Topic: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper

When life hands you lemons… It’s a pretty good day, actually.

Topics: Recipes, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, organic citrus, organic produce, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Original Boston Organics Blog

While sweet potatoes figure prominently in many Thanksgiving feasts, they may be forgotten once the holiday seasons have passed. But sweet potatoes are some of the healthiest and most versatile vegetables available during the winter, so it should be no surprise that they're showing up frequently in New England winter 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

With the shortening of the days come, pomegranates! Eating their seeds means a feast for the mouth and the eyes: both their burst of sweet and tart flavor and their bright red color are welcome this time of year.

Topics: produce delivery, Recipes, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, boston organics, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Guides and Infographics, organic pomegranate, how to

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

While fewer hours of daylight and cooler days ahead might trigger apprehension about the approaching winter, there's some good news: it's squash season! Colorful, shapely and substantial squash are the workhorse of the winter kitchen lending themselves to soups, stews, curries, pastas, even pies and more!   

Learn all about the squash varieties you may find in your Boston Organics boxes, so you can make the most of these versatile vehicles of flavor.

Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, winter squash, Home Cooking Kitchen Tips, Guides and Infographics, Original Boston Organics Blog

Hanging onto summer: Organic corn

Sweet, tender organic corn-on-cob says end-of-summer like almost nothing else. While exquisite, corn is very susceptible to pests, particularly silkworms. Unlike conventional growers, organic corn growers can't spray their fields with chemical pesticides, which is a big invitation for the little buggers to eat away.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Local Season, summer produce, organic corn

Stone fruit has an element of nostalgia, bringing to mind memories of sweet, sticky hands on a hot summer day—picking through pint containers of little yellow-orange fruit at the farmers’ market and popping open vats of aromatic preserves put by for colder times. Luckily, we don’t have to wait until peak summer in New England to enjoy organic stone fruit season! 

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Organic Stone Fruit, Guides and Infographics

August/September are wild blueberry harvesting season! It's a short, sporadic season so get them while you can! We have organic blueberries (half-pint) available as an add-on almost year-round, but wild blueberries are in another league entirely.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, organic blueberries, Newsletter, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce

If you’re a native New Englander or longtime Boston resident, then August is probably one of your favorite months for fresh, organic fruit. Not only are juicy heirloom tomatoes ready for harvest and stone fruit at its peak, it’s also the heart of the short but spectacular wild blueberry season.

The Boston Organics Community includes some pretty talented farmers, but there are some things that nature simply does better than any human can. One such thing is growing blueberries.

We’ve had organic blueberries available as an add-on for several weeks, but wild blueberries—the kind that you dreamt about as a kid—are in another league entirely.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, organic blueberries, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, summer produce

Mangoes, considered a rare delicacy by some, are actually one of the most frequently consumed fruits in the world. And with good reason too! That’s why Boston Organics is going “beneath the peel” to explore the amazing world of the mango.

Topics: Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Organic Mangoes, Original Boston Organics Blog