I purchased a share in a CSA (community-supported agriculture). The farm's website is here; I have a standard vegetable share that will be from now until October 22. The first week's allotment came in last night, conveniently delivered to the hospital. My heart was pounding with excitement as I walked over to greet it!
I pre-paid for this a long time ago, and so it felt FREE to take my veggies, refrain from hugging the dietician student manning the table, and leave.
Here are the contents and my tentative plans:
Mixed Salad Greens: enormous bag of red and green lettuces. I will open my low-carb cookbook soon to see what salads I have forgotten, but for now I am looking forward to grilled portobello and chicken salad with soy-ginger-lime vinaigrette, salmon nicoise, and marinated chicken with parsley-feta pesto.
Butter Crunch Lettuce: large head. The same salad ideas may apply. Also, the outer leaves are large enough for Asian chicken lettuce wraps or no-carb tacos.
Spinach: large bag. Since I already have tons of greens that aren't cookable, I think I am obliged to cook this spinach. No definite ideas yet.
Teeny white salad turnips with attached greens: I am really happy about these spicy little turnips. I rarely buy turnips, and when I do, I get the standard large kind and put them in a wintry stew. These little ones I will eat raw. The greens, I will saute with garlic and bacon or simmer in a pot of lentils.
Garlic scapes: I love these, and they are hard to find at grocery stores. Scapes are the green stem-like seedpods from garlic. One of my friends likes to buy a bunch of them at the farmers market and eat them all raw while walking around the square. They have a mild garlic flavor and squeak in your teeth. I will use mine on salads and scrambled eggs.
Chives: a flowering bunch. I will probably use them in a salad dressing or on eggs. I learned in the CSA newsletter that chives can be frozen for future use. I may try that.
Potted basil plant: My basil never thrives because I confine it to the shady front patio. I am going to plant this one in full sun outside.
Friday, June 12, 2009
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4 comments:
I'm not usually a veggie fan, but some of your descriptions here made my mouth water!
Given all the greens and your requirement to cook spinach, I'm thinking either use it in a vegetable lasagna with some onion and zucchini, or maybe make a spinach feta quiche.
I'm so proud of you. How ARE you going to eat it all!?!
I'll be interested to see how this works out!
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