There are only five weeks left for this year’s CSA season for me, and with winter coming up I’ll be preserving everything I can. This week’s box isn’t a huge haul (like I got Saturday at the farmers’ market), but it’s all good stuff:

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It’s Tuesday! I’ve got my new box of delicious fresh stuff for the week.

Here’s what’s in the box this week:

Loose-leaf Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Mini-cabbage
Hakurei Turnips
Potatoes
Summer Squash
Basil
Tomatoes

There is no combination that I can think of better than that of tomatoes and Basil. I still have some tomatoes left over from the last week or two, so I think I’ll be making a hearty tomato sauce this week, for sure.

Another Tuesday, another box…

This week I got all kinds of goodies:

Loose-leaf Kale
Green Beans
Beets
Scallions
Lettuce
Squash
Cucumber
Dill
1/2 lb. tomatoes

I have to say, I’m disappointed that the beets didn’t include the tops, but at least the cute little kales will keep me in greens for the week. Not that I need more greens, as I’m still eating on a pot of mixed greens that I cooked over the weekend.

Green-beans will go with some garlic, salt, and pepper in a foil bag on the grill. Beets will probably be saved for a few weeks, maybe until I have enough to pickle a jar. The cucumber, plus one I have in the fridge from last week, will make a pint of pickles with fresh dill. A sauté of zucchini and green beans with some scallion and garlic will be nice with some pasta. The lettuce will make a salad (might have to give in and chop up a beet to put on top), and maybe some lettuce soup too. The tomatoes will just get eaten.

A quick sauté of summer squash and whatever veg I have leftover in the fridge plus some pasta is a staple meal in my house. What are the dishes that you revisit often? Do you have a specific summer ‘stock meal’, one for winter, spring, and fall too?