Farm Shop Recipes

Welcome to the Capay Valley Farm Shop Recipes page. You can select recipes by choosing ingredients from the tag cloud on the right or choosing from a category below.


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Salad

Arugula Salad with Mandarins

Categories: Recipes, Salad

’s rich, spicy flavor is complimented well by nuts, citrus and cheesesp>

Ingredients

1/3- 1/2 lb arugula

2 satsuma or other tangerines peeled & sectioned

3 Tbsp walnuts

2 oz feta cheese [...]

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Simple Lemon Dressing

Categories: Recipes, Salad

This simple delicious dressing uses common pantry ingredients, so it’s almost always a good option in a pinchp>

Ingredients

3 Tbsp honey

1 tsp/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/lemon/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Lemon”>lemon zest p>

juice of 1 lemon p>

2 tsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

1/3 C olive oil

Preparation

Combine ingredients in a mason jar or other container with tightly fitting lidp>

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Delicata Squash Salad from “Bi-Rite Market’s Eat Good Food”

Categories: Main, Recipes, Salad

Sam Mogannam and the folks at Bi-Rite generously shared this recipe from Bi-Rite Market’s Eat Good Food cook bookp>

The Peck week of Nov 14, 2011 includes the produce ingredients for this recipep>

Ingredients

11/2 pounds p>

1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 medium squash sup>/2 poundsp>

2 tablespoons minced shallot

2 tablespoons freshly squeezed Read More

Tabouleh

Categories: Recipes, Salad, Side

This recipe is fabulous and simplep>

Ingredients

1 cup raw bulgar wheat

2 cups hot water

1 bunch parlsey, finely chopped

1 bunch , finely chopped

1 onion, diced

3 , chopped

1 medium , quartered and sliced

3/4 c juice

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 oz feta cheese, crumbled p>

Preparation

Pour boiling water over the bulgar [...]

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Plans for Purslane

Categories: Main, Recipes, Salad, Side

may be a new to many of our customers, but those who garden may recognize it as a volunteer that often pops up in the yard/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/purslane/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Purslane”>purslanep>

Preparation

Remove the purslane leaves from the stems and rinse themp>

Simple Recipe Ideas

Use fresh leaves p>

Cook like you would spinach, either steamed, sauteed or stir-fried

Slice and include fresh in an omelet or fritata

Boil briefly and saute with garlic and other [...]

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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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Basic Green Garlic Ideas

Categories: Appetizer, FarmNews, Recipes, Salad

has a subtle, spicy flavor that’s great with pasta dishes, veggies, meat dishes, soups, sauces etc/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/green-garlic/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Green Garlic”>green garlic from end to end/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/green-garlic/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Green Garlic”>green garlic:

Start any cooked dish, such as eggs or soup, by sauteing green garlic before adding other veggies, stock or meat

Finely mince the green garlic to add to salads or salad dressing

Mince the [...]

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Asian Steamed Broccoli with Walnuts

Categories: Recipes, Salad, Side

The marinated mushrooms in the salad are extra delicious– by marinating them for a few minutes, they are essentially cooked/capayvalleyfarmshoptags/broccoli/” class=”st_tag internal_tag” rel=”tag” title=”Posts tagged with Broccoli”>broccoli and separate until you’re ready to serve the saladp>

Ingredients

3 cloves garlic, diced

1/4 cup olive oil

1/2 Tblsp each:  sesame oil, soy sauce, salt, minced ginger

juice of 1/2

1/4 cup white wine or rice vinegar

1lb broccoli

1/4- 1/2 lb [...]

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Roasted Fennel Bulbs

Categories: Recipes, Salad, Side

 This sweet and tangy recipe will compliment a baked chicken dish or your favorite pastap>

Ingredients

1 bulb, quartered with tough ends and greens removed

1/4 cup olive oil

3 Tblsp balsamic vingar

Prepartion

Preheat oven to 400 degreesp>

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