One Pan to Rule them All.

Hello!

Welcome back, we missed you! We thank you for your patience with us as we took the past week off to spend time with family and give our amazing team a moment to breathe.

We hope you enjoyed the holiday with delicious provisions and passable time with Family with minimal quarrels about sports and politics. 

We also want to send a nod and some love to folks for whom the holidays, these in particular, are a time marbled with joy and sadness. Maybe the missing of someone, the sadness of time passing have you not feeling so joyful.  We started taking this week off when my father passed two years ago when Family Dinner was just a baby. It's been a bittersweet season since and we appreciate the time and space to reflect, to be sad and to let food and laughter heal what ails us.

All that said, we have some fun goods in store for this week. Steak from Tad, tomatoes to make you dream of summer and a soapbox sermon about the merits of cast iron pans. 

We hope you enjoy.

Erin, Tim and Frank the Dog

NOTE: 

The snow is making driveways/pathways a little more complicated. If you're not home, please make sure your cooler is somewhere accessible! Our drivers appreciate it!

One Pan to Rule Them All:

Yes. We are making a culinary Lord of the Rings Reference. Yes, we are nerds. And yes you are correct...no one invited us to Prom.

I digress.

The world is full of fancy kitchen crap you don't actually need. The avocado peelers and melon ballers are just as well served by the sharp knives and dull spoons you already have. But if Cast Iron pans are in a different category.

If you love to cook and don't have a cast iron, it might be time to dive in. I cook everything except scrambled eggs in ours. That includes meat, fish, fried rice, frittata and fresh baked bread. 

We prefer Lodge pans and have a slew of them. The basics are under $30, you can buy them anywhere and treated correctly you will have them until Hell freezes over. (Which, given Climate Change, may be before the 2020 elections).

They're great Christmas Gifts, cool Yankee Swaps and amazing weapons of self-defense in the unlikely event of a burglary.

Just something to keep an eye on.

WHAT'S IN THE BAG?

HALF SHARE

Omnivore Protein -  Steak  and Eggs from Feather Brook Farms
Pescatarian Protein - Maine Salmon from Red's Best; Eggs from Feather Brook Farms
Vegetarians - Walnut Meat from Mandarava; Eggs from Feather Brook Farms
Paleo Proteins - Steak  and Eggs from Feather Brook Farms
Fruits and Veggies - Tomatoes from Long Wind Farm; Brussel Sprouts from Heartwood Farms; Napa Cabbage and Acorn Squash from Brookford Farm
Grain - Tortillas from VT Tortilla
Special Treat - Chocolate Chip Cookies from Vinal Bakery

WHOLE SHARE

Omnivore Protein - Steak  and Eggs from Feather Brook Farms; Maine Salmon from Red's Best; Yogurt from Brookford Farm
Pescatarian Protein - Maine Salmon and Haddock from Red's Best; Eggs from Feather Brook Farms; Yogurt from Brookford Farm
Paleo Proteins - Steak  and Eggs from Feather Brook Farms; Maine Salmon from Red's Best
Fruits and Veggies -Tomatoes from Long Wind Farm; Brussel Sprouts from Heartwood Farms; Napa Cabbage and Acorn Squash from Brookford Farm; Lettuce from Brite Harvest; Micro Greens
Grain - Tortillas from VT Tortilla
Special Treat - Chocolate Chip Cookies and Snickerdoodle from Vinal Bakery

DOUBLE SHARE

Omnivore Protein Steak  and Eggs from Feather Brook Farms; Maine Salmon from Red's Best; Pork Chops and Yogurt from Brookford Farm; Apple Butter from Champlain Orchard
Pescatarian Protein - Tuna, Maine Salmon and Haddock from Red's Best; Eggs from Feather Brook Farms; Yogurt from Brookford Farm; Apple Butter from Champlain Orchard
Fruits and Veggies - Tomatoes from Long Wind Farm; Brussel Sprouts from Heartwood Farms; Napa Cabbage and Acorn Squash from Brookford Farm; Lettuce from Brite Harvest; Micro Greens; Apples from Kimball Fruit Farm; Beets from Brookford Farm
Grain -  Tortillas from VT Tortilla; Bread from Iggy's Bread of the World
Special Treat - Chocolate Chip Cookies and Snickerdoodle from Vinal Bakery

RECIPES

Steak Tacos: We have the steak and tortillas for you. You could get creative with a shaved Brussels Sprouts slaw on top, and some blistered tomatoes. Yum!

Walnut Meat Tacos: Mary from Mandarava says that these will make delightful tacos! Give it a go!

Huevos Rancheros:  Brunch time, baby!

Frittata: Still drowning in veggies from Thanksgiving? How about hiding them or highlighting them in a delicious frittata?