Some meal ideas for February

Some quick dinner ideas to make those dark nights seem brighter

Posted on Jan 24, 2022

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Want to save time ordering? Simply click these links to add the whole kit to your next delivery!

Every kit includes more than just one meal, but features a single protein source.

Or, read more about the meal kits below and and any or all of the boxes individually!

Fancy Steak Dinners Kit

Steak Dinner Kit

$180
20.15 lbs avg

Box

includes everything you need to make the steak dinners

$8.93/lb

Everything you need to make a steak dinner with tons of great stuff for later

Add TC Farm Steak Dinner to your next delivery. Includes:

  • Tender Barley Steaks (~5-6 tenderloins or ribeye cap - Jack's favorite)
  • Potatoes and Carrots and more for roasting and enjoying later (part of the included produce staples box)
  • Green Salad (our Organic Spring Mix)
  • two loaves of Olive sourdough Garlic Bread

All of our bread and produce are certified organic

This is a lot of the very best steaks and produce - enjoy!

Tender Steaks - Barley

$119
2.65 lbs avg

Box 266
$44.91/lb

Tenderloin and ribeye cap


Three packs of the very best steaks from our barley finished steers, may include:
  • Tenderloin
  • Ribeye cap steaks

If you are not familiar with ribeye cap steaks, they are better than tenderloin. Thin like flank steaks with great flavor and the tenderest steak. Not every package will have a ribeye cap steak as there are only a few per steer.

This is a flat rate box and is priced per box for the three packs. The weight may range from 2.25 - 3lbs

These are all dry-aged from our barley finished beef which is pasture-raised and fed a small amount of organic grains. No corn or soy.

You can read all about the difference here..



This is a flat rate box, weights will vary

Produce - The Staple Box

$30
13.5 lbs avg

Box 53
$2.22/lb

Storage and every day veggies

​One staple organic and local produce CSA

Focus is on every day veggies like:
  • Potato (all varieties)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • And other similar items as we feel inspired


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of each week's package will vary depending on the value of what is included. These items will be local when in season, but always organic even when out of our local season.

Spring Mix Greens - Earthbound

$8
1 lbs avg

Box 600
$8.49/lb

Baby salad greens

1 pound of Earthbound Organic spring mix salad greens


Bread Olive Garlic Sourdough

$22
3 lbs avg

Box 839
$7.33/lb

A hearth bread, thicker sliced

Two loaves of olive and garlic organic wheat sourdough bread.

Bread loaves will be hearth batard shaped bread, not sandwich loaves. 


Unless you are eating this within a few days, please keep in the freezer and pull a slice out as needed.

We love collaborating with Travis at Backwards Bread for all of our sourdough. To learn more about what makes this bread unique and healthy, click here.

All bread weights are pre-baking and not net weight.

Click here to view ingredients

Chicken Pasta Dinner Kit

Chicken Pasta Dinner Kit

$145
18.62 lbs avg

Box

includes everything you need to make the chicken pasta dinner

$7.79/lb

Everything you need to make amazing chicken pasta with tons of great stuff for later

Add the chicken pasta dinner kit to your next delivery. Includes:

  • Two pasture-raised cornish cross chicken breasts
  • Two packages of Fusilli Heritage Pasta from Sunrise Flour Mill.
  • One box of our weekly seasonal veggies (1-2 weeks worth of fruit and veggies)
  • One 8 oz. jar of local garlic scape pesto.
  • 1 to 1.5 pounds of mushrooms
  • Two loaves of cheese and garlic wheat sourdough bread

All of our bread, produce and sauces are certified organic.

Chicken Breasts - Cornish

$23
1.6 lbs avg

Box 345
$14.38/lb

Cornish chicken done right

• 2 Cornish Cross boneless chicken breasts with tenders  

(1 per pack)

These are larger than our red ranger chicken breasts, plan on slicing like a steak to cook up.

These are the breed of chicken you'd find in the grocery or farmers' market. We take special care to slow their growth down so they can live a good life. Other management practices push them to grow so fast there is no way for this breed to live good, humane life.

You can read all about our standards for raising them as well as their taste, health and environmental impact here.



