Week One

Our first year as CSA members we got a mini share of vegetables. Then we graduated to the regular share. Now for the first time we are trying the robust share. Keep in mind there are only two of us, though our dog wishes she could help.

Yesterday I picked up our first bag which contained the following: a huge pile of garlic scapes, two onions, two heads of lettuce and bag of salad mix, one bunch of swiss chard, kale, endive, a few small mei qing choy, a tiny cabbage head, chives, basil, oregano and a surprise quart of strawberries.

Off the top of my head I can think of a few things to make this week:

Roasted beet salad with honey goat cheese and walnuts
Portuguese kale soup
Sausage, endive pasta
garlic scape pesto
Stir fry with mei quing choy
strawberries with yogurt, honey and granola

We'll see how it goes. I will post recipes as we go and try to figure out a way to freeze or preserve the excess.

Anyone have any good ideas on how to use a huge amount of fresh oregano? My only idea is to dry it.