KTC has opened a new market and cafe on Clements Ferry Road to help provide more local food to you! Our new location is facilitating the expansion of KTC by providing us with the opportunity to have more of the local food you love in stock! If you live in the area please stop by, do your shopping, and join us for lunch. If not, enjoy knowing that we will have more availability of all the products in our online market.
Also new to KTC is our Kitchen Table Consultation program. We would love to help you create healthy meals according to your preferences, and stock your pantry, fridge and freezer with KTC. Through Kitchen Table Consultation we will help you create 7 days of menus from breakfast to dinner, including using leftovers and prepared foods to make your life easier while eating healthier! Please give us a call at 843-849-0080 or email Jaqueline@ourlocalfoods.comfor more information!

Don’t forget to check out KTC Take Home Meals! KTC Take Home is our line of prepared meals that you can take home, heat in the oven, and eat! Check out the new product category, try one, and let us know what you think! This week we have delicious BBQ pulled beef and Sarah’s special slaw. Pair the two for an awesome, healthy meal on the go!

Menu this week – June 6, 2011

Menu this week:

- Chicken and Eggplant with Tomatoes and Moroccan Spices
- Green Beans with Garlic Lemon and Cilantro
- Grilled Cabbage and Torpedo Onion Slaw

Kitchen Table Cuisine shopping list
- Seasonal vegetable box
- Chicken legs 2 packages
- Alchemy Spice Company Neo Masala

Grocery list or must have in the pantry

- Vegetable oil
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Canned Tomatoes
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
- Ground Ginger
- Fresh Cilantro
- Slivered Almonds
- Marjoram
- Lemon
- Hungarian paprika
- Tarragon
- Tarragon Vinegar
- Dijon Mustard

Great KTC Specials This Week:

- Hearty Breakfast Special

One Dozen Eggs and Breakfast Sausage 15% off – $9

- Vegetable Bags this Week

Both the CSA and KTC vegetable bags this week will include Eggplant, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Squash, Cabbage, Torpedo Onions, and Berries.

**Please remember that substitutions may be necessary.

Blueberries and Blackberries by the pint are now available on Kitchen Table Cuisine!

Summertime…and the Veggies are Growing!

- Green Beans, Eggplant, Squash, and Cucumbers are finally here! You’ll find them in this week’s CSA bags, in the KTC Vegetable bags, at the Farm Store and at the Farmers Markets! Blackberries and Blueberries are also ripening now and are available through Our Local Foods.

- Beautiful Cut Flowers are also available at the Farmers Markets. Don’t forget—we’re at the Pawleys Island Market on Wednesdays, the Mount Pleasant Town Center Market on Saturdays, and the Downtown Charleston Market also on Saturdays. See you there!

- Other summer produce is still developing. We should start harvesting the tomatoes in two weeks. The cantaloups should be ready in two to three weeks. Watermelons and Okra will come later in the summer.

- Unfortunately, we weren’t able to grow Corn this year. If anyone is interested, we can get local but non-organic corn. Let us know if that’s something you’d be interested in!

Weather on the Farm

As you know, our area is experiencing drought conditions right now. So far, our fields are hanging in there and still producing strong…but we’re praying for rain! Keep your fingers crossed that we get some soon!

See you at the Farm Store and the Farmers Markets!

Weekly Menu

- Vietnamese Meatball Sandwiches
- Kale Chips
- Spring Garden Salad with Goat Cheese, Roasted Beets and Walnuts
- Baked Fried Chicken

Our Local Foods Shopping List

- Seasonal vegetable box
- Salad this week
- Alchemy Spices Bella Garlique
- Goat Cheese Split Creek
- Buttermilk
- Ground Beef
- Ground Pork
- 1 package chicken legs
- 1 package chicken breast
- Baguette
- Pecorino Cheese
- Seasonal Fruit

Groceries for the fridge and pantry

- Sea Salt
- Pepper
- Olive Oil
- Sesame oil
- Brown Rice Vinegar
- White Wine Vinegar
- Cilantro
- Hot chili sauce
- Fish sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Turbinado Sugar
- 1 Jalepeno Pepper
- Walnuts

