Welcome to Rutiz Farms  The strawberries have made a nice come back after last week's rains..so we should have plenty of nice looking and great tasting berries, including a few of our early raspberries and blackberries.
With the cooler weather of this spring, we are finding our "summer veggies" taking a few extra weeks to mature. Hopefully we'll start to see the green beans in a week or so, with corn and our own tomatoes in late July.
WHAT'S NEW IN THE BOX THIS WEEK:
Use the "Bloomsdale" spinach as the base for a simple spinach salad or saute the leaves lightly in a little olive oil and garlic...but don't overcook, keep it a little "crunchy"!
Roast the beets in an oven at 450 degrees F . Coat beets lightly with oil and roast for approximately 45 minutes, or until tender. Allow to cool thoroughly, then peel.
Here's a quick and easy way to prepare this week's chard:
wash off the leaves and cut them in 1 inch wide ribbons
when you get to the ribs of the leaves, cut them into 1/2 inch pieces, heat some olive oil in a skillet and add the chard, season with a little sea salt and garlic powder , cook until the leaves are "wilted" and the stem portion are soft. Add a little balsamic vinegar to the chard near the end of cooking if you wish.
Our strawberry field is still open for u-pick each Tuesday and Friday from 1 to 6pm and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Bring the family out for a fun time picking our delicious strawberries. Bring your own containers or use our baskets to pick into. The price will be $2 / pound, which works out to be about $2 per one pint basket ( our regular price when purchased already picked at the stand is $3 / basket). We will continue to have plenty of picked berries available on the stand table, along with all our other veggies and fruits.
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT OUR STAND FROM OTHER FARMERS AND BUSINESSES:
Ciders and juices..."flash pasteurized" from Chadmark Farms of Paso Robles....pesticide free!
"Artisan" breads from the Eclair Bakery of The Village of Arroyo Grande...every Friday and Saturday.
Blueberries from the farm of Gary Teixeira, located just south of Santa Maria....pesticide free!
Sonora Whole Wheat Flour from Huasna Valley Farm..."Locally Grown, Freshly Milled"
Vegetable and herb starts from The Transitions Mental Health Growing Grounds of Santa Maria...pesticide free!
Fish CSA with pick ups at our stand each Friday..call Margie at 481-5827 or email her at slofreshcatch@hughes.net.
David's Blue Ribbon Honey...regular honey, honey with comb and lemon and raspberry flavored creamed honey.
SIGN UPS FOR OUR SUMMER HARVEST BOXES DELIVERED TO THE SLO CITY AREA. Thursday, June 9 is the last delivery of our SLO city Harvest Boxes for the spring time delivery period. If you would like to subscribe to receive our Harvest Boxes for the summer, here's the details:
We will start deliveries on Thursday, June 16 and finish on September 1. The 12 weeks will cost $216.
We will have 2 pick up locations that will be available for the public to use...they are:
1).The Equilibrium Fitness Center in the Marigold Shopping Center or
2). Kristin Bridgeford's house located at 301 Broad Street ( about 3 blocks west of the freeway).
(We are also working on plans to offer box pick ups for the summer at The Montessori Children's School and the UMCC School...please contact your school coordinator for more info.)
This summer you could expect to see in your Box such delicious items as: carrots, squash, green beans, sweet corn, potatoes, lettuces, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet onions, fresh basil, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and more! If you are interested...
1). please email me at info@Rutizfarms.com
and let me know that you are interested and which of the above pickup locations you would like to use, and
2). Send a check made out to Rutiz Farms,
before June 13 for $216 to:
Rutiz Farms
333 Miller Way
Arroyo Garnde, Ca 93420
IF YOU PICK UP YOUR BOX AT OUR STAND IN ARROYO GRANDE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS DELIVERY SERVICE...YOU CAN JUST CONTINUE TO RESERVE YOUR BOX ON A WEEK BY WEEK BASIS BY USING THE EMAIL RESPONSES.
Be sure to check out our "new and improved" web site at www.Rutizfarms.com. You will find many of our recipes and past newsletters archived and a "blog" page where you can see pictures and discussion of current and past events at the farm!
