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Potomac Vegetable Farms – Week 4

05 Monday Jul 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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Here’s what was in the bag this week (click on each item for cooking ideas):
  • Zucchini
  • Yellow Squash
  • Fingerling Potatoes
  • Cucumbers
  • Swiss Chard
  • Dandelion Greens
  • Lettuce
  • Basil
  • Cabbage

Zucchini & Yellow Squash

Cucumbers, Fingerling Potatoes & Cabbage

Dandelion Greens

Basil

Swiss Chard

Lettuce

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Veggies – Week 3

23 Wednesday Jun 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty, CSA Meal Plan

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Unfortunately, I do not have a photo to share for this week’s CSA bounty. As soon as I received the “In the Bag” email from Potomac Vegetable Farm, telling me what fabulous vegetables we would receive in this week’s share, I went to work trying to figure out what to make for dinner last night. I waited as patiently as I possibly could for my husband to come home with our veggies, however he came home later than usual, so we had to get cooking, which left no time for a photo. Oh well, I guess the photos of the recipes I make this week will have to be enough.

Here’s what was “In the Bag”:

  • garlic curls
  • swiss chard
  • yellow squash
  • zucchini
  • arrow head cabbage
  • beets and beet greens
  • sweet peas
  • red leaf lettuce
  • romaine lettuce
  • dill
  • onions
  • garlic

I am not exactly sure the exact varieties of the above mentioned vegetables, but I’m going to see if I can find out.

To supplement my Potomac Vegetable Farm CSA share, I ordered the following from Star Hollow Farm’s online CSA:

  • blueberries (2 pints)
  • bi-color sweet corn (4 ears)
  • green beans (1 lb.)
  • portabella mushrooms (1 lb.)

Her’s a list of what I have done with these vegetables:

  • garlic curls
  • swiss chard
  • yellow squash
  • zucchini
  • arrow head cabbage
  • beets and beet greens
  • sweet peas
  • red leaf lettuce
  • romaine lettuce
  • dill
  • onions
  • garlic

Last night I made Mexican Pizza with zucchini, onions, and garlic curls (check back soon for the recipe) and a simple salad with red leaf lettuce, sweet peas (removed the peas from the shells, as they were a little tough), cherry tomatoes (from Star Hollow Farm), and a lime vinaigrette (check back soon for the recipe). This was my first time making Mexican Pizza – it was quite yummy!

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Week 2 of Potomac Vegetable Farm CSA

16 Wednesday Jun 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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Week 2 is here! And guess what, I got more greens. The combination of work travel and a busy social schedule this week is going to make it challenging to use everything. I guess I’ll just have to be creative!

Here’s what as “in the bag”: garlic curls, cabbage, collards, swiss chard, zucchini, 2 heads of lettuce and lots of parsely.

I’m not quite sure what I’ll be making with all of this, but this is what I’ve done in the past with some of these veggies:

  • Garlic curls/scapes
  • Cabbage
  • Collards
  • Swiss chard
  • Zucchini
  • Lettuce
  • Parsley

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Licking Creek Bend Farm Spring 10 CSA – Week 1

11 Friday Jun 2010

Posted by John Reinhardt in CSA Bounty, CSA Meal Plan

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Well, it’s finally here!  The Licking Creek Bend CSA.  This is my first time with the spring CSA, and it turns out you DO get a lot of greens.  But I also got a nice basil plant that is doing well in my garden.  I also got a bunch of garlic scapes, which I’ve never tried before, but adored.  I made white bean and garlic scape dip (5 ingredients – a can of white beans, scapes, olive oil, salt and pepper!) and roased scapes along with my roast chicken.

Here’s the bounty:

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Potomac Vegetable Farm Summer CSA is finally here!

09 Wednesday Jun 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty, CSA Meal Plan

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Potomac Vegetable Farms’ summer CSA has finally started! Hooray for delicious vegetables. My husband and I signed up for the Regular share (feeds 4 or 2 people who eat a lot of veggies). Every week PVF includes a description and photo of the contents of our share. While I pride myself in being an experienced CSA member, I must admit that I had a hard time identifying the broccoli raab – it looks so much different than the grocery store variety.

Here’s what we got “in our bag”:

Garlic curls

Beets

Salad turnips

Lettuce

Sugar snap peas

Endive

Broccoli raab

With all these greens, it’s been challenging trying to figure out how to use everything. Here’s my plan…I will definitely make lots of simple green and white salads with the lettuce, raw salad turnips, and snap peas. This evening I’m going to make a simple Italian stir-fry (broccoli raab, onions, garlic, drizzled with balsamic cream vinegar and served over couscous). Tomorrow I’ll probably make a pasta with a garlic chickpea sauce, sauteed garlic curls and endive, with a beet salad on the side, and grilled sausage.

