Food!

[laceblade]

So, I kind of suck at making food.

BUT I still signed up for a CSA farm share this year, and the first box comes on Wednesday.
I'm splitting my box with another friend, but were_duck and I get our boxes from the same place, and we are going to cook together!!

Here's what were_duck thinks will be in this box:
Spinach, salad greens, arugula, pea shoots, chocolate mint, baby bok choy, nettles, chive blossoms, rhubarb, oregano in a pot, red flame head lettuce and hamburger.

OMG STUFF! I want to put mint leaves in my water pitcher! I can handle that! I hope they give two pots of oregano to me, since I'm splitting my box, ;_;

BUT! I'm going through this locally-made CSA-oriented cookbook and flagging all of this week's vegetables and I'm freaking out because this food sounds delicious but I don't know what to do with it! Luckily, were_duck does!

OMG I WANT FOOD!

Comments

[dersteinkauz.livejournal.com]

I want to put mint leaves in my water pitcher! I can handle that!

I totally giggled when I read that. That statement pretty much sums up my relationship to cooking, too. :)

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

You can make some awesome salads with those greens, and some tasty stir fries with teh spinach and bok choy. Rhubarb is great for crisps, which are SUPER easy compared to pies.

[la-luna-llena.livejournal.com]

CSA's come with hamburger? Cool. I bet it will be very tasty, and hamburgers are easy to make.

Everything else can be figured out in time.

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Well, this one does!

I made hamburger once before. It didn't go.....awesomely, but they were edible.

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

This will be great for your cooking skillz! Remember that you can always substitute things or add something the recipe doesn't call for. I often google what substitutes I can use or will add the ingredient onto the recipe search to see if someone else has made it that way. Soon enough you'll just get a feel for it and now what things will go together or at least be willing to try it once.

[tricianna.livejournal.com]

I've wanted to sign up for my CSA too but it was too expensive for one person and unfortunately, none of my friends were interested in sharing.

Looking forward to what you'll be able to whip up though. That's a great selection.

[nylorac15.livejournal.com]

Something C and I learned pretty quickly with our CSA is that it's way too easy to forget the stuff you have in your fridge and have it go bad before you get around to using it. So, I highly recommend you get a whiteboard or even just some paper and stick it to your fridge, and list all of the things you got in your box that week. If they're all crossed off by the time you get your next box, you win! It helps a lot when you're standing there going "Hmmm, I want pizza for dinner, oh wait crap, we've still got bok choy, gotta make that first!" ^_^