Baked Apples and Gold Nugget Squash

What’s In Your CSA Bag For Week 14?*
Item
Grower
Location
Quantity
Golden Delicious Apples
Western Missouri Fruit Growers
Waverly, MO
3 lbs
All-Natural Beef Patties
All-Natural Beef Co-op
Sabetha, KS
4 Patties
Brioche Bun
Farm to Market Bread Co.
Kansas City, MO
6 Buns
GNFF Zucchini
Stanberry Community Farms
Stanberry, MO
2
GNFF Candy Yellow Onions
Stanberry Community Farms
Stanberry, MO
1-2
GNFF Gold Nugget Squash
Wayne Mazelin Family Farm
Stanberry, MO
1
GNFF Black Diamond Watermelon
Twin County Family Farms
Rich Hill, MO
1
GNFF Red Jalapeno Peppers
Stanberry Community Farms
Stanberry, MO
10
Cucumbers
A&T Family Farms
Waterloo, NE
2
Cabbage
Daniels Farm
Columbus, NE
1
Anaheim Peppers
Stanberry Community Farms
Stanberry, MO
2
This week’s bonus: red jalapeno peppers
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Recipe of the week
Baked Apples and
Gold Nugget Squash
1 Gold Nugget Squash
2 Golden Delicious Apples, 1” cubes
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp GNFF Honey
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 tsp Nutmeg
Photo: lifeafterluckycharms.blogspot
Pre-heat the oven to 400.
Cut the squash lengthwise and remove the seeds. If needed, cut a small, flat spot on the back of each half to help them lay
flat. Place the squash, cut side up, in a baking dish. Pour enough water into the pan to cover the bottom.
Toss the apple chunks with the honey, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fill each squash half with the apples and top with a Tbsp of
butter. Bake until the squash is tender – about 40 minutes.
Enjoy for breakfast or dessert!
Know your Farmer, Know your Food
Good Natured Family Farms
All-Natural Beef Co-op,
Sabetha, KS
The farmer-owned All-Natural Beef Co-op represents
about 25 third and fourth generation Kansas and
Missouri family farms all dedicated to upholding the
standard of sustainable farming and humane
treatment of animals.
The co-op has embraced each step of the food supply
chain – raising the animals, processing them at a local
plant (owned by co-op members and GNFF founders
and Diana and Gary Endicott) and selling meat directly
to stores.
After processing in the plant in Uniontown, Kansas,
beef is dry aged naturally. This old fashion, slow aging
beef process is compared to the quality of a proper
aged bottle of wine. It gives the beef an exceptional
juicy and robust flavor and superb tenderness.
Strict procedures allow the co-op to trace every cut of
meat, including ground beef, back to its source. GNFF
ground beef comes from ground chuck and ground
round, which has been de-boned by hand. These
efforts produce superior beef with great flavor.
 Raised on local family farms
(on open pastureland) from
birth to processing.
 Fed a grass-based, vegetarian
diet (no animal by-products).
 Grain-fed (50% grain) for 6090 days before processing.
 Free from sub-therapeutic
antibiotics at any time.
 Free from growth hormones.
Buy Fresh Buy Local
Workplace Wellness CSA
Good Natured Family Farms
pumpkin in shape and color.
These small squash weigh on
average about 1 pound.
Gold Nugget
Squash
Sometimes referred to as an
Oriental pumpkin, Gold
Nugget squash has the
appearance of a small
Gold Nugget Squash's orange
flesh is high in beta carotene,
the source of vitamin A.
Available year-round - best
season is late summer through
early winter. Gold nugget squash
will keep in cool, dry storage for
up to a month.
Source: specialtyproduce.com
Pepper Jelly
This week we had extra red jalapeno peppers, so we added them to the CSA bag as a bonus!
Pepper jelly is a great way to use extra peppers. It
goes well with cheese and crackers or as a glaze for
pork and chicken. Here are links to two great recipes.
Apple Pepper Jelly
Hot Pepper Jelly
2010 and 2011 CSA members who have a copy of the cookbook ‘Rolling Prairie Cookbook’ by
Nancy O’Connor, there is an intriguing combination of apples, onions, and jalapeno pepper in
a salad that’s delicious served as a side dish with Mexican or Indian food. Apple Salad with
Jalapeno-Lime Dressing on page 146.
Buy Fresh Buy Local
Nutritional Spotlight – Green Cabbage
Cruciferous vegetables, especially cabbage,
top the list of cancer-fighting foods. This is
due to their antioxidant richness, antiinflammatory power, and high level s of
glucosinolates, especially sinigrin.
The sinigrin in cabbage can be converted
into allyl-isothiocyanate. This isothiocyanate
compound has shown unique cancer
preventive properties with respect to
bladder cancer, colon cancer, and prostate
cancer. Isothiocyanates help regulate
inflammation by altering the activity of
messaging molecules within our body's
inflammatory system, and they improve our
body's detoxification system and leave our
cells with a smaller toxic load.
For maximum health benefits, make cabbage a
staple in your diet!
Source: whf.com
CSA Member Comments
“Wow - joining the CSA is one of the best
decisions I have ever made. It's a real
bargain given the quality and quantity. I
am actually sad that it is coming to a
close. I will have to be more diligent
about seeking out local growers this fall.
I rarely eat hotdogs but I thoroughly
enjoyed the hot dogs we had this
summer. The red pepper relish was the
cherry on top.The watermelon was the
best I have ever had!
I would like a little less cheese - It has all
been very tasty, especially the pepper
farmhouse cheese. I just don't eat that
much cheese. I suppose if I was trying to
feed more than 2 people I would use it
up faster.
Green beans would be great - but maybe
not a good year for them.
Thanks so much!”
Suzanne Hunt, KU Medical Center
“Thank you to everyone at Good Natured
Family Farms - especially the
participating farmers. It has been an
unforgiving summer and it’s sometimes
hard to fully appreciate that when I sit in
an air-conditioned office all week and
just drive over to pick up my bag of
goodies on my way home. I am truly
grateful for the hard work everyone is
putting in to make sure that we continue
to have a bag full of deliciousness every
week! I know the farmers are
experiencing dire conditions and I can
only imagine the kind of exhausting and
frustrating work they are putting in
everyday as this is their means of
survival. However, with as tough as
things are, you all still ensure we have
quality (and quantity) food! Also, to
those who are standing out in the heat
to pass out the food - always with a smile
on their faces and the best attitude and
energy – thank you for brightening our
day!”
Sarah Clark, Children’s Mercy
What’s In Your CSA Bag Next Week?*
•
Campo Lindo Whole Chicken
•
Cal Ann Farms Basil
•
Bainter Sunflower Oil
•
Farm to Market Bread
•
Eggplant
•
Honeydew Melon
•
More produce to come
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Produce may change based on Mother Nature
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Produce may change based on Mother Nature
As always, we would love to hear from you. If you would like to contribute an article or recipe to the
weekly newsletter, or if you have general comments or questions for GNFF, please contact Kristina at
[email protected].
Specific questions or comments about delivery, pick-up, or items in your share can be directed to your
company’s CSA coordinator.
Thank you and we hope you enjoy the bounty this week.
Good Natured Family Farm’s CSA, Farm-to-School, and Farm-to-Faith Based ventures are
partially funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation