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CAFE HOURS:
Thursday, Friday & Saturdays 11 to 3:30pm

SPRING STORE HOURS: 
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
11 to  6 pm

SATURDAYS:
11 - 4pm


CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY

Outer Aisle FOODS
1192 Highway 4
Douglas Flat, CA 95229
www.outeraislefoods.com
Christine & Eric Taylor
209.728.9112
Mailing Address: PO Box 2052, Murphys, CA 95247
2013 BOX DELIVERIES   
Do you want to enjoy fresh seasonal produce and knowledge of where it comes from? Do you and your friends live outside our current distribution and would love to have Outer Aisle come closer to you? Contact Christine to see about starting deliveries in your area!

Weekly or bi-weekly deliveries to Tuolumne, Calaveras and Alpine Counties. We've been building boxes since 1993! 

Benefits of Becoming a Member:
  • Enjoy local and seasonal fruits and veggies all year round
  • Fresh, high quality, home-grown flavor
  • Bi-weekly fall, winter and spring deliveries to convenient drop off locations near you
  • Your choice of the size bag for your needs: mini, basic and full sizes. Add on fruit, roots, and greens
  • Access our on-line web store  
  • Vacation when you are out of town
  • Supplement your own garden, you grow greens: we have roots and fruits!
  • Lower your carbon footprint. Save gas, we deliver to you
  • Support local growers, producers and makers.
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News From Outer Aisle
 
Spring Equinox Newsletter 2013

Greetings friends!   
 
 
2013: Celebrating 20 years of growing food
for our community!!
 



Cafe Outer Aisle
Thursday, Friday and Saturday  
11 am to 3:30 pm 
 

"The Cafe is our most recent place where we express our passion for food."
 
OUR MISSION
Our mission for the Cafe is to serve healthy wholesome dishes using the ever-changing seasonal fresh  ingredients from farmers like us. Encourage a passion for cooking and
life long healthy eating.

OUR VISION
We'll  feature a blackboard menu, highlighting the finest produce and ingredients our region can offer, encourage recipe sharing, host cooking classes and demos, and for those on the run, we'll have take-out items
made in our certified kitchen.

 
APRIL  MENU:

Soups & Salads:
 
Asparagus and Celeriac Soup
$6 (bowl) $3.50 (cup) 
   
Farm Spinach Salad with shaved fennel, almonds, strawberry, hard-boiled egg, and Black River gorgonzola. Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
$9.50  
Tender Garden Buttercrunch Lettuce Salad with apple, sugar snap peas, carrot, fennel, mixed roasted nuts, and feta cheese. Apple-cider vinaigrette
$8.50
 
 
Oriental Mtn Ranch Organic Chicken & Cabbage Salad with snap peas, toasted peanuts, sesame seeds, carrot, daikon radish, and spring onions
$9.50
 

Hot Plates:
 
Spiced Beef Roast with Mashed Celeriac and gravy
$14
 
Homemade Angel Hair Pasta with Wild Sockeye Salmon, Asparagus, summer squash and a Lemon Gorgonzola Sauce
$12.50

Panini:
 
Trumpet Mushroom, Zucchini, Red Onion, Black River Gorgonzola 
$9.50

Diestel Turkey Breast, marinated beets, fennel, cranberry cashew mascarpone 
$9.50

Salami, red onion, zucchini, olives, Fontina Cheese 
$8.50

Kid's Grill Cheese 
$5
 
Beverages:
 
Fresh squeezed strawberry lemonade $2 


**Menu subject to change due to seasonal availability**
 
 
 
 
SHOP OUR STORE:  
Seasonal produce from growers
just like us!
 
   
HOURS: Tuesday through Friday
11 to 6pm   
Saturdays 11 to 4pm
     
     
The newbies of the week: Snap and Snow Peas, Summer Squash and Strawberries 
  

  

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(formerly CSA) 
 

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EAT SEASONAL MOVEMENT

 RECEIVE A FRESH SEASONAL  
PRODUCE SUBSCRIPTION TO A
LOCATION NEAR YOU!
(no membership fee)


 
Our flexible program gives you a variety of choices and conveniences such as vacations, online payments, custom orders and the ability to serve your needs.

Select either weekly or bi-weekly veggie/fruit boxes and other combinations. A weekly menu makes it easy for planning  and we also encourage for substitutions.

 Locations:
  From Groveland
 to San Andreas, Bear Valley and the Highway 4 corridor to Copperopolis, Twain Harte and two locations in Sonora.

Check it out by clicking on the signup now button on our website: www.outeraislefoods.com. 
 
(Browse the selection without committing until the final screen.
By clicking on a drop off spot you'll get to the next screen where all the different sizes are described. Please know that you can sign up whenever you want and put yourself on vacation.) 

 Click here to view and/or sign up anytime: 
  SIGN UP TO RECEIVE A DELIVERY   
 

 

 

THIS WEEK'S PRODUCE

We are proud to sell fruits and vegetables from other growers that practice sustainable agriculture using beyond organic methods. We go farm direct sourcing the very best of the best from farmers that are equally committed to bringing about greater health. 
 
    
APRIL:
We are so excited to harvest the first summer squash (actually the first squash was picked on the last day of winter - possibly a Calaveras County record!).

The garden is looking fabulous. Not to brag too much - but we have tomatoes blooming that are 2 feet tall and ready to cage.


VEGGIES:
From our Farm:
Summer Squash 
Arugula 
Cilantro
Green Onions
Salad Greens 
Lettuce - butter and green leaf
Spinach

From Other Farms:
Artichokes 
Carrots
Snap and Snow Peas
Asparagus 
Green garlic
Beets
Fennel
Celery Root


FRUIT:
Pinkerton Avocado
Valencia Oranges
Lemons
Fuji & Pink Lady apples
Strawberries


      
  
RECIPE of the week
  
Oriental Chicken Salad
(on the menu this week)
  
Chicken breast 2x (roasted chicken in oven and diced when cool)
Shred the following veggies: (anything seasonal)

Purple cabbage
Carrots
Daikon Radish
Spring Onions
Snap Peas

Dressing: ginger, garlic, rice wine vinegar, honey, Plum Vinegar, toasted sesame oil, spring green onion, olive oil, peanut butter, red pepper flakes.

Asparagus and Mushrooms over Pasta

3/4 to 1 pound asparagus
salt and pepper
Medium onion
1/2 lb mushrooms
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 pound pasta
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus more to taste

Snap off tough ends from the asparagus spears. Cut the spears in half lengthwise, then slice them on the diagonal into 1 inch pieces. Bring a quart of water and a bit of salt to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the asparagus to the boiling water. Cook for 2 minutes, drain the asparagus, and reserve 1/4 cup of the cooking liquid. Set the asparagus and cooking liquid aside separately. Peel and dice the onion. Thinly slice the mushrooms and set them aside. Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onions and saute over medium heat, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms, raise the heat to medium-high, and saute until they have softened and thrown off their juices, about 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the asparagus and reserved cooking liquid to the skillet. Simmer until the asparagus is heated through and the sauce has thickened a bit, about 2 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust if necessary. While preparing the sauce, cook and drain the pasta. Toss the hot pasta with the asparagus and 1/2 cup of Parmesan. Mix well and transfer portions to warm pasta bowls. Serve immediately, with more grated cheese passed separately.
Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS "Essentials for the 21st Century". Our mission is to facilitate a speedy transition to a sustainable economy by offering the essential tools, ingredients and knowledge to prepare us for the 21st century. 

Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor Mountain Gardens. Located just around the corner on Main Street in Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights: summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring potatoes to name just a few! 

OuterAisle FOODS operates a year round CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.