Geauga Family Farms CSA–summer week 17

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Sep 252012
 

The customer service booth was gone today when we arrived at Whole Foods.  I guess that aren’t quite done with the remodel.  Our sign out sheet for the CSA was easy to find, so the pick up was smooth.

Here’s what we received today:

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Eggplant, green beans

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Leaf lettuce, tomato

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Bell peppers, PIE PUMPKIN!!!

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Apples, basil

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I’m going to roast the eggplant as a side dish.  I’ll do it when I cook the pie pumpkin.  We ate the green beans for dinner tonight.  I’ll be using the bell peppers in fajitas tomorrow night.  Some of the basil will go into salad dressing and the rest I’m going to puree with olive oil and freeze.

The lettuce will make great salads.  We were almost out.  I picked tomatoes at the garden today and this one will get combined with those for the freezer.

Between the apples and pie pumpkin – I’m in heaven this week.

Geauga Family Farms Winter CSA–week 1

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Nov 052011
 

Today was our first pickup for our winter Geauga Family Farms CSA.  For the 6 week winter program, our pick up is on Saturday at St. Noel church in Willoughby.  For the most part, this works well for us although there is the occasional time when we have other plans on Saturday and would prefer not to bother.

Here’s a group shot of what we received:

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2 types of lettuce

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Sweet potatoes, green onions

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Lacinato blue kale, wheat bread

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Daikon radish, green bell pepper

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Cabbage, acorn squash

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We’ll enjoy the lettuce in salads this week.  We have some other salad greens as well and they will mix nicely together.  We can’t get enough sweet potatoes.  Lately, I’ve just been slicing and baking them.  We have been using the onions and pepper in unstuffed cabbage and will make that again this week.

By the way, I had no idea we had lacinato blue kale.  I was able to check with the farm reps and get a speedy reply!  I’ll probably cook it like my other greens.  I usually saute them with garlic, onions, peppers and a splash of balsamic vinegar.

The Daikon radish always stumps me.  We’ve made “chips” and soup before.  I’ll have to see what strikes me this week.

I was surprised that we didn’t get eggs.  I thought we were going to get a dozen eggs and a baked good each week.  I’m guessing that with the abundance of other items still available that we will get eggs some of the future weeks.  I’ve been enjoying the local eggs, but I wasn’t out yet.

It looks like a great week!