This is a flat rate box, weight will vary

Produce - The Seasonal Box

$35
10 lbs avg

Box 50
$3.50/lb

Seasonal organic produce

One smaller organic and local produce CSA

  • Mixed share includes fruits and veggies
  • Target for 1-4 people depending how often you'll cook and eat great produce


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of this package will vary week to week depending on the value of what is included.

Please note that we are aiming to include a balanced share which maximizes local and heirloom produce. However, we also want to minimize food waste by ensuring the included food is usable in our busy lives! Plan on some foods from out of state, especially fruits and outside of the Minnesota growing season.

Mushroom Sampler

$29
1.45 lbs avg

Box 800
$20.00/lb

Enjoy the best wild and wild crafted products of the season!

Each month we include the very best of wild and wildcrafted mushrooms 

We will be aiming for around 1.25-1.6 pounds total depending on the varieties included.

  • The October Sampler will include Lion's Mane and Maitake mushrooms.  



This is a flat rate box, weights may vary

Pesto- Garlic Scape - Seven Songs

$10
0.37 lbs avg

Box 808
$27.03/lb

6 ounce jar

One six ounce jar of local garlic scape pesto.

Use on pasta, pizza or as a marinate or topping on chops, fish or chicken. 

This is made by Seven Song Farm (part of our produce CSA this year). She uses local organic garlic scapes and combines with all organic ingredients with the exception of the Italian romano cheese.

Nut and Gluten Free


Ingredients: Olive Oil, Garlic Scapes, Pumpkins Seeds, Lemon Juice, Pecorino Romano Cheese, Basil, Salt, Black Pepper.

Bread Cheese Garlic Sourdough

$22
3 lbs avg

Box 838
$7.33/lb

A hearth bread, thicker sliced

Two loaves of cheese and garlic organic wheat sourdough bread.

Bread loaves will be hearth batard shaped bread, not sandwich loaves. 


Unless you are eating this within a few days, please keep in the freezer and pull a slice out as needed.

We love collaborating with Travis at Backwards Bread for all of our sourdough. To learn more about what makes this bread unique and healthy, click here.

All bread weights are pre-baking and not net weight.

Click here to view ingredients

Fusilli Pasta - Heritage

$23
1.5 lbs avg

Box 851
$15.13/lb

Organic and Traditionally Cured

Two packages of Fusilli Heritage Pasta from Sunrise Flour Mill. 

Made with organic and non-hybridized wheat

Traditionally slow-dried with bronze texture creating dies, NOT extruded on teflon like most grocery pasta. (this is a big deal). 


Learn more about bronze cut pasta and why it is better than the normal teflon extruded pastas.

Smoked Beef Sandwich Kit

Smoked Beef Sandwich Kit

$123
16.8 lbs avg

Box

includes everything you need to make amazing TC Farm smoked beef sandwiches

$7.32/lb

Everything you need to make quick and delicious TC Farm smoked beef sandwiches. Just warm and serve!

Add the smoked beef sandwich kit to your next delivery. Includes:

  • 5 packs (1 pound each) of smoked pulled beef - just warm and serve or use in any recipe calling for beef.
  • One box of our weekly seasonal veggies (1-2 weeks worth of fruit and veggies)
  • 8 brioche hamburger buns (we highly recommend toasting in a hot buttered pan before serving)

All of our bread and produce are certified organic

48hr Smoked Beef

$35
2.2 lbs avg

Box 230
$15.91/lb

Dinner is ready!

2 packs of smoked pulled beef

Salt is the only ingredient added​

(Around 1 pound each)


Warm and serve - I LOVE this recipe.. it took me a few years to perfect, so I hope you'll enjoy too. Just take this out of the package and enjoy. I prefer to fry in a hot pan with a bit of butter to get some crispy edges, but anyway you want to add into a recipe works great.

Here is an instructional video with a carnitas recipe.

Add any sauce you'd like, use as a topping for nachos or in any pasta. These are a rather light smoke so they are versatile.

This is a flat rate box and is priced per box.

Produce - The Seasonal Box

$35
10 lbs avg

Box 50
$3.50/lb

Seasonal organic produce

One smaller organic and local produce CSA

  • Mixed share includes fruits and veggies
  • Target for 1-4 people depending how often you'll cook and eat great produce


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of this package will vary week to week depending on the value of what is included.

Please note that we are aiming to include a balanced share which maximizes local and heirloom produce. However, we also want to minimize food waste by ensuring the included food is usable in our busy lives! Plan on some foods from out of state, especially fruits and outside of the Minnesota growing season.

