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Remember the Swiss chard from last week’s CSA? I almost forgot about it, too. Luckily it was still good, minus a few scraps, and I was able to make this delicious dish. I adapted my recipe from this Asian Salmon Bowl with Lime Drizzle. Because it is so hot out,…
This week’s CSA is the probably the best one yet. It definitely is looking like summer here. I received peaches, sweet corn, green beans, zucchini, lettuce, and Swiss chard. Each week a newsletter is sent with the CSA explaining how to keep the fruits and vegetables fresh as well as…
Week 5 of the CSA from Strite’s included lettuce, cherries, cabbage, peas, beets, and basil. If I have not mentioned it before, I split each week’s CSA with my friend. I still have lettuce left over from last week and I am growing basil in my own garden, so I…
This week’s CSA was full of fresh green vegetables and a quart of strawberries. The vegetables included broccoli, snap peas, asparagus, lettuce, and garlic scapes. This was my first time seeing garlic scapes. Garlic scapes are the bud of the garlic plant. They make look a little creepy, but don’t…