CSA Week #6: Hang in There!

Any week with multiple boxes of berries is a good week.  Strawberry season in New Jersey is the bomb.  Don't bother trying to save this kind of thing for Shabbos if you're getting it on Tuesday, unless you're baking it into something that will hold up or freeze well.  Just eat the darn things. Judging by the way my pregnant self snarfed all the blueberries last summer, PM is going to enjoy tasting them when they come in.  But I was a little stupid with the strawberries, dawdled on washing them, and then some ended up wasted by the time I got to them.  Don't repeat that mistake!

• Radishes
• Swiss chard
• Chives
• Romaine lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Broccoli
• 2 boxes of strawberries
• A stevia plant

When you get a week's worth of veg like this without getting to choose the items yourself, planning meals can be a real adventure.  Alstede Farms posts the week's take a day or so before I actually get it, which helps me plan ahead a bit, but Tuesday night is when I really try to think things out and decide how to use what.

This week, for example, I'm going to use the tomatoes to make soup,

CSA Week #5: Green Vision

My apologies for the current lack of picture, BSB went off to a conference and took the camera with him.  But here's week 5!

• Butter lettuce
• Red leaf lettuce
• Bok choy
• Swiss chard
• Kohlrabi (an awesome purple one)
• Scallions
• Asparagus
• Parsley
• Strawberries

Kohlrabi was one of last year's pleasant surprises.  A friend introduced me to it in seminary - it's very common in Israeli grocery stores - but BSB had never had it, and it was fun to discover something new that he really enjoyed.  You can make slaw with it, a lot like broccoli slaw, but I actually prefer to just slice and sprinkle with a little sea salt.

At some point in the season, your enthusiasm for dark green leafy things starts to falter.