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Farm to Baby Menu - Tuesday August 14th

White beets: An heirloom variety that’s sweet, mild and won’t stain cheeks (bonus!), Blankoma beets are replete with potassium. Take that, bananas.

McIntosh: One of the great North American apple varieties, McIntosh came out of the St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario almost 200 years ago. Joe and Rhonda O’Brien grow these in Ulster County, and we turn them into awesomesauce in Brooklyn.

Zucchini: Cousin to cucumber, Italian in name, but native to North America, this classic summer squash contains folate, potassium, vitamin A and magnesium.

Peaches: A member of the rose family (and, yes, just as sweet) peaches have plenty of vitamins A, B and C.

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Lavender-Poached Peaches: Fancy a trip to the south of France? Warm up these peaches and enjoy your staycation.

Dahl: Split orange lentils, caramelized onions, carrots and raisins make up this milddahl packed with protein (lentils rank third among legumes in protein by weight) and B-vitamins.

Steel-Cut Oats: Cardamom, apples and maple make this hearty breakfast porridge anything but run-of-the-mill.

Ratatouille: Eggplant, summer squash, low-acid yellow tomatoes, and sweet white bell peppers provide a twist on this summertime classic.

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Farm to Baby Menu - Tuesday April 10th

Purple Top Turnips: An heirloom variety that originated in Asia, these members of the super-nutritious brassica genus are high in vitamin C. We steam and puree them to produce an incredibly smooth, slightly sweet puree.

McIntosh: One of the great North American apple varieties, McIntosh came out of the St. Lawrence River Valley in Ontario almost 200 years ago. Joe and Rhonda O’Brien grow these in Ulster County, and we turn them into awesomesauce in Brooklyn.

Carrots: They gather nutritional power from beta-carotene, the phytonutrient that gives them their bright orange color, but we love them for their sweet, earthy taste.

Kale: Like its cousin the brussel sprout, kale is a descendant of wild cabbage. It’s no secret that leafy greens are super nutritious, but pretty, frilly green curly kale stands a head above the rest.

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Farm to Baby Menu - Tuesday March 20th

Buttercup: The short, squat buttercup, not to be confused with its cousin butternut, is a favorite winter squash prized for its dense, nutty flesh. It’s loaded with vitamins A, B, and C, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium.

Spartan: This apple, from Josh Morgenthau at Fishkill Farms (certified Eco-Apple), is a descendant of McIntosh. That explains the Spartan’s rosy blush and snow-white flesh. These are lightly roasted and then whipped.

Beets: Betacyanin, the pigment that gives red beets their beautiful violet color, is a powerful antioxidant. Sweet and earthy, ours are steamed to retain maximum flavor and nutrition.

Beauregard: These sweets were born in Long Island, but have a southern accent. Horticulturists at Louisiana State first bred this variety to be hardy, and Garden of Eve Organic Farm in Riverhead (on the North Fork) raises them to be delicious! They boast a beautiful rose colored skin and a gorgeous orange flesh (proof positive they’re packed with beta-carotene).

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Pleased to meet you, Fort Greene!

Today we were up with the sun in order to join some of the stellar producers that turn out every weekend at Fort Greene Park for one of the best Greenmarkets in the city. Fort Greene’s is one of those markets that’s so quintessentially New York, it looks like it fell out of a movie (probably one starring John Cusack or Meg Ryan).

Spring is in the air but is not fully sprung, so the menu looked a lot like winter (we’ve got 8 days left, technically). The roasted Jonagolds and parsnips went over big, and we even converted a few first-timers with our rutabagas. Proof positive of the transformative powers of real food!

We saw a few familiar faces, and made lots of new friends. Thank you to all who came out in support!

Snaps from the market:

(Aracauna eggs from Tello’s Green Farm; Hot Bread Kitchen challah; Wilklow pears; blooming Violas)

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Farm to Baby Menu - Friday March 16th

Rutabagas: These purplish roots are the result of a chance hybridization centuries ago between turnips and cabbage. Their scientific name is Brassica napobrassica, but in Sweden they’re rota bagge, and so we call them rutabagas. Unless we call them Swedes (when we’re in England).

Jonagolds: A cross between Golden Delicious and Jonathan, Jonagold exhibits all the best traits of its parents. Ours are roasted and then whipped. The result is an incredibly smooth, golden, sweet-tart puree that is impossible to stop eating.

Spinach: Our spinach is young, tender and mild.This time of year, when we’re aching for spring, it’s everything verdant and bright. We know you’ve heard it before, but you’ve gotta each your spinach, baby.

Parsnips: An intensely sweet tuber touting even more nutrients than its cousin the carrot. In the potassium department, it puts bananas to shame.

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Farm to Baby Menu - Tuesday March 13th

Kabocha Squash: The kabocha, or Japanese pumpkin, is a favorite for its mild, sweet flavor and finely grained flesh. Kabocha boasts an excellent nutritional profile: alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, Vitamin C and the antioxidant mineral manganese are all present in good amounts. We whip them until they are light and fluffy.

