I neglected to post about last week’s CSA share, so I’m including it here. Last week was a bust, in part to being sick on and off and feeling great fatigue. I am feeling better, though, after sleeping a lot. Sometimes the body just wants to rest more than at other times. These 90 degrees + weather doesn’t help, either. Anyway, the shares!
Week Twelve:
Pictured, left to right, top to bottom: green beans, plums, cubanelle peppers, cucumbers, yellow paste tomatoes, nectarines, basil, summer squash, green bell peppers, apples, tomatoes.
So many yummy things. The tomatoes were fantastic, I must say – nothing beats an August tomato. I made a tomato mozzarella salad with them.
We got an interesting pepper, the cubanelle, which is sweet. The basil was fabulous. Cucumbers and summer squash, all very good. I made zucchini fritters which turned out great; however I didn’t take a picture. Next time.
The fruit is almost all gone, except for the plums, of which we got a lot. I think it was 2 pounds of little baby plums! So cute, and so many.
Week Thirteen:
Pictured, left to right, top to bottom: prunes, nectarines, peppers, leeks, yellow wax beans, cherry tomatoes, apples, summer squash, eggplant.
Last night I used the peppers, leeks, zucchini, and tomatoes in a farro salad (recipe to come). It was marvelous! Some of the tomatoes were a little overripe, but it didn’t matter with the salad. Didn’t matter when I popped them on their own in my mouth, either! So sweet and delicious.
I’ll roast the eggplant this week, and probably parboil and freeze the beans. I don’t know what I’ll do with all the prunes I received – 2.5 pounds, which is plenty. Must search for a recipe. The apples got rave reviews at my home, and I expect we’ll finish those and the nectarines by next week.
These summer fruits and vegetables are so amazing, I almost can’t stand it! I am so very, very fortunate to have access to such excellent local produce.
