Here’s the bounty from week 10 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 dozen ears of corn 1 bag of cherry tomatoes 1 head of cabbage 1 bunch of kale 4 red tomatoes 2 yellow tomatoes 1 cucumber 1 bag of onions and garlic 4 squash From the outset, I put by 10 ears of [...]
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Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 8
Wow, this past week went fast! Here was the bounty from my Sport Hill Farm CSA last week: 4 zucchini 2 of either zucchini or yellow summer squash 1 head of green cabbage 1 cucumber 1 bag of tomatoes 1 head of escarole 2 cauliflower heads 1 bunch of kale 1 bunch of salad turnips [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 7
Yet another fabulous food week. Here’s the bounty from week 7 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of lettuce mix: lettuce, lemon basil, and arugula 4-5 zucchini (plus big ones for free!) 1 bunch of haruki turnips 1 bunch of scallions 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 bag of golden beets choice of [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 6
Another fabulous food week. Here’s the bounty from week 6 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 2 zucchini squashes 1 yellow summer squash 1 bag of rainbow carrots 1 bag of broccoli 1 bunch of scallions 1 head of lettuce 1 big bag of beet greens (eater’s choice between these, collards, or kale) The carrots [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 5
My farmer, her helpers, and the Earth were very busy this week. Here’s this week’s bounty from my Sport Hill Farm CSA: 1 bag of beets 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 head of escarole 1 head of lettuce 1 bag of broccoli 1 [big] zucchini 1 summer squash 1 head of bok choy 1 [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 4
We’re already in week four of the CSA and summer’s only just begun. This week’s bounty from my Sport Hill Farm CSA. 1 bag of beet greens 1 head of lettuce 1 bunch of garlic scapes 1 bunch of Swiss chard 1 summer squash (it’s really summer now!) 1 bag of broccoli florets Patti’s most [...]
Eat Local CT Challenge Week 3
For Sport Hill Farm’s Eat Local CT Challenge, I made a broccoli quiche and… Broccoli lettuce soup! The pie crust had a great flavor—my new flour mix is a winning combo. The soup was interesting and tasted mostly like coconut. Sources pie shell Red Fife flour from Curtis Eck (HT Lisa) and Soft White Winter [...]
Escarole and Bean Soup
This week’s CSA share included a huge head of escarole. So this is the real deal, not the pre-season do-something-different-with-lettuce experiment (that worked out better than expected). Fantastic! I love escarole. Thanks for growing it, Patti. (Escarole and Bean soup recipe here.) If the first day of summer means means no more soup for a [...]
Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 3
Ooops, I packed away my goodies before I took the group photo. Here’s the chalk board for this week’s bounty from my Sport Hill Farm CSA. After a lifetime of eating broccoli rabe, I learned today that you can eat it raw. Not bad at all. By the way, the sooner you cook it after [...]
Cooking lettuce
I’m still swimming in lettuce from last week’s CSA. I can’t seem to make a salad dressing that I like. So, I’m going to fess up here: I’ve been cooking some of the lettuces. (Go ahead and gasp if you must.) Fact is, some lettuces are okay to cook and Red Romaine is one of [...]
