CSA + Garden Haul Week 6 (6/28/12)

Things are heating up in my part of the country--we're expecting 100+ degrees in the next few days which is quite rare, especially in June. Thankfully, the humidity is fairly low for our part of the country (hovering in the 50% mark instead of the 99% mark ☺). But these hot, hot, hot temperatures are going to mean the end of things like arugula, chard, cabbage, and other cool season veggies that have been hanging on...

We still have a lot of produce leftovers (all still in great shape thanks to my fridgesmarts) from the previous weeks thanks to a week out of town. So we'll be eating veggie-heavy meals in the next few days!

CSA:

• Small bag of arugula
• good-sized bag rainbow chard 
• good-sized head red cabbage
• several turnips of varying sizes
• 1 large zucchini
• 5 medium yellow crookneck squashes
• small bag new potatoes (~1 pound)
• large bunch green onions
• 2 good-sized cucumbers

Garden:

• Finally producing!!
• Basil
• 6 largish cherry tomatoes

Leftover:

• 1/2 head Napa cabbage (CSA)
• good-sized head green cabbage (CSA)
• carrots/celery (grocery story)
• onions (yellow and sweet--grocery store)
• 2 pounds green beans (friends' garden)
• head lettuce (friends' garden)
• arugula (last week's CSA)
• 1 large pattypan squash (CSA)
• 2 cucumbers (CSA)
• rainbow bell peppers (grocery store)
• LOTS of radishes (CSA)

Menu Possibilities:

• Braised Turnips
• Slaw
• Blanched Green Beans for freezer maybe
• Covered dish coming up, so maybe a giant salad for that... plus salads for us!
• Chard Enchiladas
• Pasta Salad with Arugula