Ingredients: 1/3 cup pine nuts 8 cups spinach leaves, packed 1½ cups basil leaves, chiffonade (cut into thin ribbons) ¼ cup olive oil 1 pinch sea salt 3 tablespoons aged balsamic vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast (optional) sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste Directions: 1. Place pine nuts on [...]
Ingredients: Sauce: ¼ cup mint leaves ¾ cup packed basil leaves 2 lemons, zested and juiced ½ cup olive oil 1½ teaspoons maple syrup Cauliflower: 1 medium head cauliflower, stalks and stem discarded 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ large red onion, finely diced sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste 1/8 cup fresh basil, [...]
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons olive oil 1 medium onion, sliced 1 medium clove garlic, minced 2 cups sliced fennel, green fronds minced and reserved ½ teaspoon fennel seed ¼ teaspoon sea salt 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 2¼ cups vegetable stock, divided 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon orange zest 1½ teaspoons arrowroot or kudzu 1½ [...]
Ingredients: ¼ cup chopped almonds 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro ¾ cup plain yogurt Sea salt Hot paprika Directions: 1. In a food processor, pulse the nuts until they are reduced to a powder. Add the cilantro and yogurt and process until smooth and pale green. Season with salt and paprika. Makes about 1 cup
Ingredients: 2 large potatoes ¼ cup chopped almonds, slightly toasted ¼ cup minced sweet red pepper 1-2 jalapenos, seeded and minced ½ tablespoon fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons fresh minced cilantro 1½ tablespoons arrowroot Freshly ground pepper Sea salt Olive oil for pan frying 1 cup finely shredded romaine lettuce Almond-Cilantro chutney Directions: 1. Boil [...]
Ingredients: 1 14-ounce can coconut milk 1½ cups chopped mango Pinch of sea salt ¼ teaspoon maple syrup ½ teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice 3 cups of strawberries, hulled and halved 4 sprigs of mint for garnish Directions: 1. Put the coconut milk in a saucepan and stir until homogenous. Sir in the mango and [...]
We are so pleased to welcome our new Development Coordinator, Tara Walker. She has already had many successes in getting her own network of friends and family connected to Farm Discovery. A longtime Santa Cruz resident, Tara has more than 12 years of development experience including several years doing donor stewardship at UC Santa Cruz. [...]
In a new twist on Love Monday The Kitchen at Discretion will join Discretion Brewing on June 27th in supporting farm-based education for local kids via Farm Discovery at Live Earth. 20% of the day’s beer sales—plus 20% of sales from two special food items—will support Farm Discovery environmental and nutrition education programs for local [...]
We are very excited to be supporting youth development by offering, for the very first time this summer, two junior staff positions. Junior staff learn to lead sustainable farming, and nutritious food preparation activities. They work with campers on the self-care that also supports healthy ecosystems, economies, and communities. We are preparing youth for well [...]
This Spring Field Trip season 12 different schools, over 32 classes and more than 650 students became farmers with us for a day or more. They learned to grow food and what they can do to participate in the food system in a positive way. Specifically they learned to sort their lunch waste and what [...]
