Regional organic produce is getting more and more colorful as we approach spring! Fresh basil, red cabbage, and Mung Bean sprouts really make this week’s box a treat.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Mung Bean sprouts  -  Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
• Basil  -  Happy Valley Organic Coop (Whately, MA)
• Yellow onions  -  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Red cabbage  -  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Beets  -  Nature’s Circle Farm (Houlton, ME)
• Sunchokes  -  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Carrots  -  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Yukon Gold potatoes  -  Vanco Farms (Prince Edward Island, Canada)
• Empire apples  -  Dwight Miller & Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
• Mutsu apples  -  Dwight Miller & Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Here are some recipes that you might want to try out with all of that delicious local produce this week:

Potato and Onion Frittata
A frittata is a versatile way to use your veggies.  This recipe calls for basil, potatoes, and onions, but there’s always room to mix it up!

Sauteed Sunchokes with Garlic and Bay Leaves
A simple and tasty recipe from Mr. Jamie Oliver. Serve as a side dish or over pasta!

Pickled Beets
Savor the flavor of beets all year long by pickling them!

Red Cabbage and Apples
Adapted from a German dish called Blaukraut, this is a delicious sweet and sour combination of red cabbage, apples, and onion.

For the Mung Bean sprouts, you can add them to salads, throw them in stir fries, make spring rolls, Asian-inspired soups, and more!

Happy eating from your friends at Boston Organics!

Hey there locavores! Check out what we’ve got in this week’s Dogma Box, a box of produce that’s organic and sourced as locally as possible.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Carrots  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Beets  -  Nature’s Circle Farm (Houlton, ME)
• Red Potatoes  -  Foote Brook Farm (Johnson, VT)
• Yellow Onions   –  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Sunchokes  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Parsnips  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Rutabaga  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Black Radishes -  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Empire Apples  -  Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
• Mutsu Apple - Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Here are some recipes that you might want to try out with your Dogma Box this week:

Mashed Potato, Rutabaga, & Parsnip Casserole w/ Caramelized Onion
This casserole features the hearty flavors and textures of potatoes, rutabaga, parsnips, and onions. With very few extra ingredients, it’s easy to make and a great-tasting way to cook up those root veggies!

Cream of Sunchoke Soup
A flavorful use for your onions, sunchokes, and potatoes!

Braised Radishes
Braised black radishes make an excellent side dish.

Simple Cinnamon Stewed Apples
Stew down those Empire apples for a sweet side dish, dessert, or pancake topping!

Happy eating from your friends at Boston Organics!

Hey there locavores! Check out what we’ve got in this week’s Dogma Box, a box of produce that’s organic and sourced as locally as possible.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Carrots  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Beets  -  Nature’s Circle Farm (Houlton, ME)
• Yukon Gold Potatoes  -  Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA)
• Red Onions   –  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Parsnips  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Sunchokes  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Black Radishes  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Rutabaga -  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Empire Apples  -  Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
• Mutsu Apple - Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Eating locally during the winter can have its challenges, but the rewards are tremendous.  Here are some recipes that you might want to try out with your Dogma Box this week:

Hearty Rutabaga, Carrot, Parsnip and Sausage Soup - A simple and hearty soup recipe for your root veggies! Sausage is optional, of course.

Oven-Roasted Potatoes and Beets with Garlic-Lemon-Thyme Dressing – The fresh flavors of lemon, garlic, and thyme provide a beautiful complement to the comforting flavors of oven-roasted roasted potatoes and beets.

Sunchoke Pasta Sauce - A creative way to bring the sunchoke flavor to any pasta dish. Toss this sauce with your choice of whole wheat pasta and veggies, and you’ve got yourself a tasty, healthy meal!

Black Radish Chips – With nothing more than black radishes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and a little salt & pepper, these chips are easy to make and feature the black radish flavor with a satisfying crisp!

Happy eating from your friends at Boston Organics!