Brioche Hamburger Buns

$16
1.5 lbs avg

Box 824
$10.99/lb

The perfect pairing for your burger!

8 organic brioche hamburger buns

Made custom for TC Farm members by Backwards Bread! 

Three great meal ideas.
Add the whole meal to your next delivery with one click (above)!

Or read more about it (below)
Add any or all of the items individually!

Steak Dinner

Serves 2-4 for 2-3 meals

We've got everything you need to make a fantastic steak dinner. And have plenty of food left over for additional meals too!

Just grab a box of our tender barley steaks.
Pick up our produce staples box - it includes carrots and potatoes you can roast in addition to other everyday organic produce items.

Then there is our organic spring mix. Instant salad!

And finally, add our olive garlic bread. (It comes with two loaves so you've got more for another meal too!)

Tender Steaks - Barley

$119
2.65 lbs avg

Box 266
$44.91/lb

Tenderloin and ribeye cap


Three packs of the very best steaks from our barley finished steers, may include:
  • Tenderloin
  • Ribeye cap steaks

If you are not familiar with ribeye cap steaks, they are better than tenderloin. Thin like flank steaks with great flavor and the tenderest steak. Not every package will have a ribeye cap steak as there are only a few per steer.

This is a flat rate box and is priced per box for the three packs. The weight may range from 2.25 - 3lbs

These are all dry-aged from our barley finished beef which is pasture-raised and fed a small amount of organic grains. No corn or soy.

You can read all about the difference here..



This is a flat rate box, weights will vary

Produce - The Staple Box

$30
13.5 lbs avg

Box 53
$2.22/lb

Storage and every day veggies

​One staple organic and local produce CSA

Focus is on every day veggies like:
  • Potato (all varieties)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Carrot
  • And other similar items as we feel inspired


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of each week's package will vary depending on the value of what is included. These items will be local when in season, but always organic even when out of our local season.

Spring Mix Greens - Earthbound

$8
1 lbs avg

Box 600
$8.49/lb

Baby salad greens

1 pound of Earthbound Organic spring mix salad greens


Bread Olive Garlic Sourdough

$22
3 lbs avg

Box 839
$7.33/lb

A hearth bread, thicker sliced

Two loaves of olive and garlic organic wheat sourdough bread.

Bread loaves will be hearth batard shaped bread, not sandwich loaves. 


Unless you are eating this within a few days, please keep in the freezer and pull a slice out as needed.

We love collaborating with Travis at Backwards Bread for all of our sourdough. To learn more about what makes this bread unique and healthy, click here.

All bread weights are pre-baking and not net weight.

Click here to view ingredients

Chicken Pasta Dinner

Serves 2-4 for 2-3 meals + veggies for longer

We've got everything you need to make a fantastic chicken pasta dinner.

Start off with our TC Farm Cornish Cross chicken breasts. Of course it wouldn't be chicken pasta, without the pasta. Luckily, we've got the Fusilli pasta covered - you'll love the heritage whole wheat and the bronze cast dye that makes an amazing texture on the pasta.

Plus we've got that amazing garlic scape pesto and mushrooms from our monthly sampler to mix in to the pasta.

With our greens, from our seasonal produce box, for you to sautee and that amazing garlic cheese hearth bread? Now you've got yourself several meals. Yum.

Chicken Breasts - Cornish

$23
1.6 lbs avg

Box 345
$14.38/lb

Cornish chicken done right

• 2 Cornish Cross boneless chicken breasts with tenders  

(1 per pack)

These are larger than our red ranger chicken breasts, plan on slicing like a steak to cook up.

These are the breed of chicken you'd find in the grocery or farmers' market. We take special care to slow their growth down so they can live a good life. Other management practices push them to grow so fast there is no way for this breed to live good, humane life.

You can read all about our standards for raising them as well as their taste, health and environmental impact here.



This is a flat rate box, weight will vary

Produce - The Seasonal Box

$35
10 lbs avg

Box 50
$3.50/lb

Seasonal organic produce

One smaller organic and local produce CSA

  • Mixed share includes fruits and veggies
  • Target for 1-4 people depending how often you'll cook and eat great produce


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of this package will vary week to week depending on the value of what is included.

