In the last share we had overwintered spinach. This baby spinach was planted in the spring and has had the perfect weather to be bountiful (maybe too good; it’s nearing teenager spinach).
Spinach benefits from cold temperatures to develop sweetness. By overwintering (planting in the fall and covering), this spinach has had plenty of time and cold weather to sweeten up. It’s some of the tastiest spinach of the year.
With the amount of other greens, we went ahead and hit the pause button on these. Use this week, next week, or in 4 months. You won’t be making a crunchy salad but the flavor and quality of the frozen spinach will be near identical to if you were to have cooked it from fresh.
Add at the last moment to any dish that calls for spinach to minimize over cooking.
With the amount of other greens, we went ahead and hit the pause button on these. Use this week, next week, or in 4 months. You won’t be making a crunchy salad but the flavor and quality of the frozen spinach will be near identical to if you were to have cooked it from fresh.
Add at the last moment to any dish that calls for spinach to minimize over cooking.
Spinach in the shares this week was a happy accident of the whacky weather recently. We had initially planed for some bok choi, but the cold weather this week killed off the tender crops at the farm. However, hardy crops like spinach, actually get sweeter as the cold nights set in so we get to enjoy some sweet fall spinach.
