The Suburban Herbivore

The strawberries are still coming in strong, and they are getting sweeter. (If there is a lot of rain while they are ripening, the berries will taste a little watery and not as sweet.) So far, the produce has been wonderful. I’ve really been enjoying all the lettuce – we’ve been having salad almost every night. Salad before the meal, that is. I’m rarely able to eat only a salad – it’s just not substantial enough for me.

Full share from May 20, 2009

This week: two pints of strawberries, two heads of lettuce, one bunch of scallions, one bunch of purple, yellow, and orange carrots, one bunch of Chiogga beets, one bunch of purple radishes, and two baby boc chois. In the photos, the radishes are on the left and the beets are on the right.

I’ve got some catching up to do. Not only am I way behind on updating for this year’s shares, I would still like to at least include the lists and photos from the rest of last year.

For 2009, we are with the same CSA as last year: Elysian Fields Farm. And again, we are splitting a full share with friends. I like to include the entire share in the photo to fully illustrate what we receive. But I am only responsible for cooking half of it!

Full share from May 6, 2009

The year was off to a great start with three pints of strawberries! We have to eat the strawberries right away as they spoil pretty rapidly. But generally, this is not a problem. We also got one bunch of red Russian kale, two heads of Boston lettuce, one bunch of French breakfast radishes (I don’t know what makes them “breakfast”, but they are long, pointy, and will be eaten at supper), one bunch of baby turnips, two baby boc chois, and one bunch of scallions.

This was another banner week. Nearly all of the produce so far has just been exceptional. And, thankfully, we have a week off from lettuce, as I still have an entire bunch left from last time. We received several new items: yellow, orange, and purple carrots, as well as sugar snap peas. And, of course, broccoli, kale, cabbage, onions, turnips, boc choi, and the best batch of strawberries yet.

I already have plans for the broccoli, in the form of a tofu stir-fry. But I think I’m going to need to cook up another mess of greens this weekend. And probably some beet risotto. And maybe I can make some soup somewhere in there, too.