CSA + Garden Haul Week 4 (6/14/12)

We're off and running! Hard to believe it's mid-June already. I had the lettuce in the sink to wash it before I remembered to take my picture. The rest is lined up, ready for the wash water. I usually do lettuce first and let it soak for a bit (my standard practice even with grocery store lettuce--helps refresh it some if it's gotten wilty). Then I wash the squashes and cukes if they're especially dirty; otherwise, I wash them just prior to use. Then I do the remaining greens. I save radishes and potatoes for the end because they're the dirtiest. Here's what we have to work with this week:

CSA:

• 1 nice head red leaf lettuce
• Lots of summer squash (even got a couple extras--thanks, Caleb and Colvins!)
• 1 head cauliflower
• some arugula (yum!!)
• nice sized bag of kale
• more radishes (still learning to like these, myself)
• about a pound of red potatoes
• 2 cucumbers (so excited these are "in"--hope we continue to get lots of these!)

Garden:

• basil is coming along. Not enough for pesto yet, but enough to add in here and there to recipes
• lots of tomatoes setting!!! Still green and they look to be lots of cherry tomatoes
• cucumber and watermelon and bell pepper plants all look good

Possible Menu Ideas:

• Curried Cauliflower "Popcorn" or Cauliflower Soup (haven't posted this recipe either yet!)
• Stir-fried kale
• more salad
• Squash casserole plus some frozen zucchini for future zucchini bread
• Arugula pasta salad--one of our favorites last year and I'll have to post the recipe this year