On Monday, I did a bunch of cooking to clear out the backlog of stuff in preparation for a new share on Tuesday. I find it much easier to think of things to cook given limitations than when I can do anything I want. So I used most of the big cabbage for kimchi along with the rest of the carrots, turnips, and green onions. Then other onions along with the rest of the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower turned into a Thai red curry since I had the rest of an open can of coconut milk. And since I also had the remainder of a can of tomatoes as well as plenty of fresh ginger (frantically acquired for the kimchi), I made chana masala. The two dishes worked together far better than I would have thought, too.

I made more scape & basil pesto and we also grilled pizza so I grilled the remaining garlic scapes for grilled garlic scape pesto. I'll just say OMG. I mean, grilled garlic scapes are amazing, so eat those, but if you have a crapton of them try using grilled in pesto.

Oh, also also a big batch of zucchini/cousa fritters with the remaining squash.

And then we got all this stuff!

Week 5

• 6 Cucumbers
• 2 heads Red Cabbage
• 2 heads Broccoli
• 2 lbs Fava Beans
• 2 lbs Kentucky Wonder Beans
• 2 bunches Arugula
• 4 lbs Yukon Gold New Potatoes
• 2 bunches Red Spring Onions (+tops)
  = 29 lbs

Bonus veggies from the in-house drop-off was a bunch of harukei turnips and a bunch of radishes, which went straight to beowabbit. And I baked a loaf of rolled bread with the scape pesto to share with the farmer. Also met more non-coho neighbors. Tuesdays have turned out to be pretty good days.

Since Tuesday, I haven't cooked much since there were so many leftovers to nom on and just lazy, I guess. I did do a big batch of Manjula's green (wonder) beans and peas, though, and also threw in the Fava beans. Might do Manjula cabbage, too. Arugula pesto. Hm. Still have tons of onions, too. Ideas? Or maybe we need more sauerkraut, I'll have to check.

Which, crap, reminds me that I haven't checked the kimchi yet at all! Eep. Better do that now.

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!

Two long weekends in a row of camping makes a frog slackful about posting updates. Even moreso than usual, that is.

Week 4

• 2 bunches Broccoli Rabe
• 2 heads Cauliflower
• 2 bunches Kohlrabi (w/ greens)
• 2 bunches Red Russian Kale
• 2 bunches Fennel
• 2 bunches Chiogga Beets (w/ greens)
• 2 bunches Basil
• 2 bunches Yellow Carrots
• 2 lbs Summer Squash
  ==
• 1 head Lettuce
• 1 bunch Carrots
• 4 Zucchini/Summer Squash
• 1 bunch herbs (Dill or Cilantro)
• 1 bunch Kale or Collards
• 1 bunch Pearl Onions
• 1/3 lb Spinach
• 5 Cucumbers
• 1 bunch Beets

Week 5

• 2 bunches Red Beets (w/ greens)
• 2 lbs Fava Beans
• 2 bunches Cilantro (who in the world needs this much cilantro?)
• 2 bunches Mizuna
• 2 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes (new potatoes!)
• 3 lbs Cousa Squash (ooh, pretty green!)
• 2 (big giant) heads Cauliflower
• 2 heads Cabbage
• 4 (sizable) Cucumbers
• 2 bunches Biera Kale (ooh, new type of kale!)
• 2 buches Carrots (orange)
  ==
• 1 head (slightly sunburnt) Lettuce
• 1 stalk Garlic
• 2 oz Basil
• 1.5 lb Green Beans
• 1 (sizable) Zucchini
• 2 Kohlrabi (w/ greens)
• 1 Cucumber
• 1 bunch Scallions
• 1 (small) head Cabbage (sharebuddy called it an extra-large brussels sprout)

I wasn't around for the second part of Week 4, but for Week 5, the entire RF share fit into a bag that held 1/4 of Parker. It's a little frustrating and we're thinking about selling off the remainder of the season, since half of one large Parker is thusfar providing each of us with plenty. The only veg I *really* want that Parker doesn't grow is garlic, but RF doesn't provide enough of that to meet all my garlic needs, and getting it at the markets would be a lot cheaper than the share, anyway. (DD's farm out in Easthampton grows and gives garlic like crazy, too, so I plan to mooch off him later in the season. The stuff I got from him last year was the best garlic ever.)