Menu for the week

• Roasted Bone in Chicken Breast Easy and Delicious
• Roasted Red Potatoes with Rosemary
• Red Chard Soup with Parmesan Cheese and Home Made Crostini
• Tofu – Kale – Mustard – Dill Supper Pie – Put on your tie – dyed apron!
• When Lettuce is this Good – Lettuce Salad (it deserves a really good vinaigrette dressing)
• Perfect Vinaigrette dressing
• Cracked Pepper Gnocchi with English Peas and Chard

Shopping List

Kitchen Table Cuisine

- Seasonal Vegetable Box
- Salad this Week
- Chicken Breast
- Firm Tofu
- Cracked Pepper Gnocchi
- Whole Milk
- Parmesan Cheese
- Rustic White Country Bread
- Butter
- Mixed Dried Fruit
- Organic Vegetable Stock
- Organic Chicken Stock

Items to have in the pantry or fridge

*Extra Virgin Olive Oil
*Flour
Frozen Pie Crust
*Sea Salt
Heavy cream
*Peppercorns to grind
*Nutmeg
Umeboshi Vinegar (available at specialty shops)
*Red Wine Vinegar
*White Wine
*Mustard
*Dry or Fresh Dill
*Fresh Italian Parsley
*Garlic
*Shoyu or Tamari
*Red Pepper Flakes

Notes:
Items marked with an * are essentials that should be in your pantry or fridge in order to facilitate home cooked meals. You may find you really like umeboshi – it is an interesting change of pace for salad dressings and dips.

Umeboshi and umboshi vinegar: A tart salty plum, pickled with red shiso (Japanese basil) leaves. Often called ‘the king of alkaline foods’, umeboshi plums are an ancient Japanese health food used to balance and strengthen.

Highly valued for its antibacterial properties, a digestive aid, and also for hangovers or whenever the body feels depleted. Ideal for sushi, dips, sauces, and salad dressings. 




Shopping list

KTC

- Seasonal Vegetable Box
- Rio Bertolini Fettuccine
- Quinoa
- Parmesan Cheese

Things to buy at the grocery store

- Whole Wheat pastry flour
- Low fat cottage cheese
- Almond extract
- Slivered Almonds
- Canola oil
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Sun dried tomatoes
- Kalamata Olives
- Baking powder

Kitchen Table Cuisine

Place Your Kitchen Table Cuisine Orders Today!
Please Order Early
We’d like to encourage our Kitchen Table Cuisine customers to place their orders before Monday mornings as much as possible. We order in several fresh items each week such as the fresh trout fillets, clams, and goat cheese and we need to call those orders in by 8:00 am on Monday if we are going to have them for Tuesday delivery. We appreciate your cooperation and your orders.

Great Specials This Week on KTC
* New Arugula and Lemon Ravioli from Rio Bertolini Pasta – Special Introductory Price of $7.50

* Au Poivre Trout Fillet from Sunburst Trout Company – $7.99
Be sure to check out Maria’s inspired recipe – Trout Au Poivre with Arugula Lemon Ravioli, English Peas and Garlic Scape Wine Sauce

News from the Farm

Garlic
The story of our farm-grown garlic- our garlic has been growing well throughout the winter and we’ve been able to harvest the delicately flavored green garlic for the last couple of weeks. We hope you’ve enjoyed the green garlic in your CSA and KTC vegetable bag

Our garlic has begun to flower—in the culinary world, these flower shoots are called scapes. This is the point where the garlic bulbs begin forming. Farmers like to remove the scapes so the plants put all their energy into forming the bulbs. Chefs consider scapes a delicacy as they are only available for a few short weeks. Maria’s inspired recipe takes advantage of the garlic scape season.

Fresh bulbed garlic has more moisture, subtlety of flavors and sweetness than what’s usually available at the grocery store. Our farm grown fresh bulbed garlic will be available in late May or early June.

