Produce	Heavens Harvest Farm Newsletter
August 25, 2008	Volume 10
Napa Cabbage Red Leaf Lettuce Calaloo Tomatoes Acorn Squash Blueberries Peaches Corn Cucumbers Pickling Cucumbers Eggplant Peppers Basil Lemon Balm Sage	Hello from the farm, This week we are featuring the beautiful green from the Caribbean called “Calaloo”. This is also known loosely as Chinese Spinach and hails from the Amaranyth family. Check out our recipe section and send us yours. We have not received more than 20 recipes from our members to put on the web-site…so? Send us your favorites! Acorn squash finds it’s way to you for full shares. I like to bake the cut in half squash resting in a pan with 1 – 2 inches of water in the bottom. Do not remove the seeds or stringy stuff in the center until the squash is fork tender. Then remove the seeds and stringy stuff that most throw away, and bake again spread out on a baking sheet until seeds are crunchy as well as the stringy material. Put your favorite flavoring on the spread thin mixture before you bake. I love to use real maple syrup or cayenne pepper or soy sauce or… The seeds and innards are very high in absorbable zinc and other trace minerals. When twice baked until crunchy, much better than “nut brittle”. If you eat the whole squash you get much more available nutrition. We hope that you will continue to comment, critique, or praise the CSA program for this year. We are privileged to work for you!! -Ashley & Ethel Vegetable Amaranth Also known as Calaloo and Green Leaf Amaranth Calaloo Caribbean name for leaves of both taro Chinese spinach (Amaranthus gangeticus), and for the soup made from them. The edible spinachlike leaves of the dasheen. A soup or stew made of these leaves or other greens, okra, crabmeat, and seasonings. Callaloo, the Caribbean version of gumbo, comes out of Africa with a history as rich as the dish itself. Its foundation in green leaves and vegetables, the ways of cooking callaloo apply to many other vegetables and dishes. Pick healthy green dasheen leaves with a large purple dot, or substitute other related varieties, another callaloo-named green called Chinese spinach or Indian kale, ordinary spinach, Swiss chard, or even wild greens like tender lamb's quarters or delicate French sorrel.