Hey there locavores! Check out what we’ve got in this week’s Dogma Box, a box of produce that’s organic and sourced as locally as possible.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Carrots  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Beets  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Turnips  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Yellow Onions   –  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Daikon Radish  -  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Rutabaga  –  Deep Root Organic Coop (Johnson, VT)
• Rainbow Potato Mix  -  Misty Meadows Farm (Grand Isle, ME)
• Butternut Squash -  Lakeside Organics (Hadley, MA)
• Empire Apples  -  Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

It can take a little more effort to cook all these root veggies from week to week, but don’t worry – we’re here to help! Here are some recipes that you might want to try out with your Dogma Box this week:

Rutabaga and Greens Fritatta - A fritatta is always a great way to use a variety of veggies. This is a simple recipe that calls for rutabaga and cooked greens such as kale or collards. As always, you can adapt this recipe based on what you have on hand. Use your imagination!

Sausage and Turnip Gratin Pasta  - Who said turnips had to be a side dish? You can take turnips to the next level in this hearty recipe (and use veggie sausage if meat isn’t your thing!).

Herbed Winter Vegetable Roast - A great recipe to adapt with any root vegetables you have lying around! This recipe calls for butternut squash, carrots, parsnips, and onion.

Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter Sauce – Sage and butternut squash are a match made in heaven, and this recipe really brings that out.

Every week we put together a local box (called the Dogma Box) to help people eat food that’s both organic AND local! The Dogma Box includes produce that has been sourced as close to Boston as possible, and this week we’ve got some delicious items to satisfy your locavore tastes.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Carrots  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Forono Beets  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Parsnips  -  Winter Moon Farm (Hadley, MA)
• Red Onions   –  Porter Farms (Elba, NY)
• Scarlet Turnips  -  Atlas Farm (S. Deerfield, MA)
• Rainbow Potato Mix  -  Misty Meadows Farm (Grand Isle, ME)
• Mung Bean Sprouts  -  Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
• Cranberries –  Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
• Empire Apples  -  Dwight Miller and Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

What are Forono beets?
If you received the beet mix from Winter Moon Farm last week, you may have noticed that some of the beets were long and thin. These are Foronos! They are tender and juicy inside, and their shape means they slice into evenly sized pieces and will roast up perfectly. No need to peel ‘em – all of the beets from Winter Moon Farm are very thin skinned varieties. We have a bunch of recipes for beets on our website, so feel free to check them out!

Cranberry update!
We got the word this week from Jonathan’s Organic that their cranberry growers have packed up and frozen the remaining crop of the season, so this is the last week that we will have cranberries in the Dogma Box. This has been a great season for the cranberry growers on the Cape, and we’re thankful that Jonathan’s helps package and distribute these cranberries so that we can support local cranberry growers as much as possible. If you’re feeling overloaded with cranberries, you can freeze them or dry them so that you can savor that fall New England flavor throughout the rest of the year!

Every week we put together a local box (which we call the “Dogma Box”) to help people eat food that’s both organic AND local! The Dogma Box includes produce that has been sourced as close to Boston as possible, and this week we’ve got some great items from Massachusetts and Vermont.

This week’s Dogma Box includes:

• Broccoli Sprouts   –   Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
• Cranberries  -  Jonathan’s Organic (Rochester, MA)
• Parsnips  -  Atlas Farm (South Deerfield, MA)
• Potatoes  -  Atlas Farm (South Deerfield, MA)
• Turnips  -  Atlas Farm (South Deerfield, MA)
• Carrots  -  Deep Root Organic Co-op (Johnson, VT)
• Beets  -  Foote Brook Farm (Johnson, VT)
• Empire Apples  -  Dwight Miller & Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)
• Bosc Pears  -  Dwight Miller & Son Orchards (E. Dummerston, VT)

Fall and winter veggies add a wonderful flavor and heartiness to soups, stews, and roasts. There are countless healthy and delicious recipes you can try out with these seasonal items, such as Root Veggie Chowder, Curried Turnips, and more! We also love to let the veggies stand on their own in a simple roasted vegetable medley.

