This week’s box includes: turnip greens (or mustard greens, or Malabar spinach), sweet Italian peppers, braising mix (in the bag), radishes, sweet potatoes, apples, cucumbers, green beans, jalapeños (in the bag_! You can see a photo that can help with identification on our Facebook page or check out our weekly video on Instagram.
Need storage instructions? Visit our fruit & veggie home pages. Click on the pic and a new page opens with storage instructions and a list of recipes curated by Conne Ward Cameron over the years.
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Maybe your box contained turnip greens this week, or maybe it was a bunch or mustard greens instead. Others got a bag of Malabar spinach. Malabar you say? Technically, it’s not in the same family as true spinach which is a tender annual that grows in a rosette. Malabar is a tropical vining perennial with the same characteristics and flavor profile, possibly with a hint of citrus or pepper. The Southern heat can’t stop it because it’s native to the southwest Malabar coast of India.
There are a handful of spinach recipes on our website’s spinach page, along with storage recommendations. You can substitute Malabar spinach for any of these recipes – there’s also a recipe for Malabar Spinach Quiche!
I’m traveling today and not able to write a whole lot more other than a reminder to nick the bottom of your greens bags and drain whatever dew has collected there.
Peace out,
Suzanne
PS: I’m looking forward to a radish sandwich when I get home: slabs of sourdough or country white bread from The Little Tart, generously buttered, sprinkled with my favorite smoked Maldon salt. Yum.