CSA – Week One

blog post from Elmwood

Box contained:

asparagus

dried black beans

garlic greens

parsnips

spinach

thyme

horseradish root

In the past week, we’ve had:

Black bean soup – not great, DH makes better black beans with canned beans and the Goya recipe.

Asparagus tossed with olive oil and baked – yum!

Sausage & spinach quiche with garlic greens, spinach, and leftover sausage patties.  I used milk instead of cream and only 3 eggs – yum!

Steamed parsnips with honey & butter – yuck.  I don’t know if I didn’t peel and trim these enough, but they had several tough spots.  I can’t recall ever having parsnips before.  The kids did not care for the flavor at all and they are reasonably adventurous eaters, at least compared to the other 5 & 6 y/o’s we know.

Chicken enchiladas with spinach – I boiled & shredded three chicken breasts, made a can of cream of chicken soup using the chicken broth, added the chicken, chopped spinach, and a can of enchilada sauce to the soup, and baked for 30 minutes – yum!

I still have one meal’s worth of asparagus and about half the spinach.  I haven’t even touched the thyme or horseradish, but they will keep.  New box comes today!

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