Week 11 July 25th, 2025

camasswalefarm
Jul 25
5 min read

Recipes: garden focaccia, spiral zucchini quiche

WHAT'S IN MY BOX?

Lots of new flavors, colors and crops this week!

BEETS: Its been a while since you've seen beets from the farm. Have you missed them? Use them raw, sauteed or roasted. To roast them -- rub them with oil and salt, wrap them in tin foil and bake at 400 for 45 mins. Once cooled, peel the skin off. Refrigerate for later use, or use them right away in salads or sandwiches, or blend into a baked good. SERRANOS: they are large and HOT! Keep them in the fridge for up to a couple of weeks. Great for salsas, tacos, and adding to pickles!

GREEN BEANS: Great in a coconut curry or a broccoli greenbean feta salad. They will store better in a ziploc bag with a paper towel placed inside.

The List:

heirloom tomatoes mix - 1.5 lb

beets - 1 lb

butterhead lettuce - 1 ct

green beans - 1/2 lb

green onions - 1 bu

carrots - 1.5 lb ** put these in a plastic bag for longer storage

serrano peppers - 2-3 ct

green zucchini - ~ ~ 1 lb (small), ~ 1.5 (fulls)

slicing cucumbers - ~ 1-2 ct (fulls only)

basil - 1 bu (fulls only)

broccoli - 1 ct (fulls only)

bonus: "snacking" cucumbers - ~2 (small) - ~ 4 ct (full)

These are pickling cucumbers that got a little big, we grow them for a pickle company and they are very challenging to pick on the tiny side! I don't think we'll grow this variety in the future. So, we threw these in -- add them to your water, chop them for a salad, put them in lunch boxes... they are not bitter but they do get a little soft quickly when they get bigger than your pinky!

Salad Lover's Add-On - salanova salad mix

Egg Add-On - starts THIS WEEK, if you ordered eggs pick them up in the egg add-on box at your pick up site this week!

A note about ADD-ONs: In a couple of weeks you can login to Farmigo and order add-on items like 1- 10 lb cases of pickling cukes, garlic, tomatoes, green beans, basil, and/or honey. You can use your Farmigo vacation credits or a debit card for add-ons once items are listed. We'll keep you posted. If you need a bulk amount of something for preserving sooner, just email the farm at camasswalefarmcsa@gmail.com.

Enjoy!

Garden Foccacia

Use your favorite focaccia recipe, decorate with carrots, green onions, beets, basil, zucchini, tomatoes

We love focaccia, whole wheat type and gluten free types. The seasonings, the oil, the quick rise time-- but most exciting of all is the opportunity to express your artistic side with veggies! I love this example of a simple garden focaccia with kids, from Sprouting Wild Ones.

Zucchini Spiral Quiche

Make your favorite quiche filling, our go-to is fannie farmers quiche.
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups Light cream (I use heavy cream or whole milk depending on what I have on hand)
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
- pinch Cayenne
Slice zucchini thin, in long strips. Carrots also work. Roll and roll the strips into a big spiral.
Oil a pie pan, place onions on the bottom of the pan.
Set the spiral on the oiled pie pan on top of the onions,
Drizzle pesto over the top of the zucchini (optional, adds extra flavor)
Pour quiche mix over spiral until liquid fills half way up the pan.
Sprinkle cheese or cottage cheese on top.
Bake for 15 minutes at 450, then 30 minutes at 350.

More recipe inspiration from under the apple tree, where we farmers eat lunch. Once a week a group lunch is provided by a rotation of farm staff who volunteer to cook. Its a very special thing that has added some oomph and meal inspiration to our work week!
CSA Member Calendar

First Summer CSA Delivery

Wednesday May 14th /Friday 16th

First Egg CSA Delivery

Wednesday July 23rd / Friday 25th

CSA Harvest Potluck and Party

Saturday September 13th at 4pm

First Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 5th

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.