What is that bunch of purple stuff?

Okay, I am intrigued...what is that aromatic purple stuff? Just unpacked the box and it hit me like a hurricane. Purple Basil! Wow. I can't wait to cook something using that! Honey, we are having bruschetta tonight...tomato and basil bruchetta! Hurry home!!!

 

Fruit, Vegetable, Herb, and Juice List for 07/08/2013 - 07/12/2013 THIS WEEK'S TOTE INCLUDES:

New Item: Spring Lettuce (Red/Green Deer Tongue, Red/Green Butter Leaf, Tropicana, and Merlot), New Item: White/Purple Cauliflower, Corn on the Cob, Red or Tri-Colored Radishes, Cucumbers, Red Beets, Vine Ripened Tomatoes, "Organic" Purple or Lemon Basil, "Organic" Lavender, Honey Dew, "Crimson Glow" Red Pluots, and White Peaches 

THIS WEEK'S RECIPES (http://www.sloveg.com/recipes.cfm):
Beet Salad with Goat Cheese; Spring Green Salad with Lemony Vinaigrette; Roasted Cauliflower with Kalamata Vinaigrette - very delish!; Cauliflower Goat Cheese Gratin; Corn and Black Bean Salad with Basil-Lime Vinaigrette; Chili-Lime Corn on the Cob; Corn, Avocado, and Tomato Salad; Kickn' Chipotle Fried Chicken Tenders with Cool Cucumber Salad; Spicy Tuna Roll with Cucumbers; Seared Scallops with Pineapple-Cucumber Salad; Beet Chips with Curried Sour Cream; Beets with Chive Cream; Grilled Flank Steak with Sautéed Beet Greens and Creamy Horseradish Beets; Basil Pesto; Corn and Asparagus with Basil; Prosciutto and Melon; Margarita Melon Salad; Fresh Peach Chutney; Peaches in Ginger Syrup; Peach-Blackberry Pie; Fresh Lemon and Lavender Ice Cream; Lavender Short Bread; Lavender Mustard

THIS WEEK'S LOCAL FARMERS:
Bautista Farms, Bell Farms, Pepper Creek Family Farms, The Fruit Factory , Wind Dance Farms