First CSA share! I swear, picking it up felt like Christmas.
holy cow thatsa lotta veggies
This week’s share consisted of:
- 1 bulb of elephant garlic
- 1 lb peas
- 1 head romaine
- 1 bunch salad turnips
- 1 bunch dandelion greens
- 1 bunch swiss chard
- 3 summer squash
- 1 bunch dill
- 1 bunch tatsoi
- 1 head cabbage
- broccoli
They had regular yellow and green squash/zucchini, but I picked out 3 that looked like this:
what the what?
Yesterday I made myself sauteed dandelion greens for dinner.
Using this recipe for inspiration (the first one), I sauteed garlic in olive oil, then added the greens and cooked for a few minutes until they were slightly wilted. Then I squeezed a lemon over them and tossed them with roasted chick peas, penne and parmesan cheese. They were a little bitter… like broccoli rabe is bitter… but they were so good paired with the garlic and lemon. I’d definitely buy these in the future (if they aren’t included in a CSA share)!
Tomorrow I am going to fulfill my volunteer commitment for the CSA — I’m going to work on the farm that provides us with our vegetables. I’ll be harvesting garlic for about 3 hours in 90+ degree weather. It’s going to be hot but I think it will be fun. I’m really looking forward to it!
In other news, I worked out for an hour and a half on Wednesday, July 4. I haven’t sweated that much in a while! It felt great. I wasn’t able to get to the gym yesterday but I did spend about 2 hours tossing my kid around in the town pool earlier today (she’s sleeping it off now).
I’ll update you on the farming. I’m off to look up some recipes for salad turnips!
VERY cool!!!! Wish I lived in the burbs.
=) There’s got to be a CSA around you somewhere? The farm we get our stuff from is in Andover. Up North! Like, an hour from me! So he’s not by any means local….
If you’re up for it, you can slice those squash and scoop out the middle. Saute the insides with garlic and onion and kale and whatever you love. Put it back in and bake for a while. Yum!
that sounds great! I’ve done a stuffed eggplant before but not stuffed squash (a la the Moosewood Cookbook).
beautiful looking squash!
I host a weekly CSA link party and would love for you to participate. Come and check it out and add your link. http://inherchucks.com/2012/07/05/whats-in-the-box-33/. Hope to see you there :)
I will check out the link! Thanks!
Amazing haul! I love that zucchini and that recipe sounds absolutely dee-lish.
Thanks Eth!
It’s beautiful!! So fun to get those shares every week! Really gets the creative juices flowing in the kitchen too. Your dandelion dish sounds fantastic – I’ll have to try that!
Thanks Audrey! Since it’s Tuesday and there’s still stuff I haven’t used I have to get on it. Dinner tonight looks to be veggie-ful!