Week 1 Fall CSA: November 5, 2025

camasswalefarm
5 days ago
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Updated: 12 minutes ago

Recipes: Carrots Love Tomatoes Soup, Aji Amarillo Salt, Sesame Tahini Ginger Dressing

What's In My Box?

Fall Shares --all fall CSA boxes contain the same thing

tetsukabuto squash- 2 ct

This is a cross between butternut and kabocha squash that we are trialing this year. How do you like it?
Like kabocha, you can bake the whole squash for 10 minutes before slicing it so that it gets softer before cutting it in half and scooping out the seeds and slicing it up for further baking.
If you plan to use the flesh for soup or pie, you can bake the whole un-cut squash until it is fully cooked. To do this, poke the skin several times with a fork, rub the squash with oil, place on a baking sheet with some water in the pan, and roast for about 40 minutes on 400. Let cook, slice open and scoop out the seeds, then the flesh.
YES! the seeds are edible, bake them like other pumpkin family seeds.

carrots, orange - 1.5 lb

beets - 2/3 lb

mesculin braising mix - 2/3 lb

this is a mix of mizuna and mustard greens. chop and enjoy as a salad, or massage with oil and salt for a raw but somewhat processed salad, or lightly saute with oil garlic and salt as a side or addition to soup.

ahi amarillo "chinci" peruvian hot pepper - 0.15 lbs

these are a specialty and delicious hot pepper that we grow for Hot Mama hot sauce company and for Andina Restaurant in Portland. Andina chefs cook with them, make sauce with them and they dry them and make a amarillo salt for topping food and salting rims of adult drinks. We harvested extra and hope you like them!

shallots- 1/3 lb

cauliflower or broccoli - 1 ct (or two smalls)

SURPRISE! ripe or ripening tomatoes- 1 lb

some bags contain fully ripe roma (small, oblong) tomatoes, most contain green roma tomatoes. Green roma tomatoes will ripen beautifully over the next two weeks if left in the paper bag on a counter or can be chopped up and used in a curry, soup or stir fry to add a tang. Green heirlooms don't ripen as well and are best used green.
see the carrots love tomatoes soup recipe below, or check out this green tomato and sausage soup recipe here.

turnip greens - 1 bu

excellent for miso soup or sauteed with eggs

Carrots Love Tomatoes Soup

We adapted this from a carrot soup recipe from How Sweet Eats. We have had red tomato and carrot soup and enjoyed it, why not green. The tangy lime and green tomato go well with the sweet carrots and coconut milk, red tomatoes work too.

1.5 - 2lbs pounds carrots, peeled and chopped into 1 inch pieces
1 lb green (or red) tomatoes, cored and sliced in half
2 tablespoons olive oil
kosher salt and pepper
1 tablespoons coconut oil
1 sweet onion, diced (or use shallots, they are a little spicier)
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
3 cups vegetable (or chicken stock)
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1 lime, juiced
2 scallions sliced or chopped roasted green tomatoes for topping

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place the carrots and tomatoes on a baking sheet and toss with the olive oil. Sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden and caramelized.
While the carrots and tomatoes are roasting, heat the coconut oil in a stock pot. Once it melts, stir in the onions, garlic and ginger with a big pinch of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, until the onions soften, about 5 to 6 minutes. Turn the heat to low if the carrots and tomatoes are not done yet.
Once the carrots are done roasting, add them to the pot. Add in the stock and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and very carefully transfer the mixture to a blender. Cover the blender with a towel and blue until pureed. Pour the soup back into the pot and heat it over low heat.
Stir in the coconut milk and the lime juice. Stir until the soup is warmed throughout. Taste and season with more salt and pepper as needed.
Serve with a drizzle of coconut milk or cream, plus scallions on top.

Citrusy hot aji amarillo salt

Aji Amarillo Peppers
Sea Salt

Instructions

For air-drying, string them up and hang them in a warm, dry, well-ventilated area.
For dehydrating or oven-drying, cut off the stem and slice the peppers in half. Next, spread the peppers in a single layer on a tray and dry at a low temperature, around 140F until brittle
Once dry, add the peppers (with the seeds for more spice) to a coffee grinder and grind until flaky, mix with salt and place in a jar for storage.
Note: spices store well with a desiccant packet placed in the container-- you can reuse one from another product.

Sesame Tahini Dressing

Use on roasted squash or mesculin salad...yum!

3 tablespoons smooth tahini
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon tamari
1 heaping teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon maple syrup or honey
1 to 3 tablespoons water, plus more if needed

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together the tahini, sesame oil, vinegar, tamari, ginger, maple syrup, and 1 tablespoon water until smooth.
If the dressing is too thick, add an additional 1 to 2 tablespoons water until it’s a drizzleable consistency.

CSA Member Calendar

First Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 5th

(Wednesday delivery for all)

Last Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 26

ABOUT PICKING UP YOUR Fall 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 all the same for Fall Shares.

#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.