2009 CSA Basket Journal #1; Volume 2
Arugula's Star Farm '09 CSA Basket Journal #1; Volume 2
What Genus Specie Varieties your Basket Contains:
1. White Globe Purple Top Turnip Greens with Baby Root Bunch
2. Broccoli Raab Greens Bunch
3. Green Pointed Starburst and Red Tide Leaf Lettuce
4. 1/2 lb Longstanding Bloomsdale and Tyee Spinach
5. 1/2 lb Darki Triple Purple and Aurora Orach
6. Golden Globe Young Beet Greens with Dainty Edible Root
7. Sweet Ann Sugar Snap Peas
8. Cherry Belle Radish Bunch
9. Caribe Cilantro, Bergamot (bee balm), and Lemon Balm Herb Bundle
Good Evening to everyone as we enjoyed delivering and offering over our first of the season pickings. I can only hope that you all have already found something great to do with your basket vegetables for the evening dinner meal.
Remember for great ideas beyond your creative put togethers there are some great and simple recipe ideas for every item in your basket if you will go to the webpage and scroll down under Recipes and then click on Arugula's Star Recipe Bank. It is here where you will find basic ideas on how to prepare the Broccoli Raab and Turnip greens, by clicking on the Broccoli Raab Recipe, for example, or what to do with your beautiful Orach and unusual herbs like the Bergamot. I will try my best to put up new recipes every week that should complement your weekly basket.
Every week I am always putting together new dishes as I do not think we ever eat the same dish twice, and this is really the way you will learn to prepare dishes once you learn to utilize what is seasonally put in front of you. This concept can be quite fun I think, and it helps give you great skills on putting together meals by using only what you have to work with. As long as you keep some oils, nuts, fruits, eggs, salt & pepper, and grains on hand, you should really be able to follow about any of the simple recipes that I have put together as I let the the vegetables do the talking.
In fact, just when we got home today from the morning drop off we had a simple lunch meal of an Orach, Sweet Pea, Boiled Egg, and Cilantro Salad. I tossed the Orach leaves with Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar, Salt and Pepper. I thinly sliced an apple, I chopped cilantro, and tossed these in as well. As I had my Windy Acres fresh eggs a boiling, when they were hard boiled I peeled and sliced them on placed them on top of the greens. Then I through some sugar snap peas, walnuts, and raw cheddar cheese in for the final addition. This was a delicious salad and despite its tastyness I will say for certain I will more than likely never make it again, as I will move on to the next inspiration for dinner. I hope that this act will and can become common for all of you through this CSA season.
Again thanks for being apart and I hope you all enjoy your first weeks basket. If you have any simple questions please feel free to send an e-mail or call and I will try to get back with you by a couple of days as I do not check e-mail every day. Also, be on the look-out for the Windy Acres Farm e-mail as Debbie will be sending out the next week options for order and all you will have to do is respond to place and order. Their egg yolks were just brilliantly golden colored in hard boiled sliced presentation on the lunch salad and oh ever so tasty. This really will be wonderful because now you will be able to get organic vegetables, meat, eggs, and cheese all in one location, which does not leave much more to pick up elsewhere other than some of the staples I mention above!
I will be seeing you next week and until then happy vegetable basketing.
Allison