What to do with CSA this week: 9/4/10

Fall is in the air. I’m a little disappointed to see my beloved scorching heat go, but the idea of fall – and the apples, pears, cinnamon, pumpkins and everything else that goes with it – is starting to grow on me.

• Beans – cooking with bacon and potatoes for a side with pork chops
  
• Sweet Peppers – Sweet and smoky corn salsa
  
• Carrots – Roasted with thyme
  
• Water melon – You should have seen gorgeous yellow fleshed melon. One of the sweetest I have ever eaten.
  
• Corn – Sweet and smoky corn salsa – will post recipe soon
  
• Pears – Eating for snacks, hoping for some more cool nights to eat these with stilton and port.
  
• Plums – Eating, making another plum cake from Hayday Market cookbook – it was delicious! will post recipe soon.
  

What to do with CSA this week: 8/28/10

CSA? Is it really you!!? I’m so thrilled to see you again!!

After being in North Carolina for two weeks of pickups (thanks to lovely friends and neighbors for covering for me) I finally got to go back and pick up my CSA again.

• Tomatoes – Chopping for taco salad
  
• Hot Peppers – Chopping for taco salad and including in beans and rice
  
• Parsnips – Roasted with thyme
  
• Melon – Eat with mint from my garden
  
• Corn – On the cob for kids, included in cornbread, corn salsa
  
• Peaches – Eating, freezing
  
• Plums – Eating, making a plum cake from the Hayday Market Cookbook – will let you know how it turns out.
  

What to do with CSA this week: 7/31/10

I can’t believe that July is already gone! Hello August. And hello to big quantities of fruit in the freezer for those cold fall days when I am sad for summer.

• Corn – I’ll let the kids eat two of these off the cob, then use the other two for corn chowder
• Onions – Pantry!
  
• Cucumber – Side dish of cucmber salad
  
• Summer squash – Adding this to some linguine for dinner
• Zukes – Making two loaves of bread with this, to slice and freeze for future breakfasts
  
• Peaches – Freeze for smoothies or pies
• Plums – These are so sweet and delicious. I’ll be snacking on them all week. I wish I had more time, I’d make some kind of fancy tart with them.