CSA Week Eight

News from the field:
The bounty, the bounty, the bounty. These are the salad days, so to speak. And right on cue we actually have some salad greens for you this week. We are still battling the residual effects of all that rain a few weeks ago, but things have dried out and warmed up enough so we have some mesclun for you, and some head lettuce for our stand. Also, this time of year is fun because we can add something new each week as our crops come in – this week we welcome some crunchy carrots and some sweet onions.

In the Basket:

Mesclun - Insta salad for those hot lazy nights. Throw in some tomatoes, some grated cabbage, and some chopped up carrots and you have a salad meal on your hands.

Tomatoes - Two pounds of the red beauties. For the salad or for stacking on a plate with a little balsamic vinegar on top. Or try Charise’s pico recipe on the back. Yum!

Sun golds - The cherry tomatoes have arrived in full force, and since we have some many requests for the sungolds, we decided to double up this week.

Red cabbage - This is the weather for cole slaw. You could add in the carrot and onion and make it fancy. Two recipes on the blog for cole slaw.

Carrots - First of the season! We will have more in the fall, but this mid-season variety holds up to the summer heat well and retains its carroty taste.

Sweet onion - These are for eating soon because they will not keep and should be refrigerated.

Broccoli - Something green for the basket and good for your body.