This year I bought a produce and egg share from the Rockbridge Farmer's Alliance, which is comprised of several area farms. The thirty week season began last Thursday, and I thought it would be fun to document each share and how I eat it each week. I will spare you from the salads, but will take a picture or two each week and document the new vegetables and recipes I try as a result.
What excited me most about the CSA share was the opportunity to try new vegetables and the first bag definitely did not disappoint.
Here you see:
Beets
Carrots
Radishes
Jerusalem Artichokes (also called Sunchokes)
Lettuce
Kale
Parsley
Scallions
One dozen farm fresh eggs
On Saturday, I dove right in and tried to new (to me) foods: beets and sunchokes. I roasted the beets, carrots, and sunchokes with some fresh thyme (from Kroger) and garlic. The verdict? Honestly, the beets don't have much flavor, but they also taste somewhat....earthy. I really liked the sunchokes and hope that future shares include them again.
Tonight I used the kale in a little dish I invented on my own.
I browned a pound of ground turkey with garlic and onion, then mixed in about a cup of marinara sauce that I had on hand. Meanwhile, I boiled 16oz of brown rice and quinoa fusilli (I'm not going GF, just avoiding white flour). After draining the pasta, I put it back in the stockpot and immediately poured in the hot meat and my washed and chopped bunch of kale. Once the kale had wilted, I put half the mixture into a casserole dish and added a half cup of mozzarella cheese, then added the rest of the noodles and topped with more cheese. I baked it at 350 for about 25 minutes. I'm quite pleased.
And the EGGS! I always silently mocked (pun intended) those who waxed poetic on farm fresh eggs, but wow! Such a difference. Below is my breakfast from this morning.
Looking forward to Thursday!
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