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- New - chicken wings from Dewberry Hills Farms
- New - local cucumbers are here!
- Limited- non-local cucumbers are hard to get, thanks to freezing weather in Florida and other areas
- Limited- jalapenos and artichokes are also tough to get, thanks to cold weather in Florida
- Gone- local tangerines and Meyer lemons are gone for the season
- Limited - cranberries, pomegranates and strawberries are tough to get right now
- Limited- summer squash are out of season locally, and limited elsewhere.
- Last chance for a while- Dewberry Hills Chicken is headed into their slow season. Supplies may dwindle, especially boneless, skinless chicken breast
- New - ground turkey from Richardson Farms
- Back - smoked gouda from Brazos Valley
- New - Bola Pizza! This farmer's market favorite now available frozen and delivered
- New - sweet potato chips in sea salt or hickory BBQ, from Rhythm Superfoods
- New - flavored local goat milk yogurt from Wateroak Farms in strawberry, pineapple
- Back after many moons- local yogurt from Lucky Layla in guava & pina colada
- New - hemp veggie burgers & Italian breakfast sliders from Good Seed
- Pause - local goat cheese from Pure Luck - they're stopping production until Spring. Gotta let the girls rest!
- We're listening- the Greenling Taco Meal kit now serves 4 thanks to customer requests
- Back - Parmesan cheese from Brazos Valley
- Back - jalapeno cheddar from Texas Daily Harvest
- Gone - canned artichoke hearts
- Limited - bison from Thunderheart Bison is hard to get right now
- Did ya notice? -Meat cuts by the pound, we'll be expanding this to more meats so you pay exactly what the cut weighs instead of an estimation. Item unit is listed as lb/package which means it's weighed when packed and price-adjusted
Browse these items here
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Local Chicken Soup for the Soul
Visitors to Angel House Soup Kitchen in Austin recently enjoyed nourishing soups made with local chicken stock, thanks to farmers Jane and Terry Levan of Dewberry Hills Farms. The Levans grow pastured, compassionately-raised poultry on their Lexington, Texas, farm, and their broilers, ground chicken, and split breasts have been Greenling customer favorites for years.
When they began offering boneless, skinless chicken breasts through Greenling a few months ago, customers loved these cuts of local poultry. The Levans ramped up production of boneless chicken breasts, resulting in an abundance of stock bones. As the volume of stock bones grew in the Levan’s freezer, they decided to donate the soup bones to a local charity.
Dewberry Hills Farms reached out to Greenling to help with the donation, and we were thrilled to assist! We offered freezer space and transportation to make the donation possible, and last Thursday, we delivered 200 pounds of stock bones to Angel House Soup Kitchen.
Angel House serves meals to over 500 people each week in downtown Austin; their doors are open to all, regardless of race, religion, or ability to pay. Their volunteers cooked up the stock bones immediately, substituting nourishing, local broth for the canned variety.
We think stories like this epitomize what’s great about the local food system. Thank you to our farmer heroes at Dewberry Hills for making the world a more sustainable, healthy, and wholesome place to live.
Deciphering Milk Dates
Local milk vendors use a different system for indicating milk freshness. The date you see stamped on your carton is a "Best By" date, so we suggest you try to use it by then, or freeze it for use in cooking later. (Make sure to transfer it to a container that lets it expand if you do this)
Organic Valley (nonlocal) milk is ultra pasteurized and therefore lasts longer - the date printed on the carton is a "Sell By" date. Also, the milk will be freshest tasting within 5 days of being opened.
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Talk to Us!
Did you get a great grapefruit? An awesome apple? Whether we knocked your socks off, or you have a suggestion for improvement, we want to hear from you!
Our office is open from 8 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday, and we return every single phone call and email we receive. No matter how you contact us, you'll always get an answer from a real live human-- we promise!
Email: grace@greenling.com
Phone:
Austin: (512)440-8449
San Antonio: (210) 805-1919
Dallas Fort-Worth: (469) 656-7913
Text Message: (512) 553-8449
Live chat: Click here to talk with customer service or billing through a chat window in your internet browser.
