CSA Weeks #9 & #10

I was so swamped catching up on just about everything last week that I didn't get the posts up for week #9 or even take pics for week #10.

Week #9 brought more of the same summer veggies we've been getting:

Kale
Leeks
New potates (red & yukon gold)
Green Beans
Cucumbers
Kholrabi
Green Onions
Cabbage
Sweet Corn (Bodacious)
Lettuce
Beets
Carrots (orange, white, and purple)

I've been making hand cut potato chips with the new potatoes, though this isn't quite enough to keep up! I think there will be potato salad sometime in the near future. The sweet corn was pretty good - growing up on a farm, my family and I are pretty picky about corn varieties - this one was very similar the the Early Sun Glow we used to grow back in the day.

Week #10 saw the first appearance of tomatoes and other goodies:

Tomatoes (red in baskets, green avail on request)
Onions (Cippolini)
Green Beans
New Potatoes
Cucumbers
Zucchini
Sweet Corn
Lettuce
Carrots
Summer Rambo Apples

I made a small batch of apple butter with the apples and we've been putting vegetables in just about everything this week.

CSA Week #8

I've been a slacker, I should have posted this a few days ago! Week #8's CSA basket was overflowing this week:

Chard
Leeks
Zucchini
New potatoes
Green beans
Cucumbers
Green Onions
Garlic
Radishes
Sweet Corn (white)

I made delicious stuffed zucchini with it this week - made a quinoa and turkey sausage stuffing that was pretty good on its own. The hubs said it was the best dinner he had in a while since it was both incredibly tasty AND healthy lol). The chard, cukes and radishes have been great in salads. I also somehow took the time to hand-cut a dozen of the new potatoes into potato chips.

CSA Week #7

This week's basket was overflowing with more summer vegetables!  Included was:

Sugar Snap Peas

Lettuce

Rainbow Chard

Leeks

Zucchini

Broccoli

New Potatoes

Green Beans

Sweet Annie

Homemade Gooseberry Jam

The peas have been great chopped up in salads, I am sad these are the last we'll get of the growing season.   I made potato and leek soup with the last batch of new potatoes, I am still thinking about what I'll make this time.  The Sweet Annie was amazingly fragrant and very relaxing.  I had never heard of it before this week, its like a cross between french lavender and eucalyptus!

CSA Week #6

This week's basket was overflowing with goodies - so much so that it took two trips to get the stuff in the car!  We got:

Sugar Snap Peas

Broccoli

Lettuce

Beets

Leeks

Zucchini

New Potatoes

Watermelon Radishes

Kohlrabi

Green Beans ("Dragons Tongue")

Parsley

Rosemary

Good Shepherd Farms is also at Wooster's Farmer's Market on Wednesdays at Fisher Auditorium from 3-6.  Check them out if you are in that area!

CSA Week #5

I am going to miss spinach :).  I used last week's portion to make some tasty spinach pies.  I also made my parents some awesome mullberry muffins last weekend.  I am glad to see some new additions to this week's basket:

Sugar Snap Peas

Squash

Strawberries

Baby Lettuce

Baby Chard

Flax & Roses

Leeks

Thyme

Nasturtium Leaves

Broccoli (in the full share baskets - we didn't get any)

I can't wait to get started on the chard... I'm thinking it will end up being in a sweet/sour pickle.  Also, Marion was kind enough to give me a 'free sample' of one of their chickens.  We'll be eating that tomorrow, and if its as good as I think it will be, I'm sure we'll be ordering several to stock our freezer up!

CSA Week #4

This week's CSA share included:

Spinach
Baby Lettuce (Romaine)
Baby Kale
Baby Leeks
Garlic Scapes (the last of this season's)
Mulberries

Chamomile

This week I have enough spinach to make a few spinach pies, and I hung the chamomile to dry so I can use it in tea and cookies later in the year.

CSA Week #3

I was hoping to post a little more about what I was making with the bounty from last week's CSA, but the week got out of my control thanks to the LSATs last monday, LOL.  We had numerous salads, both as sides and entrees, as well as delicious sauteed greens with the salmon I grilled up (more on that later).  I also used the scapes and some green onion tops to make garlic butter to use for grilling fish and poultry.

This weeks basket had the season's first spinach!  Here's what else was in our baskets:

Spinach

Baby Lettuce

Green Onions

Garlic Scapes

Homemade Amish Noodles

Rue

Peonies

There was a wonderful recipe included in this week's CSA newsletter for garlic scape pesto.  I am going to give that a try this week! 

CSA week #2

Last week we had a supply of fresh greens, eggs and veggies.  We made several salads, a few frittatas, and a tasty pie!  This week's basket consisted of:

Baby Lettuce

Escarole/Endive Mix

Homemade Honey Oatmeal Bread

Radishes

Garlic Scapes

Green Onions

Peppermint

Looks like we still have a healthy supply of greens for salads, which we've been favoring for dinner since they are easy to make and refreshing on warm evenings.  I plan on grilling the fresh Alaskan halibut fillets I bought today to top tonight's salad!  I season the halibut with fresh orange and lemon zest, garlic, black pepper, and EVOO, then "grill" it on parchment to ensure the fish doesn't stick to the grill (I totally suck at grilling fish straight on the grates heh).  The parchment works as a thin non-stick barrier so the fish doesn't stick to the grates, making it impossible to flip.