Farm Shop Recipes

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Relishes & Slaws

What to do with Pesto

Categories: Recipes, Relishes & Slaws

Basil only grows in the summer, so you may find you’ve got more Basil than you know what to do withp>

Spread pesto on any sandwichli>
Pesto burgers! Top your favorite burger with pesto, or add the pesto to ground meat li>
Mash 3/4 c pesto with 4Tbsp butter and brush on corn, serve on baked or potatoes,  or toss with lightly steamed vegetables
Use pesto as the dressing for chicken, potato or tuna saladli>
Layer it into lasagna or use it as the primary [...]

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Middle Eastern Carrot Fennel Slaw

Categories: Recipes, Relishes & Slaws, Salad

The coriander and juice combine in this salad to lend it a spicy, middle-eastern flavorp>

Ingredients

1 large or 2 small bulbs , trimmed and thinly sliced

4 , peeled and thinly sliced

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil p>

3/4 tsp ground coriander

1/4 tsp salt

Preparation

Toss sliced carrots and fennel>

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Raw Carrot Onion Salad

Categories: FarmNews, Recipes, Relishes & Slaws, Salad

This recipe is delicious when it’s fresh and also ages well over night, when the juice has had a chance to soak inspring onions work great as wellp>

Ingredients

3 , grated

1/2 small onion, diced OR 1 fresh onion, greens and all, chopped

1 Tblsp olive oil

1/2 tsp lemon zest, grated

1/2 tsp lemon juice

salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

In a bowl, toss the carrots, onion, lemon juice [...]

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Carrot Beet Salad

Categories: Recipes, Relishes & Slaws, Salad, Side

I used to make this recipe with school kids and they adored it shred or squeeze lemons/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/apples/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Apples”>apples, and in salad is surprisingp>

Ingredients

2 medium p>

4 large carrots, shredded

2 apples, shredded

1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped p>

3 Tblsp juice

3 Tblsp [...]

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Red Cabbage Slaw

Categories: Recipes, Relishes & Slaws, Salad

Ingredients

1 head red
1 red daikon
1/2
1/2 bunch
extra virgin olive oil li>
salt & pepper

Preparation

Remove leaves from red cabbage cutting out any thick stemli>
Generously salt cabbageli>
Peel and grate red daikonli>
Add 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice plus zest from the rindli>
Generously drizzle with olive oilli>
Add salt,  pepper, lemon, or oil to tasteli>

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