Beets
Our beets are beginning to bulb up. Our CSA members will have fresh beets and fresh beet greens in a couple of weeks.
We should have beets for our KTC vegetable bags as well.

English Peas
Enlish Peas will be available in the vegetable bags next week.

Potatoes
We’ll be digging potatoes soon! The little red potatoes will be the first ones dug. We planted six different kinds of potatoes this year so our customers should look forward to trying multiple gourmet potato dishes this year!

Make sure to check out Jacqueline’s recipes online this week!

We’re so happy to be able to bring the best and freshest local ingredients into your home.

Place Your Kitchen Table Cuisine Orders Today!

KTC Take Home
- Italian Meatballs with Marinara Sauce – $17.95
Delicious easy family dinner with Rio Bertolini’s Garlic and Chive Spaghetti.

Great Specials This Week on KTC

-Chicken Leg Quarters 20% off!
Limit 3 per customer please

-Ground Beef – $1 off/pound
Limit 3 per customer please

-Garlic Beef Bratwurst – $1 off/pound
Limit 3 per customer please

-Drinkable Yogurt Quarts 15% off!

Did Anyone See Adaptive Gardens in the Post and Courier Today?

Congratulations to Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry for a wonderful Earth Day celebration at MUSC yesterday. It’s wonderful to have Jodie, Leslie, and the kids be recognized for what they do together. There was a beautiful display of organic vegetable and herb starts for everyone to enjoy.

We’d also like to thank the community for all their support of Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry.

Thank You CSA Members!

The Spring/Summer CSA has officially begun. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to the CSA, we appreciate your support. Overall it was a wonderful first week. Thank you for your patience with the few bumps and bruises we had.

We hope to have strawberries in the bags as often as possible. Although we may not be able to have them every week, they are growing strong and looking good

The CSA bags for next week will include Swiss Chard, Red Russian Kale, Hakurai Turnips, French Breakfast Radishes, Strawberries, Broccoli Raab, Yellow Squash, a Spring Salad Mix, and Green Onion or Garlic.

As the season progresses the quantities will increases.

Farmers Markets in the Area

If you are not a member of the CSA or KTC, please be sure to find us at the farmers markets. We are at the following markets this year:
- Mount Pleasant on Tuesday afternoons
- Pawleys Island on Wednesdays
- Daniel Island and Park Circle on Thursdays
- Charleston on Saturdays

Happy Easter!

Appetizer Ideas

Grilled vegetables paired with goat cheese is one of our favorite appetizers. When the grill is already hot and the prosecco is being served – these are easy and delicious whether you are preparing for a crowd or just two. If you are are not eating bread, you can make these appetizers by simply spreading the goat cheese on the grilled zucchini, adding a layer of arugula and rolling each slice. Secure with toothpicks

Slice summer squash lengthwise into ¼ inch slices. Brush with olive oil and grill until lightly browned, 6 – 8 minutes total. Cut each slice into 1 inch pieces. Toast baguette slices in oven until lightly browned on each side. Spread with goat cheese and top with arugula and grilled yellow squash pieces. Drizzle sparingly with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper.



• Chicken Breast with Beets and Greens with Orange Butter
• Fettuccine with English Peas, Pea tendrils and Basil
• No Cream, Creamy Winter Squash Soup
• Appetizer – grilled yellow squash with arugula and goat cheese on baguette rounds

Shopping List

@Kitchen Table Cuisine

* Seasonal Vegetable box
* Boneless skinless Chicken Breast
* Happy Cow Creamery Whole milk
* Happy Cow Creamery Butter
* Fresh Normandy Farms Baguette
* Fresh Seasonal Fruit
* Happy Cow Creamery Parmesan Cheese
* Rio Bertolini Whole Wheat Fettuccine
* Organic Vegetable Stock

Extras to pick up at the grocery store

* Extra virgin olive oil
* 1 Peperoncino
* Sea Salt
* Carrots
* Onions
* Celery
* ½ lb boiling potatoes
* Sherry wine vinegar
* Shallots