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Sustainable is Sexy!
Spoil your sweetie this Valentine's Day with a special delivery of local and organic surprises. We have a wide selection of gifts, romantic dinners, and tempting treats that are sure to please the special person in your life.
Our Valentine's gifts and meal kits will be delivered on Monday, February 13th-- in plenty of time to impress your date and set the stage for a romantic (and eco-friendly) Valentine's Day. As always, gifts arrive in attractive, recyclable packaging and include a hand-written gift note for the recipient. How sweet!
Valentine's Day Gift Baskets
Chocolate Rain Gift Basket - Decadent and delightful! Naughty and nice! This indulgent gift showcases the best in local chocolate talent, with enough goodies to share (or not-- we won’t tell). Includes Miles of Chocolate, 1 bag Fat Turkey Dominican Joe Extra Dark Chocolate Domes, 1 bag Fat Turkey Chocolate Pools with Cocoa Nibs, 1 Love Puppies Mocha Me Crazy Brownie, 4 Fat Turkey Truffles.
Love Bites Truffles - Calling all chocolate lovers! Central Texas chocolatier Fat Turkey has prepared this assortment of one dozen handmade truffles just for Greenling. Each pretty box includes three each of the following flavors: chai tea chocolate ganache with a dark chocolate coating, creamy white chocolate strawberry ganache with a dark chocolate coating, lavender caramel with a milk chocolate coating, and classic chocolate truffles.
Afternoon Delight - Romantic relaxation in a box, hugged by a bow. Your valentine will love the flavor and quality of these organic, loose leaf teas from Central Texas' Zhi Teas. Accompanied by local pastries, local honey, and a romantic scented candle that both of you can enjoy.
Valentine's Day Meal Kits
Spice Rubbed Texas Quail
- Set the stage for a romantic encounter with a three-course meal of salad with citrus vinaigrette, spice rubbed Texas quail on a bed of vegetable couscous, and Tiny Pies cherry pies for dessert. The pies and salad arrive ready-to-serve, and the remaining items are prepped and portioned for seamless cooking.
Oven Seared Texas Ribeye - Nothing says "I only have rib-eyes for you" like a home-cooked steak dinner for your sweetheart. This three-course meal includes salad with citrus vinaigrette, local, grass-fed ribeye steaks with a red wine reduction on a bed of vegetable couscous, and Tiny Pies cherry pies for dessert. The pies and salad arrive ready-to-serve, an the remaining items are prepped and portioned for seamless cooking.
Stuffed Acorn Squash
- Share the veggie love with a three-course dinner of salad with citrus vinaigrette, roasted, couscous-stuffed acorn squash, and Tiny Pies cherry pies for dessert. The pies and salad arrive ready-to-serve, and the remaining items are prepped and portioned for seamless cooking.
Browse our complete selection of gifts at the gift page of our website. We will be special delivering all Valentine's Gifts and Meal Kits on Monday, February 13th. If you'd like another sweet treat from our gifts page delivered that day, please leave a note in the gift message area of your order to "lettuce" know.
This Week's Box Contents & Local Items
Puxatawney Phil may have seen his shadow yesterday, but it sure feels like spring in Central Texas! We're getting some of the earliest cucumbers ever from Gundermann Acres, along with aptly-named spring onions. All this sunshine and moderate weather is good for winter crops, too, so leafy greens and citrus are still going strong.
We are including a Surprise Me! item in every Local Box next week thanks to our Facebook fans and Twitter followers! We reached 8,100 fans on Facebook and 5,000 fans on Twitter this week, and we wanted to celebrate with some Local Box love. Thank you for your support!
You may have noticed a new farm among our ranks recently, and we are happy to welcome Don and Cathy Miller of CAEDA farms, to the Greenling family! You may recognize CAEDA from Austin area farmer's markets; they travel from Elgin each weekend, and now their beautiful produce is also available through Greenling. This week we're getting Napa cabbage, collards, and other wonderful greens from the Millers.
