The last couple of weeks we are happy to give you some beautiful basil inside your CSA box. The basil is growing very good in our garden so I want to give you some ideas on how to use basil other then in your pasta dishes or pesto. Basil is a versatile and widely used…
A regular item in our CSA box is Cuban Oregano. It has a lot of different names such as: Spanish thyme, Indian mint, Soup mint, French thyme or Indian Borage and it’s a native to Southern and Eastern Afrika. It is used as a decorative plant in many houses in south India. Medicinal use Medicinally…
At the moment it is very hot and humid on the island. That means that we need to drink a lot of water. But a lot of people and especially children, find drinking water boring so I want to give you some ideas to pimp your water. And what better to use then some of…
Sometimes members share their recipes with us and some of them are really delicious!! This week we like to share a recipe from Yana Gibbs. It’s a recipe for a vegan quiche. A quiche is a is a savoury, open-faced pastry crust with a filling of savoury custrad with cheese, meat, seafood and/or vegetables. A…
In our CSA box you will find a lot of green veggie’s like lettuce, swiss chard, kangkong (waterspinache) and callaloo. Some of them get a little bit limp after harvesting. Don’t worry about that when you pick up your box. Put all the green leafy vegetable’s and herbs in a big bowl of water, preferably…
In a previous blog we talked about the health benefits of tumeric: tumeric and health This week I will tell you how to cook with tumeric. If you store the tumeric properly you can save it in your fridge for about 1 month. Layer an air-tight container with clean dry paper towels. Arrange one…
We love our organic Cuban Oregano and are delighted that it’s not only wonderfully fragrant and tasty, but also very good for us. Did you know it’s a complete pasta sauce herb all in one and that it keeps best at room temperature, even here in the tropics? This herb is great used in generous…
