So we signed up for this CSA, which we love; mostly. We love that we get fresh greens each week, and I do mean fresh, not grown with chemicals or made to ripen with strange fumes.
Bonus: We are swimming in salad greens and strawberries, who doesn't love a fresh salad? If you are looking for ideas ask us, we've made 7 different kinds this week, yes 7, one for every day of the week. I told you people we were SWIMMING in greens.
But, what I'm discovering about the CSA is that although we have fresh produce weekly we also have fresh produce weekly that we didn't select and I'm finding myself in uncharted territory. Lovers of vegetables please HELP! I know you are probably far more cultured than I and have eaten these things before but I haven't cooked or tasted many of the items we are being given, in fact I can't even identify many of this weeks goods.
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| I'm pretty sure this is Swiss Chard, but what do you do with it? |
I am a recent convert. Yes, I had many microwave timers set for me as a child as I was forced encouraged to eat my green beans. Now that I'm a believer I'm pretty sure I missed out on vegetable 101.
Enter you, yes, you the reader. Can you identify this week's goodies? Can you suggest recipes or tips on how to cook? Or, will we be left to the alien invasion that seems to be threatening our kitchen?
PS I think this could totally pass as some kind of spaceship, hence the alien reference.
Purple thing is Kohlrabi. Bernice and Ed grow them too.
ReplyDeleteRainbow chard, steam in a steamer with a little butter, salt and pepper to taste. So good we grow it. One of my favs.
Last is garlic scapes, cut seed pods off. And grill them. Mmmmmmmm they are great on salads or as a side.