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In Local Boxes ($34.99) this week (Feb 6-10):
- Surprise Me! - Various Local Farms
- Avocados - G&S Groves
- Mustard Greens - Lund Produce
- Mizuna Bunch - My Father's Farm
- White Mushrooms - Kitchen Pride
- Red or Green Kale - Fruitful Hill or Gundermann Acres
- Pickling Cucumber or Slicing Cucumber - Gundermann Acres
- Lime - G&S Groves
- Grapefruit - G&S Groves
- Spring Onion Bunch - Gundermann Acres
Suggested recipes for all items will be included with the Local Box
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Last Week's (Jan 30- Feb 3) Local Box Video:
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In Farmstead Boxes this week:*
- Grandma's Hummus - The Med Chef
- Tabuleh - The Med Chef
- Dolmas (Stuffed Grape Leaves) - The Med Chef
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*please note we are not able to make substitutions in the Farmstead Boxes! Thanks for understanding
Fresh, Prepared Meal Selection for this week:
Dish #1 - Chicken Tortilla Soup (16 oz. - serves 2)
Every culture has their own 'chicken soup for the soul' recipe. This one just may be our favorite. Our delicious chicken stock, made fresh every week from Dewberry Farms chickens, is fortified with a fiery blend of dried Mexican chiles and simmered with corn tortillas, giving it that distinct corn flavor. A perfect accompaniment to your dinner, or a whole meal in itself.Gluten-free. Dairy-free.
Ingredients: chicken stock, chicken, organic tomato, organic onion, garlic, corn tortilla, canola oil, chipotle, dried chiles, organic herbs, salt, pepper
Dish #2 - Green Chilie Rice with Cumin Roasted Chicken(16 oz. - serves 2)
Dewberry Farms is the home of self-proclaimed "Really good chicken", and it ain't no lie. We've tried lots of local birds and Jane & Terry are the best of the best. We citrus-brine their beautiful birds overnight, rub them down in a savory mix of cumin & coriander and oven-roast them until golden brown and delicious. We make stock from the bones, and use that stock to make this delicious rice, infused with fresh herbs & tomatillo salsa. An amped up arroz con pollo, inspired by the best local ingredients we can get. Gluten-free. Dairy-free.
Ingredients: chicken, brine (water, kosher salt, garlic, organic grapefruit, lime, honey, sugar, spices), extra virgin olive oil, spices, organic herbs, salt, pepper rice: long grain rice, organic onion, garlic, tomatillo, organic green chiles, chicken stock, lime, spices, organic herbs, salt, pepper
Fresh Pasta of the Week:
Green Olive & Oregano Linguine
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Produce from Local Farms
- Arugula - Gundermann Acres/Fruitful Hill
- Arugula, Baby - Animal Farm
- Basil, Live- Bella Verdi
- Bok Choy - Simmons Family Farm
- Broccoli - Green Gate/ HausBar Farms
- Brussels Sprouts - Hillside Farms
- Cabbage, Napa - CAEDA Farms
- Cabbage, Savoy - Comanche Oak, Gundermann Acres
- Carrots - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Cauliflower - Hillside Farms
- Chard, Swiss - Fruitful Hill Farm
Cilantro - Fruitful Hill Farm/ Simmons Family Farm
- Collard Greens - CAEDA Farm/ Gundermann Acres
- Dill - My Father's Farm
- Fennel - Gundermann Acres
- Garlic, Green - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Kale - Gundermann Acres
- Kale, Red - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Kohlrabi - Gundermann. Comanche Oaks
- Lettuce, Bibb – Bella Verdi
- Lettuce, Green Leaf - Gundermann, Fruitful Hill Farm
- Lettuce, Mixed - Austin Organics
- Lettuce, Red Leaf - Gundermann
- Lettuce, Romaine - Gundermann
- Lettuce, Salad Trio - Austin Organics
- Microgreens - Bella Verdi
- Mizuna - My Father's Farm
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Produce from Local Farms
- Mushroom, Crimini- Kitchen Pride
- Mushroom, Shiitake- TX Organic Mushrooms
- Mushroom, Port caps- Kitchen Pride
- Mushroom, White- Kitchen Pride
- Mustard Greens - Lund Produce, CAEDA, Comanche Oak
- Onion, Green - Animal Farm, Green Gate Farm
- Parsley - Fruitful Hill
- Pickling Cucumbers - Gundermann Acres
