Friday, June 26, 2015

CSA Week Two

Chicken and barley soup with rainbow chard, garlic scapes, parsley, and kholrabi leaves

Grilled chicken with sorrel sauce, zucchini chips, steamed cabbage plus grapes and tomatoes

http://www.tablefortwoblog.com/zucchini-chips/real-food/sorrel-sauce-recipe-zmrz1301zmat.aspx

Roast beef wraps with Spring lettuce and tomatoes, spring and dandelion salad

Steak salad with baked zucchini

http://www.loveandoliveoil.com/2012/08/baked-pattypan-squash-parmesan.html

Shrimp basil pesto pasta with salad

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/pesto-recipe2.htm

In the bag:

Mint

Parsley

Basil

Kholrabi leaves

6 zucchini squash

Rainbow chard

Kholrabi

Spring lettuce mix

Sorrel

Butter lettuce

Dandelion leaves

Cabbage

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

CSA Week One

After one week, all we have left are some garlic scapes, green onions, and mint, which will all be easy to use. Looking forward to receiving today's share.

In the bag:

Garlic scapes
1 bunch rainbow chard
1 bunch kale
1 kohlrabi
2 heads butter lettuce
Spring salad mix
4 small beets
6 white radishes
bunch green onions
1/2 head of Napa cabbage
1 bunch mint

What we made:
Mint sparkling water

Chicken and barley soup with chard and cabbage

Chard, kale, cabbage, garlic scape stir fry with marinated chicken and brown rice

Pasta with last year's CSA tomato sauce from the freezer, and salad with lettuce, beet greens, and radishes

Nachos salad - big plate of lettuce topped with broiled tortilla chips with bbq pork, tomatoes, and cheese, plus guacamole

Spring salad with strawberries, green onions, avocado, homemade vinegrette; flounder, roasted kohlrabi, and beets

Homemade vinegrette:
1/4 red wine vinegar
1/4 balsamic vinegar
1/2 olive oil
a lot of Italian seasonings