Please note that we are aiming to include a balanced share which maximizes local and heirloom produce. However, we also want to minimize food waste by ensuring the included food is usable in our busy lives! Plan on some foods from out of state, especially fruits and outside of the Minnesota growing season.

Mushroom Sampler

$29
1.45 lbs avg

Box 800
$20.00/lb

Enjoy the best wild and wild crafted products of the season!

Each month we include the very best of wild and wildcrafted mushrooms 

We will be aiming for around 1.25-1.6 pounds total depending on the varieties included.

  • The October Sampler will include Lion's Mane and Maitake mushrooms.  



This is a flat rate box, weights may vary

Pesto- Garlic Scape - Seven Songs

$10
0.37 lbs avg

Box 808
$27.03/lb

6 ounce jar

One six ounce jar of local garlic scape pesto.

Use on pasta, pizza or as a marinate or topping on chops, fish or chicken. 

This is made by Seven Song Farm (part of our produce CSA this year). She uses local organic garlic scapes and combines with all organic ingredients with the exception of the Italian romano cheese.

Nut and Gluten Free


Ingredients: Olive Oil, Garlic Scapes, Pumpkins Seeds, Lemon Juice, Pecorino Romano Cheese, Basil, Salt, Black Pepper.

Bread Cheese Garlic Sourdough

$22
3 lbs avg

Box 838
$7.33/lb

A hearth bread, thicker sliced

Two loaves of cheese and garlic organic wheat sourdough bread.

Bread loaves will be hearth batard shaped bread, not sandwich loaves. 


Unless you are eating this within a few days, please keep in the freezer and pull a slice out as needed.

We love collaborating with Travis at Backwards Bread for all of our sourdough. To learn more about what makes this bread unique and healthy, click here.

All bread weights are pre-baking and not net weight.

Click here to view ingredients

Fusilli Pasta - Heritage

$23
1.5 lbs avg

Box 851
$15.13/lb

Organic and Traditionally Cured

Two packages of Fusilli Heritage Pasta from Sunrise Flour Mill. 

Made with organic and non-hybridized wheat

Traditionally slow-dried with bronze texture creating dies, NOT extruded on teflon like most grocery pasta. (this is a big deal). 


Learn more about bronze cut pasta and why it is better than the normal teflon extruded pastas.

Smoked Beef Sandwiches

Serves 2-4 for 4-5 meals

A quick and easy meal to make! Smoked beef sandwiches, featuring our brand new smoked-pulled beef!

Just grab some of our brioche hamburger buns, pile that smoked pulled beef high and then top it off with some mixed sautéed veggies (which you can get right from our seasonal produce box we delivery fresh each week)

When you run out of buns, use the extra beef in pasta, over rice with soy sauce and sesame oil, or in our instant carnitas (just add taco mix)



48hr Smoked Beef

$35
2.2 lbs avg

Box 230
$15.91/lb

Dinner is ready!

2 packs of smoked pulled beef

Salt is the only ingredient added​

(Around 1 pound each)


Warm and serve - I LOVE this recipe.. it took me a few years to perfect, so I hope you'll enjoy too. Just take this out of the package and enjoy. I prefer to fry in a hot pan with a bit of butter to get some crispy edges, but anyway you want to add into a recipe works great.

Here is an instructional video with a carnitas recipe.

Add any sauce you'd like, use as a topping for nachos or in any pasta. These are a rather light smoke so they are versatile.

This is a flat rate box and is priced per box.

Produce - The Seasonal Box

$35
10 lbs avg

Box 50
$3.50/lb

Seasonal organic produce

One smaller organic and local produce CSA

  • Mixed share includes fruits and veggies
  • Target for 1-4 people depending how often you'll cook and eat great produce


See what's planned for the coming week (and in past deliveries) in our Produce Blog

Weight of this package will vary week to week depending on the value of what is included.

Please note that we are aiming to include a balanced share which maximizes local and heirloom produce. However, we also want to minimize food waste by ensuring the included food is usable in our busy lives! Plan on some foods from out of state, especially fruits and outside of the Minnesota growing season.

Brioche Hamburger Buns

$16
1.5 lbs avg

Box 824
$10.99/lb

The perfect pairing for your burger!

8 organic brioche hamburger buns

Made custom for TC Farm members by Backwards Bread! 

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