Iris and Honey is a food and lifestyle blog with an emphasis on local farms and businesses in Central PA.
This beet and asparagus salad uses local ingredients from the garden and local orchard. It is topped with goat cheese feta and lemon balm vinaigrette. I absolutely love beets so when I received them along with a head of lettuce in the CSA from Strite’s this week, I immediately knew…
This week’s CSA was full of fresh green vegetables and a quart of strawberries. The vegetables included broccoli, snap peas, asparagus, lettuce, and garlic scapes. This was my first time seeing garlic scapes. Garlic scapes are the bud of the garlic plant. They make look a little creepy, but don’t…
This week’s CSA contained kale and I am not a fan of kale, but I didn’t want it to go to waste. I searched Pinterest for recipes that contain kale but might appeal to the non-lovers of kale out there. I am all about eating healthy and I know kale…
I picked up my first share from the CSA today from Strite’s Orchard. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. CSAs are a way for local farmers to share their harvest with members. A CSA member typically pays a fee up front for a certain number of shares and each week…