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Available at the Stand
Here are the items that we should have on the "table" for this Friday along with the prices so you may plan your meals and your budget
strawberries--$3/ basket raspberries and blackberries--$3.50/ basket "Sierra Gold" potatoes--$1.50/ pound
"rainbow" colored chard--$2 / bunch
"calvo nero" kale---$2 / bunch
broccoli--$2.50/ pound
Italian "sprouting" baby broccoli--$4 / pound
cauliflower--$2/ pound for white, $3/ pound for the orange color
carrots--$2 / bunch
beets--$2/ bunch, red, orange or pink colored
leeks--$2/ bunch
baby mixed salad greens--$2/ bag of about 1/2 pound
baby spinach--$2/ bag of about 1/2 pound
fennel bulb--$1 each Italian flat-leaf parsley, cilantro, rosemary, arugula, -$1/ bunch
basil--$1/ bunch
sunflower sprouts--$3 / 1/4 pound
Mandarin oranges--$2.50/ pound
blueberries--$4/ basket
"Haas" avocados--$1.25 each
honey: 1 pound--$10 / jar
honey with comb--$16/ jar
flavored creamed honey--$10/ jar, raspberry or lemon flavor
( all honey products from David's Blue Ribbon Honey, Arroyo Grande)
fresh flowers: $5 to $8 per bunch
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Harvest Box Info
You are welcome to come by and pick out individual items from the table or continue to pick up your reserved Harvest box or both( add items that may not be included in your Box that week)..The Harvest Boxes, which cost $15 / week , will be available for pick up during the Stand hours on Fridays only. I would ask you to kindly let me know by Thursday evening of each week, with a E mail response( use the link in the right hand column of this newsletter where it says Order Your Harvest Box) if you want a Box for the week. Please take note: this ordering link is only usable for the current week's newsletter....After Friday morning of each week, the ordering link becomes unusable!
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RECIPES
for more recipe ideas, go to our web page at www.Rutizfarms.com and click on the "recipe" section
EASY TIPS FOR PERFECT ROASTED VEGETABLES
adapted from The Santa Monica Farmer's Cookbook by Amelia Saltsman
Roasting vegetables concentrates their flavors, develops and caramelizes natural sugars, and gives them that appetizing crisped look. Best of all, the same technique works for just about any vegetable you've got on hand, any time of the year. Follow these simple steps for great results.
Keep vegetables or vegetables pieces a uniform size for even cooking.
Toss cleaned, trimmed vegetables with 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil, kosher or sea salt, and freshly ground pepper. For convenience, do this directly in the pan.
Always preheat the oven.
Roast dense vegetables, such as beets or potatoes, at 400 degrees, quick-cooking ones, such as asparagus or tomatoes, at 425 to 450 degrees.
Don't crowd the pan, or your vegetables will steam rather than brown. Large baking sheets and heatproof-glass dishes are ideal for roasting.
Roast vegetables uncovered in the upper third of the oven for better browning.
Halfway through the cooking time, remove the pan from the oven and give it a shake or use a spatula to loosen and turn the vegetables.
When the vegetables are browned and tender, season again with your favorite seasonings...salt, pepper, garlic powder.
If serving the vegetables at room temperature, allow them to cool before piling them onto a serving dish( so they won't steam themselves and get soft).
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Order Your Harvest Box
Produce in the Harvest Box this week:
broccoli
"rainbow" colored carrots
a bunch of "Bloomsdale" spinach
a bunch of beets
"Sierra Gold" potatoes
zucchini squash
a bunch of multi-colored chard
yellow and purple sweet onions
a basket of "Jerry's Berries" strawberries
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| Stand Hours
Tuesdays and Fridays.. 1 to 6 pm
Saturdays..10am to 3pm
FARM STAND LOCATION: 1075 "The Pike" in Arroyo Grande. We are located on the south side of The Pike, between Halcyon Road and Elm Street. Visit our web site at www.Rutizfarms.com for a map to the farm. Our mailing address is: Rutiz Farms 333 Miller Way Arroyo Grande, Ca 93420
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