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Growing Washington CSA – Week 2

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

Week 2 of my CSA! Cherries-Rainier Cherries-Rainier Apples-Pink Lady Free-Range Eggs Lettuce-Green Romaine Lettuce-Green Bibb Substituted with Lettuce-Butterhead Squash-Raven Out - will be in next week's box Asparagus Apriums

Baked Breaded Zucchini

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

This is a healthier take on fried zucchini. It was pretty decent, but not really worth the effort it took to do all the breading. Next time I might try larger spears rather than the rounds. We had these with some thin grilled t-bone steaks and some ...

Growing Washington CSA – Week 1

Thursday, June 21st, 2012

Growing Washington's Community Supported Agriculture Boxes have started this week. Yay! Here's my first box: Honey Sticks - NW Sampler Thyme Cherries-Rainier Cherries-Rainier Dried Heirloom Beans Free-Range Eggs Lettuce-Butterhead Baby Turnips Asparagus The cherries were a good batch, especially for so early in the season, and they're already gone - we ate them right out of the bag. ...

CSA Box, Week 18

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

Fruit, eggs, herbs, the biggest bunch of green onions I've ever seen, a huge pile of jalapenos, and some other assorted veggies :-) This week's haul: Plums-Angelina Pears-Bartlett Peaches Apples-Gala Free-Range Eggs Oregano Rosemary Spinach-Cut Baby Potatoes-French Fingerling Hot Peppers-Jalapeno Scallions Carrots-Orange Broccoli x2

CSA Box, Week 17

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

No more tomatoes, and the summer squash is just about gone too, but the winter squash are coming in :-) This week's haul: Flowers Plums-Angelina x2 Pears-Bartlett Apples - Fuji x2 Spinach-Cut Baby Winter Squash-Cha Cha Squash-Farmers Choice Carrots-Orange Cabbage-Savoy Broccoli x2 Beets-Red Ace x2

CSA Box, Week #16

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Lots more tomatoes this week, and some more great plums and peaches as the fruit season starts to wind down. Some kale that I'm going to braise with bacon and mushrooms for a nice fall side dish sometime this week too. :-) This week's ...

CSA Box, Week 15

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

A couple days late because I forgot to upload the picture until tonight. :-P More tomatoes this week, and trying an eggplant for some ratatouille :-) This week's haul: Flowers Pluot-Flavor Heart x2 Peaches x2 Eggplant-Black Beauty Spinach-Cut Baby Tomates-Red Zebra Tomatoes-Brandywine Tomatoes-Valencia Squash-Romanesco x2 Sweet Corn Broccoli x2

Product Review – Wildtree Garlic Galore Seasoning

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

A friend of mine, Shannon, recently started selling Wildtree food products. I purchased a few items from her starting party, the Texas corn bread mix, the pumpkin quick bread mix, and the "garlic galore" seasoning mix. I tried the garlic mix on some chicken thighs tonight, just drizzling ...

Sauteed Golden Beets and Greens

Monday, September 19th, 2011

This past week I got some little golden beets in my CSA box. Tonight I sauteed them and their greens in a bit of olive oil with kosher salt. It was a great little side for the roast chicken we had tonight. :-) Sauteed ...

CSA Box, Week 14

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Not quite as many tomato options this week, but lots more fruit! Yay for another great week :-) This week's haul: Flowers Pluot-Flavor Heart Peaches x2 Apples-Honeycrisp x2 Oregano Sage Rosemary Tomatoes-Black Krim x2 Squash-Romanesco x2 Sweet Corn Beets-Golden