living in a state of well controlled chaos

we were on vacation so a friend picked up and enjoyed our box, but just for the record:

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box contained:

sweet basil

Roma green beans

bok choy

broccoli

Swiss chard

cucumber

fennel

radishes

green tomatoes

garlic scapes

kolrabi

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Box contained:

cucumber

fennel

garlic scapes

kolrabi

spring salad mix

head lettuce

yellow squash

turnip w/greens

In the past week, we’ve had:

We left for vacation on Thursday and sent what was left to Camp Grandma along with Thing One and Thing Two.  A friend will be picking up and enjoying week seven’s share.

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Box contained:

asparagus

red beets

head lettuce

spring salad mix

yellow squash

sugar snap peas

zucchini

In the past week, we’ve had:

grilled asparagus

grilled squash & zucchini

most of the lettuce came with us to visit my parents for the weekend

yellow swash boiled with butter, salt, & pepper

beets went to a friend who loves roasted beets

sugar snap peas are still in my fridge

I just threw away the Swiss chard from last week and parsnips from week two

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Box contained:

asparagus

Swiss chard

lettuce, butterhead

lettuce, romaine

salad mix

sugar snap peas

strawberries

garlic scapes

In the past week, we’ve had:

SALAD!  Thing One and Thing Two are spending a few days at Granna’s house, so I send the strawberries and a big bag of salad with them.  I had a salad with grilled chicken breast and there is still a HUGE bag of lettuce left.

Asparagus was cooked with balsamic vinagrette and eaten cold.

Swiss chard & sugar snap peas are still in my fridge.

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Box contained:

asparagus

fresh mint

lettuce

sugar snap peas

bok choy

spring salad mix

In the past week, we’ve had:

Grilled asparagus

Stir fry with chicken, sugar snap peas, bok choy from last week & this week, and last week’s garlic greens

Mint is gone, but I didn’t use it.  Either DH put it in his iced tea or just tossed it.

Salad, salad, and more salad.

The parsnips from week two are still sitting in the fridge.

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Box contained:

asparagus

bok choy

garlic greens

fresh sage

lettuce

parsnips

spinach

strawberries

Their blog mentions radishes, but we didn’t get any.  Sometimes that happens.

In the past week, we’ve had:

Strawberries, gobbled up quickly by Thing One and Thing Two

Asparagus drizzled with Italian dressing and baked

Salad

Spinach, but I’ve honestly forgotten what I did with it

Sage is drying in the laundry room and the bok choy is still hanging around.

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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!

It’s almost time for our vegetable pickup to start. We’ve participated for the past three summers in the Community Sponsored Agriculture program with Elmwood Stock Farm. It couldn’t be easier, every week I pickup a basket of vegetables and a half-dozen free-range eggs from the farm’s stand at the farmer’s market.  They give us tips on storage and a few recipes, so it’s not like I’m totally on my own.

We’ve received many veggies we really like, a few veggie we really don’t like, a few veggies we’ve just never eaten before and a very few veggies that we’ve never even heard of before… kolrabi, anyone?

I thought I’d try to blog about what we get and how we prepare it.   I need to do better with meal planning and maybe this will be a good start.