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CSA Box, May 21, 2008

21st May 2008

CSA Box, May 21, 2008

I’ve created another brief video of my CSA box contents this week. Such wonderful produce! I hope you enjoy!

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11th May 2008

Large Leeks

I forgot to photograph all the veggies in my box this past week, but I do have a picture of the leeks I mentioned. They are huge and gorgeous! I had to top them in order to put them in the fridge. Enjoy! :-)

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8th May 2008

CSA Box, Week of May 7

I have a fantastic photo at home of the amazing leeks we are getting in our boxes recently. Honestly I think the leek is about 3 feet long! WOW!

The strawberries have been coming weekly for about a month now and I just cannot get enough. Commercially produced strawberries don’t even have a fraction of the flavor these contain in each bite. Plus I have been told that there are several varieties of strawberry planted, so throughout the spring and summer the specific flavor & type of strawberry will evolve. Exciting!! :D

And with that, let me tell you about this week’s amazing box:

  • leeks
  • strawberries
  • big bag of mixed salad greens
  • Lacinto kale
  • carrots
  • baby turnips with perfect greens still attached
  • spicy & delicious radishes
  • little bag of spinach

As I mentioned in the video, I typically top the leeks and other items such as radishes & turnips. This simply means removing the greens from the turnip bulb and storing them separately. It helps the root keep longer to remove the greens. For the leeks I cut off the long weedy parts we won’t eat just so they are easy to store. :-)

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23rd April 2008

CSA Box, Week of April 23

This week a treat! In lieu of a photo, I made a video of our weekly CSA box! I wanted to show what I do with all the variety of vegetables I get – how to store and also, what they look like. Enjoy!

Please excuse my bedraggled appearance. I just returned from a trip to Texas and I just got off the plane. ;-)

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12th April 2008

CSA Box, Week of April 9

This week’s CSA box arrived Wednesday evening as normal. The flower bouquet which I neglected to photograph is starting to change! I wish I knew enough about flowers to describe what they are but the vibrant reds, purples, oranges, and even color tipped white beauties make my kitchen so happy! In this week’s box:

  • salad mix (not shown)
  • carrots (orange)
  • arugula (the large leafy cluster in the right part of the photo)
  • radishes (red, large, and gorgeous!)
  • leeks
  • fennel
  • agretti (the pine needle looking greens in the front left)
  • baby Shitake mushrooms

I’m really excited to start seeing mushrooms! And the agretti greens are extremely unusual and tasty! Hopefully some recipes will follow soon!

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4th April 2008

CSA Box Week of April 2

I’m a bit late with this week’s CSA post and sadly I hopped to putting the veggies away so quickly this week that I neglected to snap a photo.

The most interesting item in the box this week is cardoons.  Cardoons are actually the same species as the globe artichoke but a naturally occurring variant that look like long & sometimes much larger celery stalks.  I’m anxious to cook these and see how they taste!

Our box this week contained:

  • celery
  • parsnips
  • purple carrots – these are gorgeous!
  • mustard greens
  • spinach
  • mixed salad
  • erbette chard
  • cardoons
  • Meyer lemons – YUM!

Maybe I’ll even splurge on a dessert with those yummy Meyer lemons.  :-)

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