After volunteering a few times at Brooklyn Grange, the most incredible rooftop farm in Brooklyn, we've paired up to give the farm's CSA members recipes with their basket each week. If you've ever belonged to a CSA you know that half the time it's hard to even identify what you've received that week- that's where I come in to show you how to use the ingredients you haven't worked with before! I'll be posting each week's recipes and a few pictures on how to get through them. If you belong to the CSA and have more questions about what to do with what The Grange is dishing out that week- give me a shout!
The farm is absolutely gorgeous! It's right over the bridge in Long Island City on top of a mostly unoccupied warehouse with stunning views of Manhattan. It farm stretches the entire roof with beds sprawling across like rainbows of different vegetables and herbs. It's really incredible to see a sanctuary of growth in the middle of this city.
Right before spring, Erik and I helped build the greenhouse to protect the veggies at the start of the season.
Getting creative latching the cover together.
Squiggle wire!
Elise and I hoeing away! We learned the hard way that it takes 3 people, 2 hours, and unbearably sore arms just to turn one bed to get it ready for planting.
Brooklyn Grange's website posts all their open volunteer days and if you ever get a chance, you should really get your hands in the dirt over there- until then, have fun with your CSA basket.
Here's the first of many issues of Flavor of the Week!
Raw Kale Salad
Cut your garlic and shallot up as finely as you can- they are pretty harsh to bite into raw, so you're looking for just a hint of them in the dressing, not chunks.
Try making a paste with the garlic before adding it to the dressing. Using the back of a knife, press the garlic with course salt back and forth on the cutting board until it becomes pastey- then whisk it in with your dressing.
Try to get your kale into small ribbons...
Mix it up- you're done!
First Signs of Summer Cocktail
Lavender is super strong, so when you make this drink- follow the recipe closely or the simple syrup with have a soapy taste.
This recipe makes more than you need for the drinks and the simple syrup will hold in your fridge for awhile- save it for next weekends drinks!
My favorite summer drink is also my favorite popsicle- I froze my batch with some crushed blueberries for gin, lavender and blueberry popsicles. After a hot bike ride home, these are amazing!! They'd work with any fruit- I just saw some beautiful strawberries at the market today, throw a handful of those in instead, either way, it's going to be delicious.
Happy first CSA- let summer begin!
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