Hello world! Hope everyone’s past week was as good as mine. I spent 5 days hanging out with my sister and her newborn baby. I’ve never spent time with a two week old baby before, but we had a great time. I’m already trying to determine when I can schedule a visit with my nephew again. While I was on the other side of the state learning how to change diapers, Brian picked up last week’s CSA share.
The pick up, LAST WEEK (Not pictured)
Collards, green beans, tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, lettuce, radishes, cucumbers, kale, beets
Also, 10 pounds of pickling cucumbers, because I’m a glutton for punishment (and I love pickles).
I arrived home on Wednesday evening (via the “leaves on time, but always arrives late Amtrak train to Pittsfield). Since then, I’ve been settling back in and thinking about where I want the rest of the summer to go. Things have been pretty non-stop since school ended and I haven’t worked out a summer routine or done much in terms of my personal summer projects. But, there’s lot of unscheduled time between now and Labor Day and I plan to make the most of it. I picked up another share of vegetables yesterday.
The pick up, this week:
Lettuce, green beans, lacinato kale, zucchini, Hakurei turnips, eggplant, assorted tomatoes, cabbage, fennel
The Plan:
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Pasta with tomato sauce + green beans sautéed with garlic scape compound butter | Ratatouille (eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini) | Cobb Salad (lettuce, radishes, turnips, tomatoes, cucumbers, blue cheese and bacon) | Pizza with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and fresh basil + sautéed green beans |
| sautéed collards (recommended by my mother-in-law) + creamy polenta + roasted beets | kale + chicken sausage frittata + sliced tomatoes | eggplant parmesan + pasta + salad | leftover eggplant parmesan + green beans | Lidia Bastianich’s Boiled Zucchini Salad with Tuna(recommended by my mother-in-law) | Roasted Fennel and White Bean Dip (Food52) + toast + salad/other vegetables | Cabbage stir fry + soba noodles |
Also on the agenda:
Cucumber Ginger Gin Popsicles from Shutterbean
Canning all those cucumbers as pickles…and possibly green beans and blueberry jam too
