Get excited for a week of easy, Spring veg-laden faves, y’all! Look for: a sweet and mildly spicy crisp-tender asparagus and chicken stir-fry, with black pepper, honey and rice vinegar playing against turmeric’s earthiness for a vibrant weeknight meal; a bright green minestrone packed with Spring vegetables and tiny pasta, topped with our house-made nut-free pesto and SarVecchio cheese; and then our fan-favorite smothered beef barbacoa burritos.

Local asparagus is starting to roll in, friends! And we’re going to be maximizing our intake of this fleeting Spring veggie. Because we all know that farm-fresh and in-season asparagus is flat out so much crisper, sweeter and grassier (in the best way) than store-bought! Big thanks to Farmer Katy at Christensen Farm for this week’s load of asparagus for your Spring Vegetable Risotto. Look for more asparagus next week, y’all, because it’s that happy time of year!

We’re excited to share another source for locally-made tortillas with you this week! Tortillas Los Angeles is a Madison-based family-run farm and tortilleria. The Flores family starts from the beginning, with the non-gmo organic corn seed that they plant, grow, harvest, shuck, dry, nixtamalize and stone-grind into corn flour! They then make masa using their own corn flour, presing it into delicious, high-quality tortillas, including all 1,617 tortillas for your meal kits!

Big thanks to Vitruvian Farms for this week’s monster supply of mushrooms! We roasted up their freshly harvested oyster, black king trumpet and shiitake mushroooms to top your okonomiyaki, for a delicious, crispy umami boost. Certified organic, Vitruvian Farms utilizes modern, sustainable practices that nourish humans and the earth. Plus, their indoor mushroom farm means we can enjoy their products all year round!  

And we have a great line-up of meals that we can’t wait to share with you this week! Get excited for an easy, sheet pan supper of roasted maple-miso chicken with brussels sprouts and potatoes, with pickled veg alongside; our stewed ropa vieja, rich with tomato, olives, bell peppers, capers and raisins alongside yellow rice with peas and Cuban black beans; and then pasta e ceci — a classic Roman comfort food dish. Oh, don’t forget the Earth Day themed […]

And what a gorgeous Spring week we have ahead! We can’t wait to enjoy the warmer weather… I mean, it might even be nice enough to grill those bulgogi burgers outside! Just heat the grill to medium-high heat and get flipping, friends. For the potatoes, we’d recommend grilling them whole in a grill basket, and then cutting them in half or in quarters after cooking. We hope you enjoy!

Sometimes, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, isn’t it? Take grilled cheese sandwiches… they’re just bread and cheese, right? But when it’s Madison Sourdough’s naturally leavened bread made with locally grown and milled grains paired with locally made smoked gouda and muenster cheeses from Silver Lewis Cheese and Kindred Creamery — who have 237 years of cheese making history between them — well, that’s when magic happens, friends!  

And any Monday where we can enjoy our hand-tossed pizzas is a good one, y’all. Our pizza dough undergoes a slow, cold ferment to add extra flavor and texture. And who doesn’t want a more flavorful pizza crust that’s perfectly chewy and crispy? So, get ready to stretch and toss your balls into delicious pizza pie crusts and make a night of it! Who doesn’t want to enjoy your own pizza creation at home?

Anytime La Cosecha’s tortillas are on the menu, we count down the days until we get to enjoy them! Made fresh in the P&P Makeshop with stone-ground local organic corn (often from Meadowlark Organics), using traditional nixtamalization techniques, these tortillas are a real treat. So tender and delicious, full of actual corn flavor, they’re nothing like the mass produced corn tortillas in the grocery store! You’re going to taste the difference in your tacos, y’all.

We hope you enjoy the veg-packed meals coming your way this week! Here’s to lettuce wraps, vegetable soup and roasted veggie marinara! Oh, and happy St. Patrick’s Day, y’all! Our Bakeshop team was feeling the Irish spirit and baked up some Shamrock Cookies for you to enjoy. Hopefully they hit the spot and spread a little luck your way this week!