Our farmers at Beaverland Farms have given us another great box, and CSA 2022 week 11 brings us a happy surprise: strawberries! We have a lovely bowl of ripe berries that will get eaten today, because who wants to wait around when there are ripe berries?
In the box this week, we can see a shift away from early spring produce:
- mixed lettuce
- Swiss chard
- carrots
- a small head of cabbage
- garlic scapes
- celery
- a pint of strawberries
At the sink, while I wash and trim the vegetables, I think about how I might use all this good stuff. Here are some of my ideas for this lovely CSA 2022 week 11 box:
- garlic scape and lemon compound butter
- garlic scape pesto (never have enough of that!)
- chopped garlic scapes for the freezer (so I can use them later in the year)
- stuffed chard leaves
- chard sautéed with garlic
- quick-pickled cabbage
- a tiny batch of coleslaw
- carrot-ginger salad dressing
- shredded carrot salad with parsley and pineapple
Follow the season with me, and I’ll show off my CSA box of the week, including ideas of how I might use all the good stuff. Feel free to chime in with comments or questions.