CSA, Weeks 3, 4, 5...

We have attempted to use up the following veggies in the past few weeks and are doing a marginally good job so far. For example:

• Squash: usually we just saute or grill it into deliciousness, but Jason stuck it into a frittata last week that was very tasty.
• Scallions: curries, sesame brown rice, ginger chicken, salads, etc. Actually, we have decided to give the Gambills most of the scallions, as we have oodles of them waiting to be picked in our garden. Good thing we like them on everything.
• Lettuce: Jason could eat a salad a day, but I did manage to hold out a leaf or two last week for a BLT. Yum.
• Pak Choy: Stir-fry
• Turnips: roasted with shallots and rosemary. Jason liked, I'm not a huge fan.
• Snow Peas: we have flipped between curry and ginger chicken. Sad that our snow peas in our garden were a flop this year.
• Cucumbers: Greek salad and pasta, and some just for eating.
• Roma Beans: made a tasty appearance in the previously mentioned frittata.
• Cabbage: salads, mostly (though black bean tacos are back on the menu this week).
• Green Garlic: not sure if this was the right thing to do, but we used it as regular garlic in a squash recipe. Tasted good, so hopefully that was the right thing to do???
• Mint: Lemon-mint chicken. Really good and summery.
• Kale: braised with spaghetti.
  

We haven't yet used the...

• Beets: I think we will roast them for a salad. Although, really, roasting things in July seems counterintuitive.
• New Potatoes: We only haven't used these because we've been gone. Can't wait. Wish I'd actually planted potatoes this year instead of just talking about it.

We failed to use the...

• Arugula: I usually really like arugula, but the stuff we got in the CSA is too peppery to be used as salad. We pestoed it and put it in pastas and ate it with chicken, but eventually I just gave away the last bag.
• Cucumber: The last cuke was the victim of vacation this past week--we had good intentions, but they just don't last two weeks in the fridge. I'm a little nervous, as we have about 20 blossoms on our cuke plant in the garden right now...

So far, so good. Our favorite surprise so far has been the pak choy/bok choy. And now I know I don't love turnips. I am hoping tomatoes are right around the corner...