CSA Week 3

Our second CSA delivery went pretty well. Again we had an ingredient go to waste (we traveled the first weekend and by our return the Chard was hopelessly wilted) but overall kept up well.

We made an asian slaw with the cabbage that even my lovely wife had to admit was delicious. The spinach and feta (and kale) pie we made this time was more involved (we made our own yeast dough) but I still think I preferred it. I am such a sucker for bread products, and the real dough versus prepackaged made a huge difference to me.

The only other interesting thing we did was to make a garlic scape paste for marinating chicken. It was good, but I really should have added more oil and perhaps some lemon juice. The paste we ended up with was pretty much a bunch of minced scapes, and I think it would have been a better flavor with additional oil. Live and learn.

This week's delivery is the last one we will receive before we start our kitchen remodel. Hopefully the next two will be contain mostly grillable veggies, or those that can be eaten raw.

Beets I guess we'll...roast them? New one to us.

Scallions

Basil Was going to become pesto until I discovered how little we got.

Carrots

Summer Squash which will be eaten both as is and in zucchini bread. Yum.

Cucumbers I'm not entirely sure what we are going to do with this many. We'll have to search for some recipes.

Romaine Lettuce

Snap Peas

Roma Tomatoes Ahhhh....these are so sweet and delicious. One of our favorite things to eat when they are in season.

Cucumber Strayed into this shot because I unpacked the bags one at a time.

CSA Week 2

Our second share. We did pretty good with the first, using all of the lettuce and arugula in salads, along with the sprouts. The spinach and kale pies were good, though they ended up having way more kale than spinach. Oddly, it was the most common ingredient (for us) that ended up going to waste -- we never found a use for the green onions.

It's still the season for leafy, green stuff, and here's a bunch of it.

Lettuce: Red Leaf and Little Gem. It's truly outrageous.

Cabbage: The first time we had to resist tossing something in the share bin before tasting it. Not something we traditionaly would seek out, but that's the point, right? We will probably try some form of slaw.

Kale: Destined for another spinach, kale, and feta pie.

Rainbow Chard: I think you need more than two colors to be considered "rainbow", but nobody asked me. Another one we're not sure what to do with, but we'll probably try subbing it for spinach a few places. Had some in an omelette (with mushrooms, CSA onions, and cheese) and it was pretty tasty.

We're also moving into the non-leafy green stuff season, which is good because a man can only eat so much salad.


New Red Potatoes: Well you wouldn't want old ones, would you?

Broccoli

Mini Red Onions: We'll probably just sub these for normal onions, and use them on salads.

Garlic Scapes

Parsley

Black Raspberries

Tart Up The Produce

...said my wife when I told her I had promised to take some glamor shots of our unripe but promising looking tomatoes for Sheri. Joke she may, but both of us love the tomatoes of summer. Even just the smell of the plants when you brush against them reminds us of the delights to come.

Well I didn't tart them up at all, though I will admit to only taking pictures of the most photogenic. Still, four of the five plants have little green darlings on them, so even if our plants do look like the before shot for a plant kingdom revival of Revenge of the Nerds, we still should have a fairly decent harvest.