Week 15 August 22, 2025

camasswalefarm
Aug 22, 2025
5 min read

Recipes: heirloom tomato vinaigrette, fudgy vegan beet brownies

WHAT'S IN MY BOX?

beets

heirloom tomatoes

eggplant (full shares)

green beans watermelon -or- melon, various

Italian peppers

Zucchini and/or cucumber

red leaf lettuce

fennel bulb

Salad Lover's Add-On - 2 head little gem or butter head this week

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

HOW TO ORDER ADD-ONs: The CSA store is open for add-ons. You can use a debit card or your Farmigo credits https://csa.farmigo.com/store/camasswalefarmcsa. Please order 3 days before the desired delivery day.

It’s been a busy week as we begin the the onion and shallot harvest and handle the heat and peak of summer vegetable harvest. The team and the field are doing well , we’d love to share more in the coming weeks about what it takes to prepare the farm for Fall and Winter.

Enjoy!

Heirloom Tomato Vinaigrette

1 shallot minced
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic minced
2 oz sherry vinegar
2 oz olive oil
½ teaspoon organic cane or palm sugar
8 oz heirloom tomatoes or 1 pint heirloom cherry tomatoes
Sea salt & fresh cracked black pepper
Blend all the ingredients together in a blender, check for seasoning. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
Serve and enjoy!
Store in the refrigerator for up to two weeks, tightly sealed.

Fudgy Vegan Beet Brownies

1 medium beet (you’ll need 1/2 cup puréed as original recipe is written)
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk (at room temperature if using coconut oil)
1 tsp white or apple cider vinegar
3/4 cup raw turbinado OR granulated sugar
1/4 cup avocado or melted coconut oil
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 heaping cup whole-wheat pastry flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 scant cup unsweetened cocoa powder (plus more for topping)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 pinch salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 C), remove the stem and most of the root from your beets, and scrub and wash them underwater until clean.
Wrap beet(s) in foil, drizzle on a bit of olive or avocado oil, wrap tightly, and roast for one hour or until a knife inserted falls out without resistance. They should be tender. Set in the fridge (in a bowl to catch juice) to cool to room temperature.
Once cooled, either finely grate or purée beets in a small blender (adding orange juice or water to encourage mixing). Measure out 1/2 cup and set aside (amount as original recipe is written // adjust if altering batch size). Reserve the rest for things like beet hummus!
Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
Whisk together the almond milk and vinegar in a large bowl, and set aside for a few minutes to curdle. Add the sugar, oil, vanilla extract, and 1/2 cup beets (amount as original recipe is written // adjust if altering batch size) and beat until foamy.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to a sifter and slowly sift it into the wet ingredients while mixing with a hand-held or standing mixer. Beat until no large lumps remain.
Pour batter into liners, filling 3/4 of the way full. Bake 22 to 25 minutes (at 375 degrees F or 190 C), or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Transfer to a cooling rack and let cool completely. Do not try and unwrap them or they'll stick to the wrapper.
Once cooled, dust with cocoa powder and store in an airtight container to keep fresh.

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.