CSA 2010, Week 6
July 15, 2010
I love the easy parking and super-organized group running our new farm share pick-up site, but — perhaps because it’s huge now (80 members in one location, I think) and inside a college building rather than someone’s home — it feels more like shopping in the produce section of a store rather than being part of a local group participating in a CSA. The vegetables are still lovely, but I am missing the homey vibe of our previous location, and this feeling was highlighted when I ran into the lovely host of our old site this week. So is it about the organic vegetables, supporting local, sustainable agriculture, or feeling like I’m part of a like-minded group?
This week we received 3 cucumbers, 3 zucchini, a bunch of small carrots, 1 cabbage, a bunch of chard (or you could choose kale), cilantro, lettuce mix, 2 onions, 3 summer squash, and green beans.
I still have the chard from last week, but I have plans for both bunches — they’re going being sauteed with the onions, and then added to a quiche. I will probably freeze the quiche for another time, or give one away. We already ate the green beans tonight, tossed in a saute pan with a little olive oil, the juice and zest of two lemons, and a little salt. I may try to sneak zucchini muffins past the boys this week, too.
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I'm Dara, the Chick in the Kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two boys, ages 5 and 7, and husband. Trying to feed my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Read more 
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