Lots of rain!

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Obviously we have a lot of fun in the rain! Some of the vegetables don’t like the rain, but we needed it.

This week hopefully you are enjoying all of the meat that you picked up, along with all of the veggies! We did have some new things last week, like Radicchio, here is a recipe for it.

Recently one of our favorite things to make has been sesame ham. It started as sesame chicken, but when I did it with a ham roast it turned out really well! This is how I do it: Cut up ham into 1/2 inch cubes, then put into Instant Pot with some sesame oil, and brown on all sides. While meat is browning, mix up the sauce: 1 cup honey, 1 cup liquid aminos, 1/2 cup water, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp red chili flakes {or a pinch of cayenne} and 2 fresh garlic cloves {you can also finely chopped garlic scapes!} Wisk to combine. Then add sauce to Instant Pot and select manual high pressure for 4 minuets. While it is cooking mix up 2 tbs of corn starch in a 1/2 cup of cool water. Release pressure and add corn starch mixture, let that sit and it should thicken right up. If it doesn’t then you need to add some more corn starch and water. We serve this over brown rice, topped with sesame seeds, and a salad. This a great meal to come into on a day that we’ve been out harvesting in a heat index of over 100 degrees! Sweaty Farmers like this meal, we hope you do too!

Last week the herbal shares were: chick weed salve and turmeric honey. The salve is great for bug bites, burns and any skin ailment. The honey can be used in tea or for cooking, it’s great and so good for you!

New this week in the farm store is cheese, sour cream and cream cheese. It’s for sale to anyone (the butter in the is a herd share product so only available to herd share members). The cheese is from a dairy in the Shenandoah Valley, they are a grass fed dairy. We also got some local, organic einkorn wheat berries that we freshly ground for you. The best way to keep nutrients intact once it’s ground is to keep in the freezer. Our breads this week are made with it. It’s a lovely flour to work with.

We love serving you all as we strive to be good stewards of the land, and in turn eat great food!

Rejoicing in blessings, and blessings to you,

Madison for The Bakers