A farm-to-table holiday dinner is easier than you think!
We rounded up some of The Produce Box’s favorite recipes that can easily be hacked to amaze your family and use locally sourced ingredients! The Produce Box makes it easy on families during holidays, and throughout the year, by rounding up the best local produce, dairy, meat, and other items each week and delivering them directly to your doorstep. (Don’t forget to enter here to win a FREE BOX and try out this great North Carolina local service! Deadline to enter is November 16.)
The Produce Box’s Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas
If you’re looking for a starter, look no further than Sweet Potato and Butternut Squash Soup from The Produce Box’s Chef Joe. The Sweet Potato Soufflé will be a great treat and something your family might not have tasted before, and their Sweet Potato Pie made from scratch will have you swearing off the store-bought versions.
Use whatever delicious, local root vegetables you have – including Beets, Turnips, Onions, Radish, Sweet Potatoes – dice and roast them in the oven for a short time. Not only do these taste wonderful but they also make a beautiful, colorful display on your holiday table!
And last but certainly not least, don’t forget those sweet, juicy North Carolina apples. Whether you use them in your stuffing, bake them in a bread or use them as the grand finale in a pie or crisp (Chef Joe’s Apple Cranberry Crisp recipe is a Produce Box favorite!), they are the perfect finish to a farm-to-table Thanksgiving dinner!
About the Produce Box
The Produce Box delivers boxes of fresh, North Carolina local fruits and vegetables to the doorsteps of its members across the state. Members receive an e-mail each Friday with what’s in season and expected to come out of the field the next week. They have until Sunday night to choose online to order a pre-packaged box filled with produce, pick their own items to be delivered or skip for the coming week at no charge. There are no contracts, long-term commitments or confusing points systems to keep track of.
Find them at www.theproducebox.com, on facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Also, check out their blog for fun, fresh recipes.
