In December, I went to a fundraiser for the SF bike coalition. There was a silent auction and I bid on a 4 box, trial membership for a local organic CSA. And I won! After reading up on the farm and the CSA, I decided to do a bi-weekly subscription for our trial membership. I picked up our first box on January 5 and it was huge!
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| CSA box that I carried down Potrero Hill to our apartment |
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| Veggies and fruits unloaded from the box - turnips and greens, leeks, red cabbage, broccoli, romanesco, spinach, collards, bok choy, pink lady apples, and mandarin oranges |
My goal was to use everything in it before we got our second box. I was almost successful. We made the collards the night we got the second box and we still haven't used the broccoli. We ended up with 9 dinners and numerous lunch leftovers. Here are the snapshots of what we ended up doing with all of these amazing veggies. Feel free to comment if you would like a recipe.
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| Sauteed turnip greens on the first night, with white rice and teriyaki tofu |
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| Roasted turnips, carrots and onion, with curried lentils and mixed grains |
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| Potato and leek soup, need I say more :) |
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| Sauteed spinach, with acorn squash and roasted seeds |
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| Udon noodle soup with bok choy and leeks (required us to buy the most items not stocked in our kitchen) |
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| Roasted romanesco just out of the oven |
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| Roasted romanesco covered in olive dressing, with mac&cheese and spicy veggie protein nuggets |
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| Indian spiced red cabbage and peas, with fancy white rice and naan (most surprisingly good dish from an internet found recipe) |
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| Sauteed collard greens with nutritional yeast, with curried lentils and mixed grains and veggie dog |
Veggie I would most recommend picking up from the grocery store - romanesco. Neither Martin nor I had eaten romanesco before and we were impressed. Just roasting it in the oven with a little olive oil, salt and pepper made a delicious dish.
