We're getting CSA fruits and vegetables again, but this time we're splitting it with Spinnity's household which is much better for us. We're able to enjoy the produce without feeling the pressure to consume everything in a week.
The quality of produce from High Ground Organics is noticeably better than what our Farmers' Market has to offer. It's beautiful and delicious.
High Ground Organics CSA Red Leaf Lettuce, Little Gem Lettuce, Strawberries, Red Radishes, Bunched Spinach, Bunched Mokum Carrots, Mei Quin Choy, Lacinato Kale, Summer Squash
4th of July shopping, cooking, cleaning, TdF... I have a lot I'm supposed to be doing and I really didn't need to see these at the Farmers' Market this morning:
We didn't go for the "as seen on TV" product because for the price of one of those, we got 2 plants & 2 buckets.
A bit of research on the web suggested we plant smaller varieties of tomatoes so the fruit doesn't weigh the vines down too much. We chose 2 hybrids, Best Boy and a Roma.
We enjoyed the heirloom tomatoes from the farmers' market last year and we've been talking about growing some of our own. I probably should have requested the seeds a month earlier, but what the heck?
For the price of 3 first class stamps, I thought I'd get a variety of heirloom tomato seeds. A pretty good deal, right? Little did I know that all this would arrive:
Some of you are saying, "Prunes?! I don't know about that." Before you write it off, imagine this--2 lbs of Challah dough... add to that 8 oz of Ghirardelli Bittersweet chocolate chunks and chopped prunes. The result is a bread is rich and chocolaty with a touch of sweetness from the dried plums. Yeah. It's all gone.
The Brioche is on beef stew made with organic veggies received in our CSA share from Two Small Farms. Spinnity & Bill introduced us to Two Small Farms and CSA and this year we joined. I love stew, and from the looks of it we're going to be having a lot more stews and soups in order to eat the quantity of veggies we're receiving every week. This stew had leeks, smallage, turnips, carrots, barley, Cabernet, balsamic vinegar, & veg broth and was sooooo good.
I'm very happy with the progress we made with last week's box. Everything's eaten except for 4 leeks, some smallage and dill.
Tomorrow's share will include mint, beets, shallots, agretti, strawberries, carrots, broccoli, and mei quin choy (baby bok choy) or summer squash.
Agretti?! That's part of the adventure, getting veggies you've never heard of or tried before. Well, it's new to me. Have you have agretti? If so, how did you prepare it? Note to self: avoid agretti with eggs. lol
The ABin5 trend is catching on in my circles--people are telling me they either bought or will buy the book based on the photos here. How cool is that?
Next on deck, 4 lbs of whole wheat dough in the fridge. We'll have a loaf this week.
and I'm enjoying trying different recipes.
