thoughtful consumption

Here’s what was in our box for the last pre-season delivery.

this fortnight's spread

• herbs: lemon thyme, salad burnet, rosemary
• leaf lettuce
• romaine
• carrots!
• spinach
• pecans
• whole wheat bread
• turnip greens
• popping corn
• dozen eggs
• pac choi
• apples

We’ve already broken into the lettuce, salad burnet, eggs, carrots, and bread. See?

an all CSA supper!

The carrots are amazing. I’ve been scrubbing them, cutting off the tops, and eating them as is. I haven’t even bothered to cut them up. We just eat them Bugs Bunny style.

The spinach is delicious. It’s got nice texture, color, and no bitterness. The pac choi is really pretty, too. I’m thinking of chopping it and lightly cooking it like cabbage. I’ll probably serve it with pork loin cooked with some of the rosemary and thyme.

I’m giving the turnip greens to my parents. Might as well share the love, right?

I now have 2 pounds of pecans to candy. Now if I can just rope the guys in to helping me shell them this weekend…

We’re excited to try the popping corn but haven’t yet. The CSA flyer said this corn pops completely so there’s no hull left.

It seems you can’t judge an apple by its cover! I cut up a kind of sad looking red apple to eat yesterday… and it was tart, crisp, juicy, and perfect.