Green Chile Black Bean Burger

I love vegetable burgers. Not the mass produced fake meat type, but homemade with lots of actual vegetables and grains! I don’t usually eat them on a bun, but you of course can! I like them along side lots of fresh salad like vegetables and crunchy pickles and onions.

There are roasted chilies in the patty. I put more on top with some cheese. This is vegan if you leave off the cheese or use a vegan alternative cheese.

Green Chile Black Bean Burger-makes 6 big burgers. This looks like a long list but you probably have everything in your pantry except the corn and chilies.

1 can black beans, rinsed and drained and mashed
¼ cup onion, diced
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup panko or bread-crumbs
2 roasted green chilies diced (=1/4 to 1/2 cup), more if you want to top your burger with chilies
½ cup corn. I used raw cut off the cob
2 tablespoons salsa (helps to hold everything together, use more if your burger isn’t easy to form into a patty)
2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon garlic granules
1 teaspoon, chili powder
1 teaspoon onion granules
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper

Gather your ingredients.

Mash your beans and cut up your vegetable and put everything a a bowl big enough to mix everything together. 

Not looking too yummy yet :-(

Shape this mix into 6 patties. Heat a heavy skillet to medium and film it with oil and brown them for about 4-5 minutes and carefully flip them over. You can add more chilies and or cheese now, if you want.

You can make the patties shaped but uncooked, a day or two ahead of when you want them. They freeze really well too, shaped and -cooked or uncooked, if you can’t eat them all in a week or so. I like to use leftovers like taco meat, in nachos or a burrito-or TACOS!

If you try these let me know how you liked them.

Mo

 

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CSA Week 16

Hello CSA Members!

We will have carrots, beets, and celery again this week. I love roasted beets and carrots with a dressing or dip as a simple side dish. Celery is a great addition to a stir fry. I put mine in a tuna salad and loved it. It’s refreshing and adds such a nice crunch. Check out our website if you haven’t already for tips on storing your celery!

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 16:

Regular Share:
1 – Melons
2 – Eggplant or Zucchini
3 – Roasted Chilies (mild, medium, spicy)
4 – Sweet Peppers
5 – Carrots or Beets or Celery
6 – Cauliflower or Cabbage or Tomatillos
7 – Tomatoes or Green Beans

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zones 5 and 6
Tomatoes and Green Beans

Fruit Share:
Apples and Pears

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CSA Week 15

Hello CSA Members!

August is coming to a close and September is almost here. This last month flew by!

Make sure to stop by our farm in Lafayette this Saturday, August 31st, for U-pick tomatoes. The first 10# are free for CSA members! Take advantage of this while the weather is still warm and we have an abundance.

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 15:

Regular Share:
1 – Onions
2 – Eggplant or Tomatillos
3 – Roasted Chilies
4 – Sweet Peppers
5 – Green Beans
6 – Carrots or Beets or Celery
7 – Tomatoes
8- Melons

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zones 2 (option of potatoes too) and 6
Double Sweet Peppers

Fruit Share:
Peaches and TBD

 

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Freezing Whole Tomatoes and Tomatillos

Just a quick post to let you know that you you don’t have to make sauce or peel and prepare tomatoes or tomatillos for later use. You can easily freeze pop your whole tomatoes or tomatillos and it couldn’t be simpler.

Just put your washed and dried tomatoes or tomatillos in the freezer on a tray until they are frozen hard.

When they are completely frozen move them to a plastic bag for long storage and to take up less room. Return them to the freezer, use them in 6-9 months.

When you’re ready to use your frozen tomatoes or tomatillos, just let them thaw at room temperature. Once they’ve defrosted, the tomato skins peel right off! Use the tomatillos without peeling.

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CSA Week 14

Hello CSA Members!

We are at the height of the harvest season and all hands on deck are needed to harvest, pack, and bring delicious veggies to you at CSA pick-up each day. We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without our amazing crew out in the field, in the wash station, and workshare members helping at CSA pick-ups!

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 14:

Regular Share:
1 – Herb Choice or Squash Blossoms or Hot Peppers
2 – Eggplant or Tomatillos
3 – Roasted Chilies
4 – Harvester’s Choice
5 – Sweet Peppers or Zucchini or Cucumbers
6 – Lettuce or Greens Choice
7 – Tomatoes
8- Melons

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zones 4 and 5
Lettuce and Greens Choice

Fruit Share:
Peaches

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CSA Week 13

Hello CSA Members!

