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Winter Moon Roots in Hadley, MA has a special treat for us this time of year:  Spring-dug organic parsnips! We can hear what you're thinking - What?!? More root vegetables? Well, these babies, these first-of-the-season Spring vegetables, deserve a second look! Unbelievably sweet and flavorful, Spring parsnips are a food-loving locavore's best friend.

Topics: Organic Farmers, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips

south american chimichurri

This bright, flavorful sauce, ubiquitous in South America, comes together quickly and easily from a handful of pantry ingredients such as red wine vinegar, garlic, and crushed red pepper, plus fresh herbs like parsley and oregano. Authentic version are made with a mortar and pestle but the food processor is your friend here, making this an easy weeknight addition that will surely elevate simple fish, chicken, meat or roasted vegetable dishes. Be sure to let it rest for a few minutes to allow the flavors to meld.

Topics: organic produce, organic vegetables, roasted vegetables, meat, sauces, chicken, fish

Learn all about our many endeavors in 2023! We helped numerous community organizations and individuals gain access to fresh, organic fruit and vegetables. Added numerous grocery items to our evegrowing list of add-ons. And contributed to a healthy local food system. We thank you, our customers for helping make this all possible. Read more!

Topics: Company Updates

We deliver organic fruit and snacks to hundreds of offices in the Greater Boston area, but many of the people who work in those offices don't know that we ALSO deliver organic produce and groceries to homes.

Topics: Healthy Office, Office wellness program

Recipe #8 RED Curry with Tofu and Vegetables

This week we're heading to Southeast Asia for inspiration for making the most of winter's produce. The flavors of Thailand - rich and creamy coconut milk, red curry (corinader, cumin, chiles, lemongrass, galangal), salty and umami-packed fish sauce and bright, fresh basil or cilantro - make for an easy and flavorful curry, served over rice. Jarred or tinned curry paste (we like Maesri brand) make this a super quick and easy weeknight supper. You control the heat of the finished dish by altering the amount of curry paste, though beware of the burst of head clearing vapors when the paste is added to the Dutch oven: a vent hood or open window is your good friend here

Topics: Organic Root Vegetables, Root vegetables

Beans are high in protein making them a popular food for vegetarian and vegan diets. But you don't have to be a herbivore to enjoy these nutrient rich legumes that lend themselves to all kinds of wonderful dishes.  And we've got a terrific local source (ME) for heirloom beans, Baer's Best.

For the past three decades Charley and Carol Baer have been specializing in heirloom bean varieties that have grown here in the Northeast since colonial days. Many years ago beans were a New England staple and some local people may remember the traditional Saturday night meal of baked beans and brown bread. Now many people are rediscovering the benefits and pleasures of having beans as a regular part of their diet and finding new ways to enjoy these specialty beans.

Learn more here about the health benefits and how to cook dried beans!

Topics: Recipes, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, boston organics, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, New England Winter Cooking, Original Boston Organics Blog, Organic Dried Beans

Topics: Boston Organics Community, Holiday

It's that time of the year: pumpkins are everywhere and we're all assiduously working on our Thanksgiving guest lists, menus and shopping lists. What's one to do with the ubiquitous vegetable of the season, if you're a pumpkin pie heretic?

Here are six great options:

Topics: Thanksgiving, pumpkin

Beautiful orangey, red Persimmons are now in season and will show up in many boxes during their October-February season. An often underrated treat, persimmons are sweet and delicious, adding a honey-like brightness to desserts, salads and as a snack. Two primary varieties of persimmons are available - fuyu and hachiya - with differences  in how they are eaten and prepared. To make the most of your persimmons, learn more about this delicious, seasonal fruit. 

Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, organic persimmons, organic hechiya persimmon, Cooking, fuyu persimmons

Sweet potatoes figure prominently in many Thanksgiving feasts, other times of the year they may be forgotten. But sweet potatoes are among the healthiest and most versatile vegetables available during the winter - be they baked, steamed or roasted; in soups, curries and stews - so it's no surprise that they show up frequently in New England cooking. 

Topics: produce delivery, Recipes, CSA, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, deep root organic coop, boston organics, organic produce, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Organic Potatoes, Organic Root Vegetables, New England Local Fruits and Vegetables, miscellaneous, Original Boston Organics Blog