a few veg pics of this week’s harvest

Jennifer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:33 +0000

My kids and I stopped by the farm today to do a little work, get a little food and take a few pics.

We found Frank taking a break with the ladies. A little shrimp ceviche, roasted chiles, cucumber salad and last night’s pizza was on the menu.

Here’s what Tonia gathered up for us to take home. I made a little chart for you. You’ll be finding this in your shares this week (click on the pic if you can’t read the descriptions):

What to do with your Amaranth Greens

Jennifer — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:22:43 +0000

If you haven’t yet figured it out, you can do almost anything with these gorgeous greens. I’ve been treating these pretty leaves like spinach. Whatever you can do with spinach, you can do with amaranth greens. They’re great lightly steamed and seasoned, they’re a great salad green, they’re kind of perfect.

Amaranth greens (or quelites) have been eaten for a long time. Here’s a little history I posted before.

This past week:

1. I’ve chopped some into a chopped bean salad where I put a can of rinsed beans + chopped up various crunchy veggies I had in the fridge (I had celery, bell pepper jicama and carrot) + cheese (parm) + salad dressing (you can use bottled or I just squeezed a 1/2 lemon and added a splash of balsamic and drizzled olive oil ’til it tasted good) + salt & pepper

2. I tossed some into my stir fry ’til it wilted and

3. Today I plan to use up my bunch by cramming as many leaves as I can on top my simple tuna salad sammy (can of tuna in water drained + mayo + dill) - I know, I know, it’s not the fancy scrumptious italian way in olive oil with olives and red onion like Chris Bianco does at Pane…but it’s the way I make it at home. My mom made it with the mayo and my college roomie added the dill weed and now it’s my way.

What have you been doing with your amaranth greens?

Jen’s Ten Crooked Sky CSA Commandments

Jennifer — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:59:04 +0000

Thou shalt love, honor and cherish my share

Thou shalt eat my greens, even if it means pureeing it into my kids’ brownies

Thou shalt share my bounty with my family and friends

Thou shalt not “freak out” if I find that a bug has nibbled on my lettuce first

Thou shalt trust that my farmer Farmer Frank grows my food sustainably and with a little magic

Thou shalt not always come early to my pick-up and steal the prettiest tomatoes

Thou shalt expect and appreciate a little dirt on my parsnip

Thou shalt give my share to my neighbor, if I plan to be out of town that week

Thou shalt giggle with joy as I bite into my sweet corn without doing a thing to it but taking the husk off

Thou shalt be proud to be a member of a CSA so that we may continue to have family farms

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29

Jennifer — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:04:00 +0000

http://ow.ly/i/3qY2 Frank discing the black-eyed peas today #
RT @jenniferwoods: http://tweetphoto.com/41533008 chatting with Frank today #
Okra with a moody sky today http://ow.ly/i/3qYg #