One quick meal that I like to make is a noodle stir fry with shrimp, green beans and noodles. Since I typically have lots of basil and green beans from my garden or the CSA box readily available this is a go to recipe. What I like best about this recipe is that it is […]
Category: CSA Box
Spring CSA Week 8Spring CSA Week 8
This week’s CSA box consisted of Carrots Green Beans Broccoli Spring Onions Peaches New Potatoes Cherry Tomatoes Slicer Tomatoes Micro Greens Bell Peppers Cucumbers The tomatoes were SUPER ripe when I picked up the box. So ripe that we decide to just make a Caprese Salad with them and some basil and mozzarella from the […]
Spring CSA Week 7Spring CSA Week 7
This week’s CSA box had the following vegetables and fruits Cauliflower Spring Onions Peaches Cherry Tomatoes Steak tomatoes Micro Greens Bell Peppers Cucumbers Brussels’s Sprouts Arugula with Mizuna/Red lettuce [singlepic id=194 w=320 h=240 float=left] I got SO many peppers this week that I’m going to make one of my childhood favorites – Stuffed Peppers. This […]
Spring CSA Week 6Spring CSA Week 6
This week we got the following items in the Spring CSA box Snow Peas Cauliflower Spring Onions Peaches Banana Potato Fingerlings Micro Greens Cucumbers Grape Tomatoes Bell Peppers This is my favorite box so far. I’m making an Asian Cucumber Salad with the 1/2 dozen cucumbers I received. I’ll roast the beautiful head of cauliflower […]
Spring CSA Week 4Spring CSA Week 4
It is Thursday again, which means CSA pickup day! I look forward to seeing what I get in my box each week. This week’s share included Snow Peas Collard Greens Beets Zucchini and Summer Squash Microgreens Salad greens Carrots Spring Onions We were at the end of our veggies from the previous week so we […]
Red velvet chocolate beet cupcakesRed velvet chocolate beet cupcakes
Yeah, I know it sound weird. Beet and chocolate cupcakes. My spouse thought they’d be nasty but they turned out wicked tasty. What I like best about them is the fact they are super moist! Often my cake isn’t moist enough but the beets really help with this. [singlepic id=165 w=320 h=240 float=right] Unfortunately, they […]
Spring CSA Week 3Spring CSA Week 3
My third basket of CSA veggies arrived this week and I’m really excited about some of the goodies. The best thing I got this week was fingerling potatoes. I’m going to make hashbrowns with those tomorrow. I also got Green beans Summer squash Carrots Many many mustard greens Turnips Spring onions Sprouts Unfortunately there weren’t […]
Spring CSA Week 2Spring CSA Week 2
Today was CSA pickup day again. I’ve used most of the veggies from last week’s share. Try as I might the beet chips were a disgusting failure and I’ve still got carrots and beet greens left. In contrast, the sugar snap peas were a HUGE hit as was the cauliflower, mixed greens, sprouts and strawberries. […]
Red Lentil and Cauliflower CurryRed Lentil and Cauliflower Curry
This week I got a head of cauliflower in my CSA box. So I decides to make an Indian curry with red lentils and cauliflower. I found a recipe that seemed really good. However, I didn’t want to make the curry paste from scratch. Mostly because today was a really busy day but also because […]
My First CSA BoxMy First CSA Box
My first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box arrived today with a variety of tasty things including: Baby mixed greens Sprouts Beets Cauliflower Carrots Sugar Snap Peas Spring Onions Strawberries I have a pretty good idea what I’m going to make with most of the things but the beets and carrots will be a bit of […]