In Paraguay, I learned that any sandwich with an egg makes it a “completo.” Tinicum CSA veggies are so delicious in this BLT Completo. I’m looking forward to summer, so I can make this again. Give it try! Ingredients 4 slices of bacon 1/4 onion, diced 1/2 thai pepper, minced(optional) 1/4 red bell pepper, diced … Read more
In 2017, I made Fancy Fries a lot. It’s such a simple way to enjoy Tinicum CSA root crops. Also, it’s like eating pizza, because you get to cover the roots with shredded cheese. Ingredients 3 potatoes 2 carrots 2 beets 1 celeriac 1 sweet potato 1 parsnip 1 rutabaga(optional) 1 onion, chopped 2 or … Read more
Last season, in an effort to eat more dill, I experimented with adding it to bean dishes. The results were delicious! This recipe comes from my girlfriend, Amanda Midkiff, who owns and operates Locust Light Farm in Titusville, NJ. Locust Light Farm is a medicinal herb farm. Ingredients olive oil 1 can pinto beans 1 … Read more
Happy New Year from Tinicum CSA! It somehow seems fitting that December 31st, 2018 ended with rainy weather. In fact, 2018 was the wettest year on record for the farm, and with the exception of 2011, Pennsylvania’s wettest year ever recorded. Bucks County experienced +18 inches above normal rainfall, reaching a total of 66.2 in. … Read more
Farmer Stefan here. By now, I imagine that everyone has heard that I’m departing the farm this winter. John will be carrying the farm into the next season and beyond as the sole manager. After five seasons of vegetable glory with Tinicum CSA, I am starting a new chapter of life, which involves moving back … Read more
Here’s something that we’ve been doing over at Chez Streit lately. I’ve made a few little variations on this recipe, and it always comes out nicely. This is one of the many ways to use spaghetti squash, wherein you roast the squash and then pretend it’s traditional pasta. Not too complicated. I don’t feel like … Read more
Rhubarb Crisp! Yay! You wouldn’t have a reason to know this, but I’ve been trying to find a Stefan-style recipe for rhubarb crisp for a while. …and by “Stefan-style” I, of course, mean: “Extremely Simple”. Here’s the winner. I started with this recipe from GeniusKitchen.com and modified it a little bit. …because one of the … Read more
Here’s one of my new favorite recipes. It’s basically combining hash browns with an omelet. And the cool part is that it tastes like there’s meat in it…but there’s no meat in it. Since this is a great potato year for the farm, you can make plenty of these omelets. Enjoy! Ingredients Olive oil 1/2 … Read more
Here’s a recipe I acquired from my farmer friends, Keith & Megan, who grow veggies in North Carolina on their farm Nourishing Acres. Sometimes, it can be difficult to know what to do with extra eggplant and this recipe helps to solve that challenge. I’ve made this several times over the summer and even as … Read more
[Editor’s Note: This is an article written by Cathy Snyder — the executive director of Rolling Harvest Food Rescue — about Tinicum CSA’s Donate A Share program.] Growing an Idea into a Movement In the middle of winter four years ago, before he had planted a single seed, before he had finalized any plans for … Read more