Summer is my favorite time of the year on the farm. The vegetables are growing like crazy this year, especially the English cucumbers. We have an abundance of English slicing cucumbers and I needed to find something to do with them. My first thought was a cold cucumber salad but I wanted to come up with a recipe that used other vegetables and herbs from the farm. I have always loved the smell of fresh cut dill and thought that would be perfect for this custom recipe in my h

Fenugreek Microgreens It contains a variety of beneficial nutrients, including: iron magnesium manganese copper vitamin B6 protein dietary fiber Fenugreek also contains a number of powerful phytonutrients, including choline, trigonelline, yamogenin, gitogenin, diosgenin, tigogenin, and neotigogens. How to eat fenugreek? You can consume fenugreek in any number of ways. Its seeds can be eaten whole and are often used as toppings for certain dishes or soups. Fenugreek seeds can

Shrimp and Microgreens Wraps Serves 4 as an appetizer Here, microgreens replace lettuce in these nontraditional Asian spring rolls. Ingredients 8 rice paper wrappers* 1 large bowl of very warm water 1/4 cup red pickled ginger, julienne* 1 1/2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds or black sesame seeds 1/2 pound cooked medium shrimp, shelled and deveined 1/2 cup cilantro microgreens or coarsely chopped tender young cilantro 1/4 cup mint leaves (optional) 2 1/2 cups mixed mil

This week has been a busy one at C&L Farms. We have been adding the tomato clips to the tomato plants in the hoop-house. They have been growing about a foot per week so it has been hard to keep up with them. We hard prune our tomato plants which means we remove any suckers and all of the branches below the first set of blossoms. This allows more light and air to get to the bottom of the plants since we still have some lettuce inter-planted below the tomato plants. More

“Organic standards have made significant improvements by reducing the volume of chemicals used in farming systems, which has significantly improved the impact of farming on the environment and improved the working conditions of the many employees who are exposed on a daily basis to a farm’s practices (let us not forget the trace elements of materials those employees are no longer bringing home to their young families) However, the current organic standards do not guarantee a

Pear, Prosciutto, and Arugula Microgreens Pizza This recipe combines 3 of my favorite ingredients onto pizza dough to make a sweet, savory, and spicy pizza for friends and family to enjoy. Ingredients 2 red pears, sliced thin 1/2 red onion, sliced thin 6 very thin slices of prosciutto 2 cups of mozzarella cheese 3 pieces of whole wheat Naan bread (or fresh dough from Publix Deli) ¼ cup olive oil or as needed 3 tablespoon. coconut oil 3 tablespoon. honey 1 tablespoon

Sunshine Smoothie 16 oz sunflower microgreens + 4 oz broccoli microgreens provides the perfect amount of greens to make this smoothie all week long! Ingredients About 2 oz sunflower microgreens About 1/2 oz broccoli, Pea, or Radish microgreens (optional) 1/2 banana – chopped, frozen 1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks 1/2 teaspoon chia or flax seeds Ice 1/2 cup water or Almond milk or Soy Milk (to help with blending) Directions – Place items in blender in the order indica