August 22, 2022

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"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." -Salvador Dali START ORDER: CSA Dear local food system stakeholder, Thank you for bearing with us last week during our software issue. Friendly reminder, that our online market is open 24/7, not just on order deadline days! Best, Al Sincerely, Al & the VRFH Team We're Hiring! Join Our Team! Fresh Herbs from New Roots Farm! New Roots Farm Cañon City Parsley Sorrel  Spearmint Chives Specialty Cucumbers from El Sagrado Farm! El Sagrado Farm La Jara, CO 1 lb average Tomatoes from Milberger Farms! Milberger Farms Pueblo, CO Number 2's 20 lb case Pears from Mattics Orchard! Mattics Orchard Olathe, CO 2 lb bag Spring Onions from Tierra Sana! Tierra Sana Alamosa, CO by the bunch Zia Tortilla Chip & Tortilla Restock! Zia Tortilla Co. Durango, CO Chips Sriracha Lime Green Chile Cheddar Plain 4 or 12 oz Tortillas White or Blue 12 ct Farm to Summit Restock! Farm to Summit Durango, CO Thai Red Curry Fall Harvest Green Curry Thai Peanut Slaw Peubloan Beans & Rice Green Chile Mac & Cheese Garden Mac & Cheese White Bean Potato Stew Golden Oats Instant Lattes Red Bird Chicken Price Drop! Red Bird Farms Englewood, CO Whole Bird Breast Thigh Price per lb Lois's Recipe Corner! Tomato Sauce from The Spruce Eats *=Local Option available! Tomatoes* (about 5 to 6 pounds for every quart of sauce that you want to make) Chopped onions* (1 medium onion per 1 quart of sauce) Minced garlic (1 to 1 1/2 cloves per quart) Olive oil Dried basil (1/2 teaspoon per 1 quart) Dried Oregano (1/2 teaspoon per 1 quart) Salt Pepper Optional: Carrots Peppers* A pinch of sugar, if needed Additional spices Start by plunging your tomatoes into boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes. This will loosen their skins, so they're much easier to remove later. Then, rinse the tomatoes in cool water to stop the cooking process, and set them aside to cool and drain. Once the tomatoes are cool enough to handle, remove their skins, and cut out the spot where the stems used to attach to the tomatoes (this is referred to as coring the tomatoes). Then, slice the tomatoes in half, and scoop out the seeds. Don't worry if you miss some. A few left behind won't hurt. Add about a 1/4 cup of olive oil to a large pot. Then, saute the onions and garlic until they're soft (a few minutes should do it). If you'd like to add carrots or peppers to your sauce, saute them along with the onions and garlic. Add the tomatoes and all of the remaining ingredients to your onion-garlic mixture, and bring the pot to a boil. Then, reduce the heat, and simmer uncovered until the sauce reaches your desired thickness. Stir frequently to keep the sauce from burning. This will take at least 2 to 3 hours but could take longer if there's a lot of water in your tomatoes (non-paste tomatoes tend to have more water content, but so do tomatoes grown during rainy years). Pour your finished sauce into jars. Use freezer jars if you want to freeze your sauce or canning jars if you'd like to can your sauce for shelf-stable storage. Note: To safely water-bath can tomato sauce, you must add lemon juice to boost the acidity. Tomatoes aren't as acidic as they used to be. Refer to the National Center for Home Food Preservation's guidelines for complete tomato canning instructions and times. Want homemade tomato sauce without all the work? Make crock pot tomato sauce. It requires no peeling, seeding, or coring. Just stir it every so often, and you'll have a batch of sauce by the end of the day. TUESDAY 4 pm Order Deadline for FRIDAY Delivery: San Luis Valley, BV, Salida, Leadville, Denver, Springs, Pueblo FRIDAY 12 pm Order Deadline for TUESDAY Delivery: San Luis Valley, Creede*, Pagosa Springs, Durango *bimonthly $250 Order Minimum for Complimentary Delivery   START ORDER: CSA Al Stone: Markets Manager and Mycelium Architect Ryan Davis: Ops Manager & Pallet Jack Cowboy Nick Chambers: GM & Chief Fungi JD Kettle: Red Hot Chili Pepp'r Ally Jean aka AJ: Director of Business Development & Grub Guardian Joshua Wagner: Wagz Angelica Quintana: Kitchen Angel Alex Disbrow: Tater Isabella Chambers: Fresh Box Curator & Apline Aslan Allergen Notification: We handle and co-mingle on pallets boxes of tree nuts, eggs, and wheat. As always, we're here to help in any way we can! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*