- Potatoes, Sweet - Gundermann Acres
- Radish, Black - Animal Farm
- Radish, Daikon - Tecolote Farm
- Radish, Easter Egg - Comanche Oak
- Radish, Watermelon - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Rutabaga - Just Peachy Farm
- Spinach - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Spring Onions - Gundermann Acres
- Sprouts, Lentil - Groovy Greens
- Sprouts, Spicy Alfalfa - Groovy Greens
- Sprouts, Sunflower - Groovy Greens
- Squash, Butternut - Gundermann Acres
- Squash, Spaghetti - Gundermann Acres
- Tomatoes, Slicing - Walnut Creek
- Turnips, White - Fruitful Hill Farm
- Avocado - G&S Groves
- Grapefruit - G&S Groves
- Limes - G&S Groves
- Oranges - G&S Groves
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Events & Local Food Happenings Around Town
Lady Bird Lake Clean-up Day
- Sunday, February 12, various times throughout the day
- Free, but volunteers should RSVP for the site of their choice
- 12 sites around Lady Bird Lake [Austin]
Love the Trail at Lady Bird Lake but hate the styrofoam washed up along the shoreline? You can join The Trail Foundation and Keep Austin Beautiful (KAB) in a focused effort to improve the Trail and Lake. Volunteers will meet to clean up the lake along the shore's edge, or from the water by kayak or paddle board. Volunteering is free, but spots fill quickly, so a reservation is required.
Visit the Trail Foundation web site for more information.
Slow Food Austin Happy Hour
- Thursday, February 16, 5:30-8:00PM
- Free; guests are responsible for their own food and beverage
- Foreign & Domestic, 306 East 53rd Street Austin, TX 78751 [Austin]
Join Slow Food Austin for their monthly happy hour, in February at Foreign & Domestic. Chef Ned Elliott has prepared a special charcuterie menu and a $5 Slow Drink Menu. Slow Food Austin reconnects people with the food they eat. Our educational initiatives, social activities, fundraising events, and community volunteer projects inspire respect for where food comes from and awakens true pleasure in eating.
More information about the happy hour is available at Slow Food Austin's Facebook and website.
Basura Bash Annual Waterways Clean-up
- Saturday, February 25, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m.
- Free, but volunteers must register for a specific waterway
- Various lakes, streams and waterways in San Antonio [San Antonio]
Basura Bash is the largest single-day waterway clean-up in Texas, and last year's event drew over 2,000 volunteers! Clean up areas include: Tributaries within the San Antonio Water Shed such as segments of Salado Creek, Indian Creek, Leon Creek, Olmos Creek, Zarzamora Creek, Brackenridge Park, Martinez Creek, Woodlawn Lake and The Headwaters of the San Antonio River.
Visit the Basura Bash volunteer registration page for more information and to register.
Recipe Corner
Beer Braised Bratwurst and Greens
Ingredients
- 1-2 tablespoons butter
- 4 links of any flavor local bratwurst
- 1 large or 2 medium yellow onions, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 bottle locally brewed beer
- 1 pound dark greens, such as mizuna, mustard, kale, or a mix of these
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions:
Slice onions. In a large skillet, saute onions in butter over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, peel and chop garlic. Add garlic and whole brats to the pan and brown sausage on all sides.
Pour in entire bottle of beer, turn heat to low. Simmer, covered, for 30-45 minutes until beer has thickened some and sausages are cooked through. While sausage is cooking, chop greens. Cook greens with sausage and onions for the last 5 minutes on the stove, until they’re just wilted. Season with freshly ground pepper.
For More Recipes Check Out:
Eating Out of the Local Box - Menus designed specifically for the local box and ideas on what to do with the wonderful bounty
Vegan Greenling - More recipes for the local box, but all Vegan!
Greenling Facebook - All sorts of recipes and ideas get posted here
Mylie's Kitchen - Real Food. Good for you and the planet.
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