CSA Project, Continued

This week's delivery and my tentative plans:

Summer squash: I received one zucchini, one yellow squash, and one patty pan. Tonight I made chocolate zucchini bread. I altered the recipe by replacing half of the white flour with whole wheat flour and adding toasted pecans and nutmeg. I think that this is the fifth or sixth zucchini bread I have made this summer. I have it for breakfast every morning. I'm not sure what I will do with the other two squashes--they might find themselves baked into bread as well.

Collard greens! I was surprised! Somehow, collard greens seem to be a wintry thing. I am going to saute them with garlic, which necessitates having pulled chicken barbeque on the side, to complete the southern picture.

Purple carrots! Just when my white kitchen had begun to recover from the beets last week, I come home with these. The sink is purple again. They don't really taste much different than orange carrots. But I'm sure that whatever compound that makes it purple is very nutritious. And it will provide my inquisitive lunchtime coworkers with something to remark upon.

Green beans- a large bag. I like them raw on salads the best. Update on the dilly beans: the room temperature jars appear to be botulism-free. I set aside one jar in the fridge, just in case. I have tried them already and they are very tasty! A little more sour than I would have preferred, but they have retained their crunch, which is something of major importance.

Garlic- will disappear quickly.

Lettuce head- I got a variety that I have had before and is one of my favorites. It is called Cocarde, and has dark green oak-like leaves. Very sturdy and strongly flavored and will pair well with the salmon that I bought today.

Corn- Just four ears this time. The weather has been chilly as of late, and so I am making corn chowder with bacon this weekend.

Tomatoes- five of them, including a yellow one.

Hot peppers: one jalapeno and one Hungarian yellow wax. These must be potent ones, because even sniffing the outer skins makes my eyes water. The time has come to make pints and pints of salsa and test my canning skills again.

Cucumber: A small one. It will probably be incorporated into lunchtime salads.