One CSA box, one family of four, and a whole lot of possibilities.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Week 1 - The Sweets & scape

Today was the first CSA pickup from One Straw Farm, a nearby organic farm, and I am astounded by the quantity and variety of what we got in our share.

This is what was in the box: Two bunches of chard, one box of strawberries, a bunch of garlic scapes, four purple sweet potatoes, one head romaine lettuce, and one head of broccoli. And yes, one bunch of kale. It was all so fresh it squeaked when we put it in our bags.

I laid it all out on the counter when I got home and surveyed my haul. the strawberries were dark red jewels, just gorgeous. And the lettuce looked like it would be delicious seared on the grill and made into a Ceasar. But I am puzzled about what to do with the sweet potatoes and the scapes. Stir fry? Oven fries? Pasta? Could they be cooked together or apart?

Right now the scapes are in the fridge, their tendrils shooting off the shelf and reaching into the area below. It looks like some kind of veggie horror movie ....

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