well or shake and serve. Lions mane mushroom powder is definitely optional but it adds a savory mushroom flavor and is very nourishing to the nervous system. We keep it on our spice rack and add it to many dishes for its healing properties.

The garlic bounty is still curing. It'll be in boxes soon though!

Remember that carrot tops make good soup stock!  :)