Great Local Magazine

If you haven't already picked one up at MOM's or Whole Foods, keep an eye out for Edible Chesapeake (or to save paper, here it is online) - it's a terrific compilation of area farms and their products, local organic or sustainable restaurants and stores and articles and recipes. Last night we made the "Pasta with Tomatoes and Swiss Chard" from the Summer 2009 issue, using up a good chunk of the ginormous amount of tomatoes we got from the CSA, plus the chard we had left over from last week. It was pretty tasty, especially after adding a generous amount of shredded pecorino romano from Cheesetique.

There are versions of the magazine for cities and areas all around the country (even Vancouver!) - you can see their complete list at www.ediblecommunities.com.

Now back to figuring out what to do with the rest of the veggies. Corn Chowder?

Summer Corn Salsa

What are you planning on making this week? Please share. We need ideas to keep things interesting.

Looks like we are getting a big load of corn, tomatoes and peppers tomorrow. Here's a great sweet corn salsa recipe that will make a dent in the delivery and tastes great with meat, chicken or fish (as a topping or a side dish) or with chips. We made it with some grilled chicken from Let's Meat on the Avenue and I ate half of the bowl just spooning it in my mouth. Yum.

2 tomatoes - diced
1 cup sweet corn (2-3 ears)
1 red pepper diced
1 green pepper diced
1 red onion diced
2 serrano or jalepeno peppers minced
1/3 cup cilantro chopped
2 limes juiced
salt to taste

mix all ingredients. best if you let it sit at least an hour before serving.