Week 1: May 14, 2025

camasswalefarm
May 13
5 min read

Recipes: Spicy Peanut Butter Noodles with Bok Choy, Green Onion Salad Dressing

We work cover crop in to the soil before it goes to seed to get the best nutrients and prevent rye seed from popping up in random places. But we always let one corner of a field stay longer so our children can play hide and seek in it...

WHAT'S IN YOUR BOX?

bok choy -- 1-2 ct

See recipe for peanut butter noodles with bok choy below

green onions -- 1 bu romaine lettuce -- 1 ct

See the salad dressing recipe below. Romaine is great for salads but also salad wraps -- fill with anything you would put into a taco

snap peas -- 1 pint

ho mi zi mustard -- 1 ct (smalls) or 1 bu (fulls)

This is an asian mustard green, saute it with eggs or tofu, or add it to a brothy soup

purple kale -- 1 bu

Saute kale well and add to warm salads, stir fries, or soups or chop it and massage it well with oil and salt to add it to a cold salad

red radish -- 1 bu (fulls only)

salad for salad lovers add-ons

(no eggs yet, egg deliveries start late June)

Heres one corner of where the magic happens -- where your Spring and early Summer kale, chard. and collards are from. All of the vegetables in your Crop Share grow here on our 16 acre certified organic farm in Coburg on Chehalis loam soil. Some of it is rocky, some of the soil is like brownie batter, and some is sandy.

Oh snap! Peas are here-- as usual our kiddos are the first to find ripe ones. More peas to come in your shares!

SPICY PEANUT BUTTER NOODLES

from Eating with Clarity Recipe Blog

Ingredients

16 ounces brown rice noodles
3 large cloves garlic or 4-5 small
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
2 cups chopped bok choy and/or ho mi zi
2-3 tablespoon oil
⅔ cup creamy peanut butter, low salt if available
4 tablespoons low sodium tamari or soy sauce
1/3-1 cup hot water hot water mixes with peanut butter more easily than cold
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
1-2 tablespoons sriracha
1-2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes can omit for less spice
Optional: 2 tsp chili garlic sauce
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup crushed peanuts

Instructions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook noodles according to package instructions.
Finely mince the garlic and add to a saute pan with 2-3 tbsp of oil. Any oil will work here, I used olive.
Saute over low heat for about 2 minutes or until golden brown. Add in the grated ginger and saute for 1 more minute.
Add in chopped bok choy and/or ho mi zi mustard and saute until it just softens and is brighter green -- a few minutes.
Remove the bok choy/greens and place in a separate bowl to add back later-- or if you like your greens really saucey you can leave them in the pan. I prefer mixing them in to the noodles separately later.
Remove the pan from heat and add in all remaining sauce ingredients (start with 1/3 cup of water) and whisk together until smooth, adding more water as needed to reach your desired consistency.
How much you need will depend on the brand of peanut butter you used as well as your personal preference.
Taste and add more soy sauce, sriracha, or any other seasonings as desired. I usually add more soy sauce because I like it saltier.
Add about 1/2 of the sauce to cooked pasta and mix together. I intentionally made extra sauce in case you want to add some chicken, tofu, veggies etc.
I don't recommend adding all of the sauce at once because it may be too much depending on your preference, so start with 1/2 and add more depending on your needs. I usually end up adding all of it because I like it saucey, but it is up to you.
Serve with crushed peanuts, scallions, red pepper flakes and enjoy!

Green Onion Salad Dressing

from Mom's Home Cooking

Ingredients

6-7 green onions - the bottom white parts
½ cup olive oil
1/3 cup lemon juice
2-3 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon ground coriander
¼ – ½ teaspoon salt, or to taste
¼ teaspoon black pepper, or to taste

Instructions

Chop the white parts of the green onions (leave the green parts for something else like spicy peanut butter noodles!)
Blend all of the ingredients
Serve on top of romaine lettuce, snap peas and radishes

CSA Member Calendar

First Summer CSA Delivery

Wednesday May 14th /Friday 16th

First Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 5th

Farm Tour + Paint and Sip

Sunday June 29th RSVP coming soon

Harvest Potluck and Party

TBD, tentative Saturday September 13th

No school day tractor ride to help papa water plants.

ABOUT PICKING UP YOUR CSA

Bring your own bag. Pick up at your pick up location and day (Wednesday or Friday) from 12-6pm. If you ordered an add-on, it will be packed in a separate labeled tote.

HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA

#1: Sign-in! the golden rule

Find & Sign-off your name on the sign-in sheet each week and please ONLY take the items listed next to your name.

This vital step helps ensure everyone goes home happy, including our site hosts and farmers, week after week.

#2: Locate your shares

Boxes are labeled as Small or Full. Summer Salad Lover Add-on shares are in a large tote labeled "Salad Add-ons"

#3: Unpack your tote & stack the empties

Please bring your own reusable shopping bag to transport your items - we’ll pick the totes up next week for reuse! We can use them for multiple seasons, reducing waste one box at a time.

USING THE WEEKLY SWAP BOX?

Swap boxes are green with flowers painted on them. Swap boxes are labeled and will stand out! If your pick up site has a swap box, please feel free to swap an item you may not want in your box with an item in the provided and specifically-labeled SWAP BOX. Please limit the swaps to one item for one item per week.

UNABLE TO FIND AN ITEM?

(Please do not supplement it with something else!) Contact the farm directly before taking something else. The sooner you reach out the sooner your item may be located.

SOMEONE ELSE PICKING UP FOR YOU?

(Please share all the details of how to pick up with them BEFORE they attempt to pick up -- BYO bag, take from the right size box, check off the right name). Friends and family picking up for others is the number one cause of pickup mistakes, and we thank you in advance for your consideration.

CSA FAQS PAGE

Since our hands are often tied up with roots, soil or kids we keep this information on our CSA FAQS web page.

VACATIONS

Every CSA member can put their share on hold in trade for a $20 credit per week, up to two. Login to your account and select your vacation dates or email us. Please request your vacation at least three days in advance to receive the credit.

REDEEMING YOUR VACATION CREDIT

Go to our Online Store to see availability for add-ons this week and to double check the value of your credit. You'll need to login to see your credit amount. In the 2025 season you can use your vacation credits to purchase add-ons electronically or apply the credit to a Fall Share. But as always you can also just email the farm. Thanks!

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Your current season of newsletters and many of our newsletters back to 2012 are on our website here. Find recipes from previous seasons. Friday CSA members can go to this link on Wednesday and see what this week's CSA has to offer.