Tales from the CSA box- August 18

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Today I filled out the paperwork to continue receiving lovely organic vegetables until March 2009.

We have really enjoyed getting our goodie box every week. It has been a challenge and sometimes a project, but I believe we are eating more veggies and organic ones to boot. I have been able to keep our grocery budget the same. It has been a success.

I was going to post my last full set of photos tonight. The battery in my camera is dead. I tried to get some with my camera phone, but they were b.a.d. bad. In case your wondering, it was a typical box of variety. Lots of peppers this week and a handful of tomatoes. I have decided that they throw in one special treat every week. This week it's the cutest little nectarines you've ever seen.

I'll write about the oddities we receive each week. And maybe take a picture of a beautiful vegetable here and there.

Tales from the CSA box - August 11

Wheat Bread! We got a beautiful loaf of wheat bread in our box this week. Our CSA is offering a bread subscription in the fall. It's $5/week. I think I need to dig out our bread machine.

Here's our veggies for the week...


Have you seen cas' armenian cucumber?

Tales from the CSA box - August 4

I decided to get artsy with this weeks box contents. Here's my still life of Veggies.

• butter crunch lettuce
• romaine lettuce
• spring mix lettuce (not pictured)
• summer squash
• corn (not organic)
• cilantro
• lemon cucumbers
• green beans
• potatoes
• peppers
• raspberries

And here's proof that this stuff is organic. Only an organic farmer would send something like this along and count it a cucumber. I can hardly wait to see what/who is living in the end of it.
Watch for my menu plan where I try to use up all these lovely veggies feeding my family.

Tales from the CSA box - July 28

We are doing a good job of keeping up with our veggies with the exception of the kale. It wilts and looks ugly before I get creative and motivated to cook it up. I was looking forward to trying a new recipe with it this week, and wouldn't you know we didn't get any.

The tomatoes have arrived. They are pretty green this week. Hopefully they'll get better as summer progresses.

It's a beautiful box.

Can't wait for some fresh mint tea.

Tales from the CSA box - July 21

I'm posting this a day late and without pictures because I was super sick yesterday. Don't know where it came from, but it hit me like a ton of bricks. I tried to "suck it up" this morning, but my body wasn't ready yet.

photo by dboy (Flickr)

Anyway this is about veggies...
Another nice box... cucumbers, zucchini, green beans(new), spring mix, romaine lettuce, parsley, cilantro, potatoes (new), kale, and raspberries.

There might have been something else, I was functioning at about 40% when I put them away.

I'm surprised we haven't seen any tomatoes yet.

It's also time to sign up for the Fall / Winter shares. I think we're going to go for it.

Tales from the CSA box - July 14

More yummy veggies this week!

Tales from the CSA box - July 7

Chocolate! Today we got chocolate! It's Fair Trade, Organic, Vegan and DELICIOUS!

I'm starting to gather some weird stuff in my fridge. It's not that I don't want to eat it. I just don't know what to do with it.

Got any great recipes for kale and celery root?

Tales from the CSA box - June 30

More fresh veggies! We finally got something I have no idea what to do with. Celery Root! Usually we get a newsletter from the CSA that has recipes and a preview of what we can expect in our box. I didn't get a newsletter so I guess I have to figure out how to use celery root. I don't have any experience with fennel either, but I know it can be sauted or roasted.



I'll post a recipe when I decide what to do with that alien looking root.

Grom volunteered to eat the strawberries.

Tales from the CSA box - June 23

Stoked again!  It's going to be like Christmas around here on Mondays.  It's so fun to go through the box and see what goodies we get to eat this week.

YUM!

Tales from the CSA box - June 16

We bought a subscription to the CSA program at our local university.  We'll be getting fresh, organic veggies and some fruits all summer long.  We bought a large share with local delivery for $27.50/week.

Surferman picked up our first box this week.  They like to recycle the box they transport the veggies in, so Surferman decided to load the items onto what he promises me was a clean towel in the back of his Volvo.

Yep,  that's his surfboard and gear.  Those are my beautiful veggies.
Here's what we got...  1 bunch of beets, 1 bunch of carrots, 1 bunch of baby red onions, 1 head of butter lettuce, 1 bunch of basil, 1 head of cabbage, 2 stalks of broccoli, 2 small heads of cauliflower (one that I'm hoping tastes like cheese - but I doubt it - it's a lovely cheddar color), 1 bunch of kale?, 3 heads of garlic, a couple sprigs of rosemary, a box of blackberries, a half a dozen baby summer squashes and a softball sized zucchini?.

I'm excited to figure out how to work it into our meal plan.