Too often, we talk about food as if people need to choose between what tastes good and what’s good for them. Well-intentioned parents, for example, tell their children to eat their vegetables (what’s “good for them”) before they can have dessert (what “tastes good”).
According to Assistant Professor of Psychology Alia Crum, this inadvertently instills the mindset that healthy eating is tasteless and depriving. In a 2019 publication by the Association for Psychological Science, Crum led a scientific study about flavor and nutrition. She concludes that we should focus on making healthy foods more delicious and indulgent.
We agree—and here’s the beauty of choosing farm-fresh vegetables from The Chef’s Garden: they’re already chock-full of flavor and nutrition. This means you can prepare dishes for your family quite simply—and they’ll already be delicious, providing the vitamins and minerals your family needs for good health. Or, if you’ve got a special recipe that takes time and attention, the regeneratively farmed crops grown on The Chef’s Garden ensure that you’ll use top-quality ingredients that are bursting with flavor.
Flavor, Flavor, Flavor
Chef Jamie Simpson has created a blog post that contains a wonderful list of ways to prepare fresh vegetables from The Chef’s Garden—techniques that are both simple and delicious. (Here are culinary tools that Chef Jamie recommends for home chefs.)
Flavors of our fresh veggies include the following:
Beets: Think earthy. Think sugar-sweet. Farm fresh beets miraculously combine the best of both.
Bok Choy: Add the flavor of sweet mustard cabbage to your home-cooked dishes quickly and easily.
Carrots: Sweet, nutty, and earthy—so aromatic with a crunchy, juicy texture.
Celery Root: This deliciously edible root is enjoyed around the world, offering up a pungent celery flavor.
This veggie offers up a refreshingly nutty flavor, like bright green almonds.
Garlic Roots: These roots offer the flavor of true garlic—spicy yet milder than a raw clove.
Jerusalem Artichokes: Think apple-nutty-caramel deliciousness—and you’ve got the flavor of sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes.
Kale is sweet, cabbage-y, and nutty. It can be enjoyed raw, blanched, braised, roasted, sautéed, steamed, or fried.
Kohlrabi: This marvelous veggie adds a pleasant mustard flavor to dishes, and its stems provide a touch of sweetness.
Leeks: Sweet onion flavor (also somewhat earthy!) builds up heat with a great finish.
Lettuce: Revel in a rainbow of flavors, including grassy, nutty, and earthy. Some varieties have the mild taste of raw mushrooms, bell peppers, and green grass.
Microgreens: Use them on sandwiches and side dishes, from salads and soups to virtually anything in between.
Mustard Leaves: Our mix of spicy and funky mustard flavors—with some leaves crunchy and others chewy—is ideal for intense salads.
Parsnips are nutty, salty, and earthy, with a sweet caramel flavor similar to that of carrots.
Peas: These sweet legumes are so marvelous that Chef Jamie usually doesn’t even cook them, enjoying them raw. That said, you can cook these tender yet crisp peas.
Potatoes: Mix of sweet and earthy flavors and a mixture of smooth and flaky skins
Radishes have an intense radish/horseradish flavor. They’re crunchy and crisp, and they’re delicious raw, braised, roasted, or grilled.
Salsify adds subtle hints of licorice, umami, and artichokes to your dishes, along with a smooth and crisp texture.
Spinach: Mild, fresh, green, buttery—and beautifully sweet. That’s what you can count on with our spinach.
Sweet Potatoes: Some offer a pleasantly sweet flavor, with other varieties being spicy and, still others, creamy.
Turnips: Mustardy-spicy goodness with a juicy and soft potato-like texture when baked or boiled
You can also use our fresh vegetables in these mouth-watering vegetable recipes.
Nutrition News
We’ve grown for flavor for many decades now, believing that this approach would also ensure that the vegetables, herbs, and other products we grow provide the optimum nutritional value.
We’ve tested that theory in our agricultural research lab and were astonished at the results! As a result of our regenerative farming practices, we have found that our products often contain more minerals than the USDA average! Learn more about our Health and Wellness initiatives.
Delicious and Nutritious Vegetables—Delivered Directly to Your Front Door
We invite you to shop online today! We’ll pack and ship our regeneratively farmed fresh vegetables harvested with care—and send them directly to you for a nutritiously flavorful experience!