WELCOME TO RUTIZ FARMS

LOCALLY RAISED BEEF FOR SALE AT OUR STAND
This Friday we welcome Heather Teixeira to our stand with her packaged beef cuts.  Come by and meet her and talk about her families' beef and pick up a package or two to try out.

Tucked away in the foothills of the Central Coast of Pismo Beach, California, is the home of Teixeira Cattle Company.  Since the early 1990's, the family has been devotedly raising hormone and antibiotic free Angus beef.  Our vegetarian fed, pasture-raised beef, are nurtured and raised on carefully managed high quality pasture and forage.  Our family commitment to our cattle and to you, our customers, is our greatest asset - providing healthful, flavorful, juicy and tender beef "from our pasture to your plate!"

We will have pre-packaged bundles or you can select what you want!  Our ground beef comes in 1 lb. or 2 lb. packs!                                 

We will have our tomato field open for you-pick this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday during stand hours.  The cost will be $1.50/ pound when you pick them yourself ( the already picked tomatoes at our stand cost $3/ pound).  These are our "Fourth of July" variety, a smaller size tomato,  sweet flavor, and meaty...great for sauces or freezing.

WHAT'S  IN YOUR HARVEST BOX THIS WEEK:


Leeks are added to the Harvest Box this Friday.  One of the biggest issues with them is actually cleaning them as they do collect a good amount of our lovely sand. I use my salad spinner but you can also soak in a big bowl of water, I cut off most of the tops and start pulling back some of the "leaves" to see how much soil is still in the leek.  If I'm cutting them up to put in stir fry or some other recipe I will cut them up and have them floating in the water, then drain, rinsing a couple of times.  If I want them whole, say for "Leeks Vinaigrette" I will pull back a little bit on the top and flush out sand under running water. My "Leeks Vinaigrette" recipe is pretty easy: Steam on stove top or in microwave, drain, pour a good vinaigrette dressing (to taste) over tender leeks.  Not much to it, just sounds special and tastes delicious!  You can also grill Leeks in heavy duty aluminum foil with some olive oil and seasoning while you are grilling your other dinner ingredients.

How about a nice fresh kale salad using the bunch of Tuscano kale in your box this week.  First, gently massage the leaves with your hands for a minute to make them a bit more tender.  Then cut up the leaves into thin "ribbons" discarding the thicker portion of the stem. Mix in a bowl with some vinaigrette dressing and chopped nuts and fruits and finish with some Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top..delicious and good for you!  Or how about some "kale chips"...wash and separate the leafy part from the stem ( discard the thicker stems ), cut up the leaves into smaller portions, add a little olive oil and seasonings, put on a roasting pan and roast in a hot oven until the leaves are crispy.  
The bi-color sweet corn tastes great...and there is the problem!  The worms love it too...so from here on out, we will be cutting off the tip of each ear before we put them in the boxes.  Hopefully, this will spare you from having to open your ear of corn and finding this extra "protein."

Our own "4th of July" tomatoes are small but tasty!  A great size to use the whole tomato sliced up to make a sandwich..(so you don't have to figure out what to do with the other half )

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