Enjoying seasonal produce is a cinch with this recipe that combines freshly grated carrots, Chioggia beets, winter kale, and nutty pedrosillano garbanzo beans from the Palouse region.

Chickpeas

• 1 cup dried pedrosillano garbanzo beans from PNW Co-op, soaked overnight
• ½ tablespoon olive oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Black pepper

Salad

• 1 bunch kale from Big Sage Organics
• 1 small Chioggia beet from Ronnigers Organics
• 1 medium carrot from Full Bushel Farm
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon olive oil

Dressing

• ½  cup plain yogurt
• ½  lemon, squeezed
• 1 clove garlic from Channing Farm, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Pinch of salt

Salad recipe ingredients: Chioggia beets from Ronnigers Organics (left) and carrots from Full Bushel Farm. // Photos: Local Inland Northwest Cooperative, LINC Foods.

Directions

1. Simmer the garbanzo beans for roughly three hours until soft. Remove the liquid and place on a baking sheet with olive oil and bake at 400 degrees F for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. Strip the kale leaves from the stem and slice the leaves thinly. Place in a salad bowl, sprinkle with salt, and massage 10 times.
3. Grate the beet and carrot. Add to the kale, drizzle with olive oil, and mix together.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients.
5. Top the salad with garbanzo beans and drizzle with dressing and feast with the seasons! (Courtesy of the Local Inland Northwest Cooperative.

Local ingredients available at Lincfoods.com.

Learn more about LINC Foods in this story from our June 2020 print issue.

Find more recipes in the OTO archives.

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Here are a couple that are delivering fresh produce and good foods that might not pass the perfection-purity test required to make it to a typical grocery store shelf.

Misfits Market and Imperfect Foods existed before 2020. Their goal has always been to get food typically wasted on the shelf or in the field, either due to excess, esthetics, or other issues, into the hands of those who need or want it.

Order online within a specified timeframe, choose a box for your family size, select your products, and your groceries are delivered each week.

Misfits focuses primarily on produce, offers only organic and non-GMO products, and ships with eco-friendly packaging. They offer weekly and bi-weekly subscriptions and make it easy to change when needed. Add-on foods include packaged dry foods, condiments, fresh herbs, and limited seasonal produce for additional costs. You set the delivery day and order Friday-Monday.

Imperfect Foods is more customizable, especially if you’re looking for more than produce. They cater to a variety of dietary needs, and their add-ons include dairy, meat, fish, canned and dry foods, snacks, frozen foods, and even pet treats. You have a narrower ordering window and Imperfect chooses your delivery day, but you can pause and change your subscription at any time.

For recommendations and reviews of other subscription box services as well as Provision food and drink articles, visit the OTO archives.

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