Tuesday
Aug102010
What's in your CSA share?
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6:48PM
We "share" what's in each weeks "share"... and this week expect your fair share (worst phrase ever) of awesome mid-summer veg!
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes! This week you will find a sea of red goodness including a container of cherry tomatoes; a container of large tomatoes as in other weeks, and also a heaping pile of sauce tomatoes. There are two types of sauce tomatoes in this weeks share Roma and San Marzano. These sauce tomatoes have few seeds, lots of flesh without water and are great for making marinara or salsa! The San Marzano are the king of the sauce tomato prized for their flavor and characteristic. But don't take my word for it... a picture is worth 1000 words in this case (courtesy of the purveyors of food you are supposed to feel good about).
In the green bean category these are a different variety from last week. These are Masai green beans - thin, tender and a flavorful variety.
More awesome zucchini and yellow squash. Getting creative with your summer squash yet? Check out our feature recipe for zucchini marinara using your tomatoes and zucchini or a CSA member's ideas on our Facebook page.
Several assorted peppers. We are starting to harvest the various colors of peppers. If you dig around in the super full box you will have some green peppers, some red peppers (a variety known as apple peppers because of their size), and some kaleidoscope peppers (creamy-colored).
Purple baby aliens? Maybe. Or just eggplant - we finally started harvesting eggplant! You will find several varieties in your box- larger, "standard" eggplants called Black Beauty and smaller eggplants known as Fairytale Eggplants. They are more mild than a typical large eggplant so even those who think they don't like eggplants should give them a try! Eggplants are really a misunderstood vegetable and if you haven't liked them before you should really give fresh ones a try!
Finally there's a cucumber and some basil in here too.
What can you do with this week's share?
Try our featured recipe for Zucchini Marinara
Make shish-kabobs on skewers or just grill mixed veggies with the zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, peppers and cherry tomatoes.
Make stuffed peppers using your peppers and sauce tomatoes. You can stuff peppers with cheese, orzo, couscous or meat. Find a recipe online!
Our favorite way to enjoy these green beans is to blanch them in boiling water for 2 minutes and then add a pat of butter. Simple and delicious. They are also great cut up in salads.
Use your fairytale eggplant in an asian dish. Many of the asian stir fry recipes call for this type of eggplant.
Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes! This week you will find a sea of red goodness including a container of cherry tomatoes; a container of large tomatoes as in other weeks, and also a heaping pile of sauce tomatoes. There are two types of sauce tomatoes in this weeks share Roma and San Marzano. These sauce tomatoes have few seeds, lots of flesh without water and are great for making marinara or salsa! The San Marzano are the king of the sauce tomato prized for their flavor and characteristic. But don't take my word for it... a picture is worth 1000 words in this case (courtesy of the purveyors of food you are supposed to feel good about).
In the green bean category these are a different variety from last week. These are Masai green beans - thin, tender and a flavorful variety.
More awesome zucchini and yellow squash. Getting creative with your summer squash yet? Check out our feature recipe for zucchini marinara using your tomatoes and zucchini or a CSA member's ideas on our Facebook page.
Several assorted peppers. We are starting to harvest the various colors of peppers. If you dig around in the super full box you will have some green peppers, some red peppers (a variety known as apple peppers because of their size), and some kaleidoscope peppers (creamy-colored).
Purple baby aliens? Maybe. Or just eggplant - we finally started harvesting eggplant! You will find several varieties in your box- larger, "standard" eggplants called Black Beauty and smaller eggplants known as Fairytale Eggplants. They are more mild than a typical large eggplant so even those who think they don't like eggplants should give them a try! Eggplants are really a misunderstood vegetable and if you haven't liked them before you should really give fresh ones a try!
Finally there's a cucumber and some basil in here too.
What can you do with this week's share?
Try our featured recipe for Zucchini Marinara
Make shish-kabobs on skewers or just grill mixed veggies with the zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, peppers and cherry tomatoes.
Make stuffed peppers using your peppers and sauce tomatoes. You can stuff peppers with cheese, orzo, couscous or meat. Find a recipe online!
Our favorite way to enjoy these green beans is to blanch them in boiling water for 2 minutes and then add a pat of butter. Simple and delicious. They are also great cut up in salads.
Use your fairytale eggplant in an asian dish. Many of the asian stir fry recipes call for this type of eggplant.
tagged farm market, farming, local food, produce, tomato, vegetable in CSA
farm market, farming, local food, produce, tomato, vegetable in CSA
Reader Comments (2)
Nice Conehead reference, LOL
Such an impressive pile of veggies!