Purple Top Turnips: An heirloom variety that originated in Asia, these members of the super-nutritious brassica genus are high in vitamin C. We steam and puree them to produce an incredibly smooth, slightly sweet puree.

Red Beauty Apples: Grown by Joe O’Brien in Ulster county, these beauties originated near Rome Township, Ohio in the early part of the 19th century. Great cooking apples, here roasted and whipped, they prove that beauty is more than skin deep.

Carrots: They gather nutritional power from beta-carotene, the phytonutrient that gives them their bright orange color, but we love them for their sweet, earthy taste.

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Farm to Baby Menu - Friday March 9th

Bosc Pears: This variety of pear was first introduced in 1833 and is much loved for its dense, fragrant and buttery flesh. It’s held in such high esteem that in some circles it’s known as the “aristocrat of pears.” Well, la di da.

Red Beets: Beta-cyanin, the pigment that gives red beets their beautiful violet color, is a powerful antioxidant. We steam ours to retain maximum goodness.

Idareds: A cross between two old time New York apples, Jonathan and Wagener, Idared came out of Idaho in the 1940s. Today it’s prized for its great flavor all winter long. We roast and whip ours to incredible effect.

Celeriac: AKA celery root, knob celery or turnip-rooted celery, celeriac developed from the same wild species as did the stalk celery more often seen today. Its mild flavor lies somewhere between that of celery and parsley, and it’s packed with Vitamin K.

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Our interview with Nona Brooklyn

Farm to Baby co-founder Lauren sat down with Nona Brooklyn for a great interview.

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Farm to Baby Menu - Tuesday March 6th

Newtown Pippin: A beautiful russeted heirloom apple with complex, slightly tart flavor, the Newtown Pippin originated in 18th century New York and was a colonial favorite (Thomas Jefferson believed it to be peerless). We roast, puree and whip ours until they are incredibly smooth and light. This is definitely not applesauce.

Adirondack Reds and Leeks: Another New York native, the Adirondack potato is unusual in that both its skin and flesh are pigmented. As a general rule, brightly colored foods bear carry important micronutrients, and this pretty pink hue denotes a rich source of antioxidant anthocyanin compounds similar to those found in red fruits like raspberries and cranberries. We added tender leeks to the mix to pump up flavor and nutrition. The leek, the mildest member of the onion family, is loaded with awesome B-vitamins, like folic acid.

Brussel Sprouts: A cultivar of wild cabbage first brought to the United States by French settlers, these edible buds are perhaps the best-loved member of the Brassica family (with kale poised to overtake them any day now). Brussel sprouts pack the nutritional punch you expect from a cruciferous veggie. Ours go down easy in this incredibly silky puree.

Old Henry: A white-skinned sweet potato with creamy, golden flesh, Old Henry is less fibrous than common sweet potatoes, and it cooks up beautifully with an almost pudding-like texture and consistency. Vitamin A abounds.

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Menu for Friday March 2nd

Farm to Baby Menu for Friday March 2nd

This week we have organic Beauregard sweet potatoes, Cameo apples, parsnips, and Savoy cabbage. Read more below.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes: These sweets (cultivar: Beauregard) were born in Long Island, but have a southern accent. Horticulturists at Louisiana State first bred this variety to be hardy, and Garden of Eve Organic Farm in Riverhead (on the North Fork) raises them to be delicious! They boast a beautiful rose colored skin and a gorgeous orange flesh (a sure sign they’re packed with beta-carotene).

Cameo Apples: Prized for its sweet-tart flesh, Cameo is a descendant of the better known Red Delicious. Can you see the family resemblance? Cameos are great eaten out of hand, but we find that they roast beautifully and make an exceptional puree.

Parsnips: We just can’t get over our parsnip puree. We love how deeply sweet, rich and complex it is. And did you know these guys pack even more nutrition than their carrot cousins? Unbelievable.

Savoy Cabbage: Part of the brassica family, which also includes kale and broccoli, this nutritional powerhouse is the sweetest and most tender of the cabbages. It has its crinkled emerald leaves to thank for its striking good looks, and we have W. Rogowski farm to thank for it.

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Now Recruiting: Brooklyn Babies

We’re recruiting members for our Brooklyn launch. Beginning in March we’ll be delivering to North Brooklyn (Greenpoint and Williamsburg). We’re also scouting convenient pickup locations in the area to make it even easier for busy parents to participate. Let us know where you’d like to see us so that we can bring better food for babies to your neighborhood.

April 1st marks the start of our South Brooklyn launch, so if you a parent in Park Slope, Fort Greene, or surrounding areas, please join our mailing list so that we can keep you posted on our progress. After we have Brooklyn under our belt, we’ll take Manhattan.

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