Wanna learn more? Check out our recipes page where you can browse by item and get some inspiration for your next locally-sourced meal! Also, if you have a great fall/winter recipe that you’d like to share, feel free to send it our way to recipes@bostonorganics.com.

Heat up that kitchen and get cooking with all of the great produce you’re getting this week! Local potatoes and apples are here as we transition into fall, and we’re looking forward to winter squash and cranberries coming up soon. Get hot cereal and coffee add-ons, tasty fall recipes and more in this week’s newsletter!

The Dogma Box includes organic produce sourced as close to Boston as possible, year-round! We look for great quality produce close to home, and then source farther away until we can find at least eight unique items.

We love the concept for the box, but we’re considering a name change! So we’re looking to our customers to help us find one!

We’ll choose the new name that we like best, and not only will the winner receive the honor and notoriety of naming one of our boxes, but he or she will also receive a copy of Boston’s Gardens & Green Spaces!

Learn more and enter here!

We received a ton of feedback about the Dogma Boxes, and the following post includes a bunch of great ideas that were submitted by customers!

Here are the ideas:

Celery Root – Recipe Request

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…Yay, dogma box!  I’m a huge fan.  Here’s some of what we’ve been eating
lately:

the best midwinter sandwich:  hummus, radish and sprouts on a whole
wheat wrap

turnip chips:  sliced very thin, tossed with olive oil and lots of salt
and pepper, bake on a cookie sheet at 400 till tender/crisp

matchstick salad:  julienned celery root and carrots and mung bean
sprouts tossed with oil and vinegar

kasha varnishkes:  bowtie noodles, cooked buckwheat, and sauteed
parsnips and/or carrots

jewel cubes:  peeled and cubed beets tossed in oil and roasted in
tinfoil, lovely with goat cheese

roasted root vegetables, always, constantly, forever!

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…and when I read the newsletter this week it occurred to me that other people
might be as happy as I was to find another way to eat parsnips.

Generally, I add them to split pea soup, or make a sort of parnsip latke
and serve it with applesauce.  But this week I discovered the joy that
is Fried Parsnips!

It’s very simple.  You boil the parsnips (carrots are good, too!), without
peeling them, for 15 minutes.  Scrape the peels off, then slice into
slabs about 3/8″ thick, 2″ long.  Dredge them in flour, then fry them
all at once in oil.  I like to add salt and pepper to the flour, but I
think the parsnips hold their own without it.  The best thing is these
are even better cold.

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The Dogma Box on Examiner.com!

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… I do have one additional recipe for the dogma box customers.  The chef at Gramercy Tavern who used to work at Blue Hill has a “burnt” celery root puree recipe that is very good. “Burnt” Celery Root Puree

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Enjoy and feel free to keep the ideas coming, thanks!

Starting next week, December 23rd Boston Organics will be offering the Dogma Box. This box will include produce sourced as close to Boston as possible. This box is intended for customers that believe it is of utmost importance to purchase organic produce that is grown as close to home as possible.

The box will consist of approximately 8-14 items. We’ll source produce close to home and move further out until we can provide at least 8 unique items. NO SUBSTITUTIONS or NO LISTS will be allowed in this box. In the winter you may only get a box full of root vegetables. As the harvest season has come to end, many of the items in the boxes will be coming from storage.

For the early winter we will have access to root crops and some winter squash from New England. We will also have access to a few items grown indoors like sprouts and hot-house tomatoes. As we head deeper into winter and spring we will start sourcing items along the East coast as far south as Florida if necessary.

Ultimately, we would like to offer only Mass grown vegetables year round in the Dogma box. Unfortunately at this time, we do not have access to enough local produce to make this happen. Read here to learn more about the challenges and what we are doing to increase the supply.

As this is a new offering and not set in stone we would love your feedback. Is this Dogma box not hardcore enough for you? How would you like to see it improved? Please send us your feedback.