It’s that time of the year where peppers are in abundance- sweet, spicy, and roasted peppers are all available at pick-up this week. My favorite ways to use peppers are in a stir fry, quesadillas, or roasted and blended into a sauce.

New this week: broccoli and cauliflower! Check out our delicious recipes on the website.

We have melons again this week. They are picked ripe in the field and are ready for you to eat! Make sure to refrigerate if you plan on not eating them right away.

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 13:

Regular Share:
1 – Herb Choice or Squash Blossoms or Hot Peppers
2 – Eggplant or Tomatillos
3 – Roasted Chilies
4 – Broccoli or Cauliflower or Cabbage
5 – Sweet Peppers or Zucchini or Cucumbers
6 – Lettuce or Greens Choice
7 – Tomatoes
8- Melons

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zone 5
Lettuce and Greens Choice
Double Tomatoes

Fruit Share:
Peaches and Plums

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CSA Week 12

Hello CSA Members!

This gloomy weather is already making me excited for fall. Summer is far from over though. We have plenty of tomatoes, peppers, and beautiful lettuce being harvested from the field. New this week: melons, carrots, and plums for fruit share. See you at pick-up!

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 12:

Regular Share:
1 – Herb Choice or Squash Blossoms
2 – Eggplant or Peppers
3 – Carrots or Zucchini or Cucumbers
4 – Roasted Chilies
5 – Tomatoes
6 – Lettuce
7 – Melons

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zones 2 and 3
Double Tomatoes

Fruit Share:
Peaches and Plums

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CSA Week 11

Hello CSA Members!

It’s Week 11, which means we are already halfway through our CSA. Where does the time go? I’ve been loving to hear how you are using your veggies at CSA pick-ups and what your favorite parts of CSA have been.

Peppers and tomatoes are both ramping up, and eggplant is still going strong. Lately I’ve been loving fresh tomatoes on top of just about everything- quesadillas, pasta, sandwiches, or just on their own with a little salt and pepper. Peppers, especially shishitos, are one of my favorite veggies, and I love roasting or sauteing them in the cast iron with some olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 11:

Regular Share:
1 – Herb Choice or Hot Peppers or Squash Blossoms
2 – Onions
3 – Eggplant or Tomatillos
4 – Zucchini or Cucumbers
5 – Sweet Peppers
6 – Tomatoes
7 – Lettuce or Greens Choice

Large Share Additions:
Double Peppers
Double Tomatoes
Lettuce and Greens Choice

Fruit Share:
Peaches and Nectarines

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CSA Week 10

Hello CSA Members!

It’s been a busy week. With our farm store opening on Thursday and CSA ramping up with more summer crops, the farm feels alive. It’s hard to believe July is almost over and August is next week. New this week for fruit share: peaches!

Here is what we hope to bring you during Week 10:

Regular Share:
1 – Herb Choice or Hot Peppers or Squash Blossoms
2 – Onions
3 – Eggplant or Cabbage
4 – Zucchini or Cucumbers or Potatoes
5 – Peppers or Tomatillos
6 – Tomatoes
7 – Greens Choice

Large Share Additions:
Choose 2 in Zones 3, 4, and 5

Fruit Share:
Peaches

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Storing Shredded or Spiralized Zucchini

It recently dawned on me that I can shred or make ‘zucchini noodles’ (like they sell at Whole Foods) at home, at a fraction of the price, and store it for at least a week in containers in the refrigerator.

I find (and Whole Foods knows) if I have food prepared and ready to use I am more apt to make things like zucchini bread, quesadillas or zucchini pancakes. Once the zucchini is shredded, making other at a later date isn’t overwhelming and literally takes a few minutes and there is almost no clean up.

Shred your zucchini with a box grater or your food processor or if you have a spiralizer use that. Pop the prepared zucchini in the container and cover it until you are ready to use it.

This zucchini has been stored for 8 days and still looks great. I put a paper towel in the bottom of the container and I think it balanced the dampness of the vegetables. I think for baking and cooking the spiralized noodles I like the stored zucchini better than freshly grated. 

I am positive that carrots and winter squash will store just as well like this. I’ve never frozen zucchini but I think I’ll try it and I’ll report back. If you have luck freezing zucchini let me know how you do it. Until then I’m off to make some zucchini bread!

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