New Jersey Vegetable Crops are in!

Choose from these Jersey Grown Favorites:

• Leeks
• Spinach
• Dandelion
• Radishes
• Asparagus
• Arrugula

Recipe

Asparagus and Prosciutto ~ Bocconcini alla Garisenda

Serves 4

• 8 slices bread
• 4oz fontina cheese
• 3oz prosciutto
• 2 eggs
• ¼ tspn sea salt
• ¼ cup milk
• 4 tbsp of truffle paste (optional)
• flour
• oil for frying

Trim the crusts from the bread. Spread a thin layer of the truffle paste over 4 of the slices. Top each with a slice of cheese and a slice of prosciutto. Cover with the remaining bread slices. Set aside.

Beat the eggs with the salt and milk in a medium size bowl. Dust the sandwiches first in flour on both sides then in the milk mixture and fry in oil until brown and the cheese has begun to melt.

Southern Produce

• Eggplant
• Beets
• Green Yellow squash
• Green Beans
• Florida Yukon and Red Potatoes

Texas Produce

• Sangria Seedless Watermelon
• Star Ruby Grape Fruit
• Green Cabbage
• Red Cabbage
• Savoy

Recipe

Chicken Salad with Watermelon and Peaches

Serves 4-6

• 3 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• ½ cup mayonnaise
• 1 tsp. dried dill leaf or 1 tbsp. fresh-snipped
• juice from one lemon
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 peaches, seeded and chopped
• 2 cups chopped seeded watermelon

Mix together chicken, yogurt, mayonnaise, dill and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Just before serving, gently mix in peach and watermelon pieces. Serve over greens or inside split mini-baguette.

New Crop Chilean Fruit

• Red and Green Seedless Grapes
• Globe Grapes
• "T" Handle Muscat Grapes
• Concord Grapes
• Packham Pears
• Anjou Pears
• Summer Bartlett Pears

California Produce

• Strawberries
• Raspberries
• Black Berries
• Navel Oranges
• Assorted Dried Fruits and Figs