We did some cookin’ last week. Grillin’, choppin’, bakin’.
Both my neighbor, Angela (who splits a share with us) and I made strawberry shortcake. It is true—the strawberries we got were so sweet I did not add any sugar to the strawberry topping. There is nothing more simple than a biscuit that is made of flour, baking powder, milk, butter and sugar. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, not exactly a cookbook, but a well-designed blog with really nice photography. This blogger posts recipes from her cookbook collection, friends or of her own invention. She has a focus on natural, whole foods and ingredients—vegetarian recipes that are good for you and for the planet. Read the rest of this entry »
This week get to know musician Miles and get ready to have some outdoor space envy. Miles just released a critically-acclaimed jazz CD, Generations. Find out more at milesokazaki.com
Who are you? Miles Okazaki: Composer, Composter
What do you do? Play and write music (for guitar and other instruments)
Where do you live? Winthrop Street
Where did you grow up? Port Townsend (small town in the Pacific Northwest, near Victoria, B.C.)
How long have you been a member? This is the 2nd year Read the rest of this entry »
My apologies to those of you who are not doing the fruit share, but last week we got the reddest most ripe delicious strawberries ever. They make a great healthy summer dessert by themselves. They are still in season and here are four things about them (thank you wikipedia and londonstrawberryfestival.com):
-Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds (approximately 200 per berry) on the outside.
-One cup (144 g) of strawberries contains approximately 45 calories.
-Eating strawberries, which are rich in nitrate, can increase the flow of blood & oxygen to the muscles by 7%. This prevents muscle fatigue, making exercise easier.
-Folk lore states that if you split a double strawberry in half and share it with the opposite sex, you’ll soon fall in love.
In addition to eating strawberries, my almost three year-old son and I really like watching this video of a strawberry growing. It’s time lapse so you don’t have to wait all season.
How much do we love the internet? Seriously. Member Gabby Meriles sent these links along.
thefoodinista.wordpress.com
This is one of Gabby’s favorite foodie blogs. The writer is an editor at Bon Appetit who loves food and fashion. Great recipes and summer foodie reads.
Sign up at: http://www.naniola.com/eatersdigest.html
This is an email newsletter that focuses on food issues, health and recipes. We hope to cross post articles from here in the future.
Thanks Gabby!
Aside from the usual salads, we didn’t do anything super spectacular with our share.
I think, the thing I love most with kale is sausages. This is a classic recipe (also sausages with broccoli rabe) that has been written up numerous times on various blogs, including this vegetarian recipe. One good twist to this dinner staple that my husband did was to add a can of whole italian plum tomatoes to the mix. Just squeeze the tomatoes with your (clean) hands to roughly crush them up. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you ever pretend you discover you are somehow related to someone famous? No, well I do. I like to pretend that someone is Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and that when she finds out she is my geat aunt she invites me over to her house. Now, I’ve watched her show A LOT and I love her kitchen. She actually has rotisserie indoors. In my admittedly weird fantasy, I would bring her my CSA loot and she would whip something wonderful up while I sat at the island drinking wine and sampling whatever she put in front of me. Read the rest of this entry »
We got okra when the CSA first started three years ago. It was my favorite, but it isn’t happening anymore so I think scapes are the new winners. Or maybe fresh mint or swiss chard . . . anyway this is about SCAPES! I was so excited to see them this week. I brought mine home and sauteed them in oil with chard and mixed them with farro and topped it with some Grana Padano. It was so good. Last year when we got them an article about them came out in the Times the next day and from it I learned this: Read the rest of this entry »
Just in time for our first fruit share, meet the berry lovin’ Stephanie.
Who are you? Stephanie Chiuminatto
What do you do? I‘m an interior designer with a passion for sustainable design and green living.
Where do you live? I just moved to Windsor Terrace (what the brokers now call “South Slope”)
Where did you grow up? South Texas Read the rest of this entry »
This week, we welcome member Nicole Fabri to the “What I Did With My Share.” Read more to find out how she feeds her family with her CSA.
What joy that our CSA has finally started and we are getting fantastic fresh and nutritious vegetables every week! I have personally been delighted to see my little boy (2 yrs) munching on mustard greens and asking for more “salatt”. What follows is a few fun creations from our kitchen that might give you some interesting ideas.
One of the first things I made with all that lovely fresh mint and peppermint was a cool summer drink. Read the rest of this entry »
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