CSA Share #12 and SALSA!

 We received another giant load of tomatoes, onions, and more peppers of various kinds, so I thought that some salsa was in order.  Anja and I started chopping up all the veg this morning, and I realized that I didn't have any cilantro.  What is salsa without cilantro?  Since I was still in my jammies, I persuaded my darling husband to run up to the store to get some for me.  Never having purchased anything green in a grocery store before (except some questionable meat from the day-old rack), he was a little nervous about the venture.  I assured him that anyone working in the produce aisle would be able to assist him, so off he went.  He came home with cilantro- and even the organic kind!  I was pretty proud of him.  (Those of you who are familiar with the great baby food debacle of 2003 will understand why this was such a momentous occasion.)

I plan to make a tasty ratatouille with the rest of the tomatoes, eggplant and zucchini.

Here is the scrumptious mild salsa.  

CSA Share #11

Nellie took a picture of my share for me this week, since I was in Chicago on the pickup day.  Lots of tomato sandwiches have been happening around here.

I've made one batch of corn already, and will probably make the rest tomorrow.  The watermelon was super sweet!

CSA Pepper Delight!

Oh my goodness!  This dish is fabulously awesome, if I do say so myself!  I cut up some chicken tenderloin pieces and stir fried them in a little oil.  Then added chopped onion, green pepper, long red peppers, banana peppers, zucchini and a roma tomato and garlic.  For spices, I added some salt & pepper, chili powder, cumin and coriander.  I served it over quinoa.

CSA Share #10

Another super heavy watermelon, and some gorgeous, gorgeous rainbow chard.  Lovely looking little orange sweet peppers, mild banana peppers, more blackberries and lots of corn are the highlights this week.  And, I ate one of the little tomatoes as I was washing them off, and it literally tasted like candy, it was so sweet.  Mmmm, mmmm, good!  I think I might freeze the roma tomatoes and make sauce with them later.

CSA Share #9

We've been on the go to about a million places all week, so not much cooking was done at home this week.  We did manage to eat up a bunch of last week's produce, though.  Good thing Anja likes peaches!  We had the corn for lunch one day, too.  It was yummy.

Holly and Anja helped me do a little cooking yesterday, and I made two different types of slaw with the head of cabbage from last week- Asian style and country style. Both are pretty tasty.

Here is this week's farm share:

That watermelon was the heaviest watermelon I've ever held in my life.  The cantaloupe was pretty huge, too.  Both were good, according to the melon eaters in the house.  Got more corn and blackberries and another squash I can cook up for the baby girl.