Last week was week one of the CSA, and in my bag I got kale, strawberries, pea tendrils, lettuce, cheese, broccoli, pinto beans, black beans, and eggs. I'm not a big cheese eater and I don't eat eggs, but I plan on using everything else I got in my bag! (and those things won't go to waste - my boyfriend already made an omelet with the eggs and cheese and some random stuff I had in my fridge)
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| Ramp pasta with broccoli and pea tendrils |
The nice thing about Fresh Fork Market is that you can purchase items when you go to pick up your bag-o-goodies. Last week I picked up quite a few extras - some corn chips, Blaze Gourmet Salsa (my fave!), some cheese curds (recently discovered them on a trip to Wisconsin - if you eat cheese, these are the best things ever), and some ramp pasta from Ohio City Pasta. Some weeks pasta comes in my bag but last week it didn't, and I really wanted to try out the ramp linguine that was being offered in the "meat" share.
I rushed home with my bag of greenery and got cooking. My boyfriend sauteed the kale with some garlic, oil, soy sauce, and ginger. I whipped up a salad with the lettuce I got and added in some pea tendrils, mushrooms, and tomatoes. (and tossed it with one of my favorite dressings - Garlic Expressions) I decided to do some experimental cooking and sauteed some garlic, red pepper flakes, oil, vegetable stock, with the remaining pea tendrils. Meanwhile, I was boiling up my broccoli with my ramp linguine, and when everything was cooked, I tossed it all together. I thought it was good. Even if it did taste a little green. (and it should have since it was chock full of veggies)
I'm currently in the middle of a juice cleanse, and I can't wait to nom on some of the fresh veggies that are going to be in my bag week - including one of my new favorites - kohlrabi!
Have you ever belonged to a CSA? Did you use everything you got or was it overwhelming?
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