CSA Farm Share 2012: Week 5

[surrealestate]

Monday night, I made the traditional night-before-farmshare OMG-use-up-last-week's-share meal: braised purple cauliflower and carrots with fava beans, beet greens, and caramelized fennel. (Served over brown rice.) It was so good! Especially so given that I went into it with no plan other than to use up the veggies in question. And I came up with a fennel preparation I really like, so extra win.

More yummies this week:

• 2 bunches Carrots
• 2 lbs Fava Beans
• 2 bunches Beets (+greens)
• 2 bunches Cipollini Spring Onions
• 2 bunches Broccoli
• 2 bunches Basil
• 2 lbs Green Beans
• 2 bunches Bok Choy
  =22#

Must make some of Manjula's string beans!

Comments

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

oh, you got a serving or two of string beans! Usually your farm share sounds like it is overwhelming quantities. ;-)

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Heheh.

FWIW, I do have a large share -- the small is smaller. :)

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

It seems like it is consistent and somewhat predictable, too - of course it all varies depending on what they harvest and how the crops are doing, but clearly some basic planning affects the size and shape of the share too. Ours is pretty different as an expected size/assortment, but quite similar from year to year so I know what to expect. :)