The “Tell” – Springdell Summer CSA Pickup #7

Hello to our Fellow Springdellians!  Let’s review our share for this week and where the fruits and veggies were enjoyed.

• butter and sugar corn
  • Corn On and Off the Cob
  • Corn on the Cob with Herbed Butter
  • Hodge Podge Pie
• green cabbage
  • Jess’ is in cold storage waiting to become Sauerkraut with Caraway and Crabapples
  • Asian Slaw with Peanuts 
• heirloom onions
  • Green Meatless Meatballs (adapted from a recipe courtesy of Food52, link provided by Fellow Springdellian Jennifer S.)
  • Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa and Summer Veggies
  • Hodge Podge Pie
  • Tougher peels in the freezer for next batch of veggie broth
• bell peppers
  • BBQ Chicken and Summer Veggie Wraps
  • Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa and Summer Veggies
• summer squash
  • Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa and Summer Veggies
  • BBQ Chicken and Summer Veggie Wraps
  • Nubs in the freezer for the next batch of veggie broth
• slicing cucumbers
  • BBQ Chicken and Summer Veggie Wraps
  • Enjoyed as-is, sliced at just about every meal and picnic lunch
  • Salad cucumbers
• classic & pearl peaches
  • Smoothies 
  • Enjoyed as-is
  • Peach and granola dessert – check in tomorrow in the “show” for this one!
• blueberries
  • Blueberry and Cream Cheese Bread Pudding
  • Enjoyed as-is
• carrots
  • BBQ Chicken and Summer Veggie Wraps
  • carrot sticks in lunch
  • Chicken Vegetable Soup
  • Tops used in Green Meatless Meatballs
• collard greens
  • Hodge Podge Pie
  • Frozen for the Winter
• red Russian, winterbor and lacinato kale
  • Kale Chips (lacinato)
  • Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa and Summer Veggies (red russian)
  • Leaves and stems in smoothies 
  • Chicken Vegetable Soup (winterbor)
  • Some frozen for winter smoothies (red Russian)
• rainbow chard
  • Hodge Podge Pie
  • Some frozen for winter use
• basil
  • Green Apple and Basil Infused Water 
  • BBQ Chicken and Summer Veggie Wraps
  • Green Meatless Meatballs
  • A few stems went to feed some chickens and in the freezer scrap bag for the next batch of veggie broth
• radicchio
  • Mixed into a side salad
  • Hodge Podge Pie
• eggs
  • Quiche
  • Hodge Podge Pie
  • Blueberry Cream Cheese Bread Pudding
  • Green Meatless Meatballs

Don’t forget about the Herbed Butter and the Weeds!  

All veggie scraps composted unless otherwise mentioned.  

Now for a quick word from Jess:

You’ve probably noticed I’ve been freezing a lot of things lately.  If you don’t freeze the veggies that you know you probably won’t get to during the week, I just wanted to give a quick plug for the process.  It really doesn’t take too long, and the sooner you freeze things after they’ve been picked, the better!

On pickup day, I usually start with boiling a pot of water after I’ve gone over the meal plan for the week. I fill a big bowl with ice and water and clean the veggies I’ll be freezing while waiting for the large pot of water to boil.  Meanwhile, I visit this website  from the National Center for Home Preservation or a similar website to be reminded of blanching times for each veggie.  I then send each prepared veggie through the boiling water for it’s allotted time, then into the ice water, then into the colander to drain, then into the freezer bags (or a FoodSaver if you’ve got one).  Once the water is boiling, everything moves very quickly, quite like an assembly line.  Unless I’m doing a major amount of veggies, I don’t change the boiling or blanching water in between veggies. Though you may be growing weary of the abundance of certain veggies at present, they can be a sight for sore eyes during the winter months!  Be sure you’re stocking up today, and together we’ll have some fun with them after the 2015 Summer CSA ends.  This is CSA365, after all!  🙂

See you tomorrow for the 8th (really, we are already on #8?) pickup of the Summer CSA Season.