Fruity Curry Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cooked and diced 1 stalk celery, diced 4 green onions, chopped 1  apple - peeled, cored and diced

1/3 cup golden raisins 1/3 cup seedless green grapes, halved 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 3/4 cup light mayonnaise

Directions:

1.	In a large bowl combine the chicken, celery, onion, apple, raisins, grapes, pecans, pepper, curry powder and mayonnaise. Mix all together. Serve! Recipe from: All Recipes

Cream of Celery Soup

Ingredients:

3 quarts chicken stock 3 pounds celery, coarsely chopped 1/2 pound carrots, julienned 1/2 pound onions, chopped 1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon ground  pepper 3 quarts hot milk 1 cup margarine

Directions:

1.	Pour the chicken stock into a large pot, and bring to a boil. Add the celery, carrots and onion to the pot.
2.	Whisk together the flour, salt, pepper, and milk; add to the pot along with the margarine.
3.	Boil for 10 minutes, then strain out the vegetables by pouring through a sieve, or if the vegetables are large enough, a colander may be used. Recipe from: All Recipes

Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients

• 2 pounds sweet potatoes, about 3 large ones
• 1/4 cup olive or other vegetable oil
• 1-2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp salt
• 1-2 Tbsp spice or spice combination of your choice: chipotle powder, smoked paprika, Chinese five-spice, pumpkin pie spice, garam masala, Cajun seasoning, etc.

Method

1 Preheat oven to 450°F. (For more crispiness, preheat your oven to 500°F.)
2 Peel the sweet potatoes and cut off the ends. Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and then, if they are very long, in half crosswise. Cut each piece into wedges. Alternately, you can slice the peeled sweet potato into disks either with a mandoline or a sharp knife.
3 Put the sweet potatoes into a large bowl and add the oil. Mix well to combine. Sprinkle with salt, sugar and spices of your choice. Use your hands to mix well, so all pieces are coated with oil and spices.
 
4 Spread the sweet potatoes out in a single layer on a baking sheet; the oil they are coated with should keep them from sticking to the pan. If you are trying to cut fat, reduce the oil to 2 Tbsp and use a non-stick coating on the baking sheet. (Note: a commenter has recommended putting them on a wire cooling rack on top of a baking sheet, so that the oven air circulates around the sweet potato pieces and you don't have to turn them in the next step. Another commenter recommends preheating the baking sheet, to help the fries get crisp.)
5 Bake for a total of 25 to 30 minutes. After the first 15 minutes, remove the baking sheet from the oven and turn over all of the sweet potato pieces. Return to the oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes, or until they are well browned. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe from: Simply Recipes

October 17 & 19 CSA Boxes

Hello everyone!

We thought we would switch things up a bit in your box this week. We have lots of great new additions including celery and sweet potatoes.

Here is a total inventory of your boxes:

HALF SHARE
2	mutsu apples
2	jonagold apples
half pint	blackberries
2	yellow onions
2	sweet potatoes
bunch	celery
bunch	red carrots
bag	baby spinach

FULL SHARE
4	mutsu apples
4	jonagold apples
2 half pints	blackberries
2	yellow onions
4	sweet potatoes
bunch	celery
bunch	red carrots
bag	baby spinach
1	cheese pumpkin

Have a great week everyone :)

October 10 & 12 CSA Update

Good Morning Everyone!

Here is a short update on your CSA shares this week.

Your acorn squash is either the traditional green color......

 Or the speckled color called "Festival". Both have the same flavor only with different coloring.

 Your apple this week is a Snow Sweet. It is sweet yet slightly tart. It has a bright white flesh and is slow to brown so it makes a great addition to fresh salads.

Your lettuce is a green leaf lettuce.

 Full shares have an additional apple variety called "Gibson Golden". It is sweet and juicy and a perfect size for kids.

Beer Mashed Cauliflower

Check out this scrumptious recipe from Nosh My Way. She has a ton of creative recipes that are both healthy and delicious.

This particular one is great for your cauliflower this week:

Beer Mashed Cauliflower

Apple Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Ingredients

Crumb Topping
• 1 cup AP flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 and 1/4 tsp. teaspoons ground cinnamon
• pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 3.5 ounces (7 Tablespoons) unsalted butter-melted
Apple Cake
• 5 ounces unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 1 and 1/2 cups AP flour
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp. fresh grated nutmeg
• 1&1/4 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup diced apple

Instructions

Crumb Topping
1. Mix all dry ingredients together in bowl.
2. Pour in melted butter and mix together with a fork making sure everyone gets coated. Set aside.
Apple Cake
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray an 8x8" square pan with non-stick and line with parchment.
4. Cream butter and sugars till light and fluffy.
5. Mix in eggs and vanilla.
6. Alternate adding dries and sour cream starting and ending with dries.
7. Stir in diced apples and pour batter into prepared pan. Even it out with a spatula if needed.
8. Top with crumb topping and bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes till toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Recipe from: Buttercream Blondie