CSA Booty - Week 6

Sorry for the delay in posting, this weekend has been nutso.

Week six's CSA share was:

• 1 bunch amaranth
• 1 head of lettuce
• a pint of peas (we were supposed to PYO, but there wasn't a whole lot out there to P)
• a bunch each of green (curly) and red kale
• 1 bunch of Swiss chard
• a bundle of bok choy (2 heads)
• 2 bunches of beets
• 1 bunch of spring onions
• I clipped some basil and parsley
• a dozen eggs (this was an add-on not included in the share)
  
• I also got more beets (Chioggia - also known as candy cane beets because they have concentric red and white circles in them when you cut 'em through), a cauliflower, a cabbage and some radishes from my neighbor at the farmers' market.

So here's what I think I'm doing with these items:

• An Indian-type dinner with Ceylonese-style amaranth (steamed with onion, coconut and turmeric), curried cauliflower and a quick radish pickle, all served over steamed rice.
• Bok choy stir fry with glass noodles
• Pea and pea greens (still have some from a few weeks back) risotto
• Beet "carpaccio" with the Chioggia and red beets
• Pickled chard stems (really looking forward to this one)
• I'm going to stuff the chard leaves with something and bake or steam them (not sure yet)
• Borscht (again, it's been on my list to make and keeps getting pushed out) with beet greens
• I think the kales will become a savory pie of some type - with herbs and garlic and cheese

So how'd I do with last week's haul? Here's what we ate (and what CSA items were used) last week:

• Chickpea, butternut squash and kale salad (kale)
• Steamed amaranth greens served over steamed amaranth grains (amaranth)
• Grilled romaine salad (romaine)
• Lettuce soup with peas (lettuce, peas)
• Sautéed mizuna served with a pork chop from my livestock share, brown rice, mozzarella and garlic scape pesto (mizuna)

This Summer, I am chronicling my first CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) experience. My CSA share is from Arrowhead Farm, a farm based in Newburyport, MA. Each week, I am posting about what was in my share and what I'm doing with it. By way of full disclosure, I won my share through a raffle and am not paying for it. However, Arrowhead did not know I was entered in the raffle, and I received no special consideration because of this blog. I paid for my livestock share.