Ben and I signed up for CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) this year. Once a week for 6 months, we will pick up from a drop of point fresh produce and a half gallon of milk from local farms. Every other week we will pick up 2 blocks of cheese and a 3 pound chicken. I'm also picking up some mushrooms, cheese, and lamb for my sister, and we are splitting the produce. There were other things to choose from as well (beef, eggs, etc.), but this is all we signed up for. I have been so excited for this!! Today was the first day, and just look at all this stuff!
Like I said, half of the produce is my sister's. Apparently greens are in season right now because that's what most of it is. We got arugula, mesculine, spinach, red and green head lettuce, bok choy, radishes, and strawberries. So, along with our burgers tonight I made- what else?- a salad!
It was full of all these different greens (and hard boiled egg and cheese), and tasted great! I made that yummy homemade caesar dressing again, too (that I mentioned in the last post). I also cooked down some spinach as another side.
It's so exciting not knowing what's to come each week, but my goal is to cook it all every week and hopefully learn some new recipes along the way. What a great way to make sure we're eating our veggies!
Can't wait to try the milk in the morning!
I'm so excited for you, too! A friend of mine from work and I went in halfsies on a CSA share!! We got a half-share so we only pick up every other week. I have no idea what I will do with all the greens - lots of salad is in my future! I'll let you know how it goes
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