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Pictured here 3 essentials for your Thanksgiving Feast: Fennel, Carrots and Celeriac (Celery Root).
Thanksgiving is less than a week away. I cannot believe it. We worked very hard this summer to be sure we would have enough vegetables to make your Thanksgiving meal very local and very tasty.
My husband and I host Thanksgiving for our families. It is truly a celebration of our harvest and hard work. Each year the menu changes based on what is best from the garden. We begin with a turkey from Shollenberger's Organic Farms (West Reading Farmer's Market). Then we add all the yummy vegetables. Here is what our menu will look like:

• Butternut squash and apple soup: I like to leave this unblended. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/butternut-squash-soup-recipe/index.html I will use leeks that I have saved from our harvest as well as a stock that I make continuously throughout the season.
  
• Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Salad: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/roasted-beets-with-feta/Detail.aspx I will use our baby red beets and the Fromagina goat cheese from Amazing Acres Goat Dairy at the West Reading Farmer's Market.
• Fennel and Leek stuffing: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/fennel-sausage-stuffing I like this recipe except I skip the sausage.
  
• Celeriac Au Gratin: http://www.a-taste-of-france.com/celeriac-au-gratin.html
• For dessert Butternut Squash Pie (aka Pumpkin pie)http://southernfood.about.com/od/pierecipes/r/r71128d.htm Butternut Squash makes a better pie than Neck Pumpkins. As one customer says "you get more bang for your buck."

Other holiday ideas:

• Honey glazed carrots topped with goat cheese.
• Sauteed Broccoli Raab with shredded parmesan. I just had this at Papillon and it was amazing.
  
• Dirty mashed potatoes: use our petite potatoes and don't peel them. The peels still have all the minerals in them. Also, this is more fun than plain white potatoes.
• Mashed turnips- Our hakurei turnips are great when made the same as potatoes for mashed potatoes. Also, they are lighter when you already have a heavy meal.
• Roasted root vegetables- we have an array of colorful vegetables to make this dish very fun: daikon radish, watermelon radish, carrots (red and orange), beets (be careful these will bleed), celeriac, potatoes, turnips, fennel.
• Try baby pac choi instead of celery in your stuffing for a fun twist. Baby Pac choi is also known as chinese celery and can be used in place of celery in almost any dish.
  
• Don't forget our famous salad mix which is sure to impress the family. This makes any salad gourmet.
  

We will be doing deliveries on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings to West Reading to ensure your Thanksgiving is local and fresh. Deliveries will be made after 4:30 pm each evening. Please email me with your order by Monday evening (bhorganics@gmail.com, yes I can receive emails at this address). I will respond with an email and the details of your pick up as well as a total. We will have a large selection of items at market on Sunday. If you are afraid you will miss something email and let me know so that I can save you what you need. Here is what we will have available:

• carrots- red and orange $2.50
  
• beets- baby red $2.00
  
• lettuce- romaine or butterhead $2.00
  
• mustard greens $2.00
  
• daikon radishes $2.00
  
• savoy cabbage $2.00
  
• fennel $2.50
  
• baby pac choi $2.00
  
• salad mix $4.50
  
• broccoli raab $2.00
  
• turnips $2.50
  
• watermelon radishes $2.00
  
• celery root $1.50
  
• butternut squash $3.00
  
• potatoes- kennebec (white potato) #2- $3.50

Thank you all so much. Have a safe, healthy and happy Thanksgiving.
Erica