It's week 2 of the CSA and I've gone from super excited to holy parsnips, what am I going to do with it all? Originally, I was planning on splitting the share with my neighbor, but it turns out that splitting a CSA share isn't as easy as we thought. If you split it literally down the middle, then you end up with things like a half of a squash or four potatoes. Not enough of one thing to make a dish. On the other hand, if you do the "pick and choose" method, then you may leave your neighbor with things they don't like (like, parsnips, ahem). The third option is switching off weeks. After a test run during the first week, during which we used the "pick and choose" method, we decided that we would split the share by switching off: one week I would get the entire share and then next week she would. Sounds good, right? I thought so. Then I saw how many vegetables came this week and I started to feel overwhelmed.
I'm going to cook all these vegetables. It's going to take some planning, though.
We get an email on Saturday morning from the farm that lets the CSA members know what to expect in the drop off that day. The email came early, which was great because it allowed me to figure out some plans before I went to do my weekly errands. Here's the list:
- Collards
- Turnips
- Napa Cabbage
- Arugula
- Parsnips
- Celery
- Romanesco Cauliflower
- Purple Potatoes
- Pak Choy
- Broccoli - Roasted
- Sweet Potato Squash
- Red Onions
- Collards - Lentil Soup with Collards and Chorizo (freeze)
- Pak Choy - Ginger Chicken and Bok Choy Stir Fry
- Parsnips, Squash, Turnips - Sophie Dahl's Winter Salad of Roasted Vegetables
- Cabbage - Ina Garten's Stuffed Cabbage
- Broccoli - Martha's Broccoli and Cheese Quiche
- Red onions - French Onion Soup from Simply Recipes
- Sweet Potato Squash - Mash for Josie
- Celery - Celery and peanut butter logs
- Romanesco Cauliflower - pesto (freeze)
- Purple Potatoes - Royal Potato Salad by Yotam Ottolenghi
So that's it. That's the plan. Week 2 of the CSA. We'll see how it goes.
