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Ingredient Of The Day: Golden Antique Radish
The Golden Antique Radish, aka Zlata Radish, is one of the many varieties of radishes. They have an earthy-peppery-slightly spicy flavor and crunchy-firm texture. Use raw or cooked for crudités, salad, stir-fry, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Indigo Rose Tomato
The Indigo Rose Tomato is small in size like a Cherry Tomato and has orange and black coloring. They have a smoky-tangy-slightly sweet flavor and tender-juicy texture. Use for crudités, in salsa, relish, salad, pasta dish, and garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bull’s Blood Microgreens
Bull’s Blood Microgreens, aka Baby Bull’s Blood, is a small variety of salad green. They have a grassy-slightly sweet flavor and they are mostly used as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Flowering Spinach
Flowering Spinach is a variety of spinach that starts to produce flowers. They have a vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and crisp-firm texture. Use cooked or raw for salad, Risotto, Quiche, Pesto Sauce, soup, and braising green.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Striped Holland Bell Pepper
The Striped Holland Bell Pepper, aka Enjoya Pepper, is a natural hybrid of the Yellow Bell Pepper and the Red Bell Pepper. Use like you would other sweet peppers in salads, crudités, relish, sauce, soup, and stew.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Rond De Nice
The Rond De Nice squash is a round summer squash from Nice, France. They have a nutty-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and can be used for soup, stew, stir-fry, and Ratatouille.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Marvel Stripe Tomato
The Marvel Stripe Tomato is an heirloom variety of tomato with red and yellow stripes. They have a sweet-tangy flavor and a tender-juicy texture and are used for Caprese Salad, Gazpacho, salad, sandwich, and salsa.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fresh Purple Bean
The Fresh Purple Bean is a summer bean that is similar to the Green Bean. They have a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and are good in salads, crudités, and vegetable side dish. The beans will lose their purple color after being cooked.…
Ingredient Of The Day: White Wonder Cucumber
The White Wonder Cucumber is a small yellow variety of cucumber. They have a slightly sweet flavor and crisp-crunchy texture and are used in salad, sandwich, crudités, Ceviche, and Gazpacho.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pattypan Squash
Pattypan Squash, aka Custard Marrow Squash, Scalloped Squash, and Sunburst Squash, is a small round summer squash that comes in yellow and green colors. They have a mild-vegetal flavor and can be grilled, braised, and roasted for Ratatouille, Risotto, soup, stew, stir-fry, Tempura, and a vegetable side dish.…