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Greens and Strawberries

30 Sunday May 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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I definitely went over board this time. I must have been really hungry when I made this purchase, because in addition to ordering the harvest box, I also ordered quite a few other things:

CSA Harvest Box

  • baby lettuce mix – a bag of delicate lettuce leaves
  • spinach – one pound of crisp spinach leaves
  • lacinato kale – also called dinosaur or black kale
  • asparagus
  • radishes
  • scallions
  • strawberries

CSA A La Carte items

  • english cucumbers
  • sugar snap peas
  • yellow hothouse tomatoes
  • scallions (Oops. This was a mistake. I guess I should have looked more closely at the contents of the harvest box. Not sure what I’m going to do now with 2 bunches of scallions.)
  • red swiss chard
  • farm-grown shiitake mushrooms
  • strawberries (I knew the 1 quart that came with the harvest box would be gone in no time.)

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Star Hollow Farm Purchase

26 Wednesday May 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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I just placed my order for the week. Looking forward to a weekend of cooking!

1CSA2 1 CSA Harvest box
$21.80/each $21.80
1V4Pcu07-NO 2 ENGLISH Cucumbers $1.80/each $3.60
1V4Ppe03 1/2 lb SUGAR SNAP Peas
$3.00/each $3.00
1V4Pto1st07-NO 1 lb YELLOW Hothouse Tomatoes
$4.00/each $4.00
1V4Psc02-NO 1 bun Scallions
$1.75/each $1.75
1V3OGch07 1 bun RED Swiss Chard $3.00/each $3.00
2Msh03-NO 1/4 lb FARM-GROWN Shiitakes $3.25/each $3.25
3F1Bst04-NO 1 QUART of Strawberries $5.50/each $5.50
Total: $45.90

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CSA Bounty – Greens, greens and more greens

16 Sunday May 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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This week I decided to opt out of Star Hollow Farm’s CSA Harvest Box and create my own. I love all the amazing late spring greens, so I ordered lettuce mix, curly kale, stir-fry greens and mixed chard. I also ordered portabella mushrooms, Tuscarora radishes, Austrian fingerling potatoes, asparagus, english cucumbers, hothouse tomatoes, and eggs. I am looking forward to making grilled portabella mushroom burgers, asparagus, and salad; sandwiches with cream cheese, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes and greens; and a few Indian dishes with potatoes, kale and chard. I may have gone a bit overboard with my order (I was quite excited and eager to cook when I filled out my rather large order for 2 people). This week will be a challenge, but I’m looking forward to it.

Stir-Fry Greens Mix (6 oz)

Star Hollow Farm’s Homegrown Lettuce Mix (6 oz)

Mixed Swiss Chard (6 oz)

Green Curly Kale (1 bun)

Tuscarora Radishes (1 bun)

Portabella Mushrooms (1 lb)

Hothouse Tomatoes (2 lb)

English Cucumber (3)

Austrian Fingerling Potatoes (1 lb)

Windmill Meadows Free Range Eggs (1 dozen)



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CSA Bounty – Star Hollow Farm

04 Sunday Apr 2010

Posted by kimhodgson in CSA, CSA Bounty

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apples, bibb lettuce, carrots, chives, claytonia, dill, fingerling potatoes, garlic greens, gold carrots, golden delicious, granny smith, honey crisp, mesculin greens, mizuna, parsnips, purple carrots, star hollow farm, yellow carrots

Spring is here! While most CSA subscribers in the region do not start receiving their weekly bounty until the beginning of June, Star Hollow Farm started this weekend. As a Star Hollow Farm CSA member, every Wednesday from the beginning of April through end of December I will be able to order a weekly CSA harvest box and additional a la carte items (produce and dairy).

Here’s what was in my April 3, 2010 harvest box:

Baby Mizuna (a variety of Japanese mustard, usually served raw in salad mix)

Claytonia (aka miner’s lettuce that grows wild in California, usually served raw in a salad)

Mixed Carrots (yellow, orange and purple varieties)

Parsnips

Onions

Bibb Lettuce

Romaine Lettuce

Fingerling Potatoes

Granny Smith, Golden Delicious & Honey Crisp Apples

I also ordered:

Tuscarora Mesclun

Garlic Greens

Chives

Dill

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