Topic: winter squash

Start your Thanksgiving menu off with a delicious seasonal soup. Perhaps your turkey isn't done on time or you're in the middle of mashing potatoes or making gravy. A cup of soup, served in a mug with a spoon can be just the thing to buy you some time while keeping everyone happy!

Here are 7 recipes for vegetarian soups that will start your Thanksgiving feast off right.

Note: A few of these recipes have been updated to make them vegetarian (some that originally called for chicken broth now call for vegetable broth). You can view the original version of the recipes by clicking on the recipe names.

Topics: Organic Garlic, Recipes, organic carrots, Organic Fennel, Organic Mushrooms, pumpkin pie, Organic Onions, winter squash, Organic Squash, organic celery, Thanksgiving, organic recipes, pumpkin, vegetarian soups

Moist, flavorful with varied textures and a great vehicle for gravy and cranberry sauce: that's how we'd describe a good Thanksgiving stuffing. Here are a half-dozen vegetarian stuffing recipes filled with the flavors of the season and sure to please. 

Note: A few of these recipes have been updated to make them vegetarian (some that originally called for chicken stock now call for vegetable stock). You can view the original version of the recipes by clicking on the recipe names.

Topics: Organic Cranberries, Organic Onions, winter squash, Organic Apples, Thanksgiving, organic stuffing, vegetarian stuffing

While fewer hours of daylight and cooler days ahead might trigger apprehension about the approaching winter, there's 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

Our Dogma Box includes organic produce that's sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms each week.

Topics: Vegetarian and Vegan Food, Recipes, Organic Cabbage, Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, winter squash, Organic Parsnips, Organic Squash, Organic Potatoes, organic beets, vegan, vegetarian

Our Dogma Box includes organic produce that's sourced as close to Boston as possible throughout the year. Similar to a CSA or farm share, this box is filled with the best organic produce from local and regional farms each week.

Topics: Vegetarian and Vegan Food, Recipes, Organic Cabbage, Local Dogma Box, Eat Local, winter squash, Organic Parsnips, Organic Squash, Organic Potatoes, organic beets, vegan, vegetarian

There's no doubt about it, the Boston Organics Community sure ate well in 2016. Our farm partners and other suppliers kept us in fresh fruits and vegetables all year long, and it was a joy to see the shift from citrus and root crops in the winter to tomatoes and stone fruit in the summer, and to enjoy all the delicious produce in between.

To start 2017 off on the right foot, we decided to share our  top-clicked recipes of the past year, to offer the opportunity to reprise tasty favorites or to find new inspiration for the year ahead.

 

Topics: Recipes, Fall Produce, Beneath The Peel / Digging Deeper, Newsletter, organic carrots, organic kale, Organic Mushrooms, winter squash, organic sunchokes, Organic Herbs, Organic Potatoes, Original Boston Organics Blog, organic sweet potatoes, organic beets

After a long, hot summer, the cooler temperatures of the last week have offered something of a reprieve, and an opportunity to pull out our fall jackets, flannel shirts, and woolly socks. It's also a cue for the return of some of our favorite cool (though not yet cold) weather food and drink. Relish the beauty of October in New England with local fruit and vegetables delivered to your door.

Topics: Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, organic citrus, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, winter squash, Organic Leafy Greens

Tonight is the first debate between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This much-anticipated face-off and the hotly contested primaries have dominated the news and conversation for months. Here at Boston Organics, we’re counteracting the stress, tension and noise of the election the best way we know how—cooking  with fresh, organic ingredients. A side benefit of this method of coping is that it leaves the Boston Organics Community well-nourished and ready to be engaged citizens, whether by simply voting or getting involved in the campaign for a specific candidate or ballot question.

Topics: Organic Turnips, Recipes, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, winter squash, Organic Apples, Organic Leafy Greens, organic pomegranate

This Thursday, September 22 is the autumn equinox, when day and night are the same length. (Approximately. We're mostly interested in the poetics.)  This event marks the beginning of fall, and the ever-decreasing daylight as we head toward the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. The balance of light and dark at the equinox got us thinking about other opposing pairs. Read on to see how we're bringing together all sorts of opposites in the kitchen using produce from this week's  boxes.

Topics: Organic Turnips, Recipes, Organic Kohlrabi, Local Dogma Box, Newsletter, Eat Local, Organic Bananas, Organic Farmers, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, winter squash, Taza Chocolate, Organic Apples, Organic Potatoes, organic beets

A weekly update from Boston Organics.

Fruitcake, chestnuts and turkey are all commonly associated with Christmas feasts, but what about the New Year? In Spain, eating twelve white grapes at midnight is the preferred tradition, and in much of the Mediterranean, pomegranates are prized New Year’s fare to ensure fertility and abundance in the year ahead. Read on to see how to get your year off to a lucky and happy start with a little help from this week’s box.

Topics: Recipes, Holiday, Organic Mangoes, Winter Produce, Newsletter, organic citrus, Organic Grocery Add-Ons, Fresh From the Farm, winter squash, Organic Collard Greens, Organic Grocery Delivery Boston, Organic Greens