CSA Summer: Week 9, featuring fresh tomato sauce, cucumber satay salad
In stark comparison to, say, Week 2 or Week 5, our CSA bounty from Goldfinch Farm is now busting at the seams and leans heavily… not-green: Roughly clockwise from bottom left: Onions, cucumbers, sweet...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 10, featuring tomatoes and bread, three ways
When Jeff, Brandie and I were signing up for Goldfinch Farm’s CSA program, we decided to choose a working share — one that would require us to put in two four-hour shifts at the farm in exchange for...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 11, featuring squash-tomato gnocchi, rosemary potato chips
After our recent tomato bonanza, I wouldn’t let Jeff grab any extra tomatoes that weren’t among the 4 pounds we could take as part of our regular CSA share from Goldfinch Farm. We still ended up with...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 12, featuring zucchini bread, vegetable couscous salad
We may or may not be getting into that point of summer where we choose recipes just to use up as much produce as possible. To be clear, we’re still loving our full CSA shares from Goldfinch Farm, but...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 13, featuring baba ghanoush
Jeff managed to pull off a good recipe to share with y’all from our CSA share from Goldfinch Farm last week. Here’s our half of the share, picked up by reporter Brandie with whom we’ve been splitting...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 15, featuring German potato salad, pickled beans
Last Monday, Jeff and I worked our second (and last) shift at Goldfinch Farm as part of our working, full share. We harvested basil, hot peppers, beans (green, wax, purple and dragon tongue) and...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 16, featuring broccoli stem slaw
Jeff and I had a cramped schedule last week, so we had time to prepare only one recipe from our portion of the CSA share we split with reporter Brandie from Goldfinch Farm. Here’s our half of the...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 17, featuring cauliflower pasta shells, loaded baked sweet...
Our full CSA share from Goldfinch Farm took a decided turn toward autumn this week. Take a look: Roughly clockwise, from bottom left: Sweet potatoes, bell peppers, basil and parsley, beans (green, wax,...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 18, featuring kale pesto and curry potatoes
I can’t tell you how excited I was about our CSA produce from Goldfinch Farm this week. Goodbye tomatoes and hello, leafy greens! Roughly clockwise, from bottom left: Green onions, sweet potatoes,...
View ArticleCSA Summer: Week 19, featuring clam chowder, roasted chicken banh mi
With the end of this month comes the end of our CSA at Goldfinch Farm, and I’m just bracing myself for the tragedy of it all. With bounties like these, you’d feel the same way: Roughly clockwise, from...
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