• about us
  • beautiful feet
  • shop makeup
  • get a color match
  • contact

Heape of Love

farm to table, boxes 5 + 6

18 Jul ’13

When picking up my CSA box yesterday, I realized I was a week behind with sharing! Last week, box 5 was filled with an abundance of summer vegetables and herbs. It’s always exciting to pick-up my box and peek inside, but whenever I discovered more garlic and eggplant – I was one happy lady!

f2t-box5-01

What’s in box 5?

  • Garlic
  • Tomatoes
  • Delicata Squash 
  • Baby Cabbage 
  • Basil
  • Gourmet Herb (Sage OR Stevia)  | We got sage and used it for our pork tenderloin recipe on the grill! It was delicious!
  • Carrots OR Okra OR Cherry Tomatoes  | This should be the last of the carrots, and I must confess I’m glad. We’ve been using ours in our smoothies, but I’m not the biggest fan of those orange veggies. Although, I did try roasting a bundle over the weekend with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper – which was pretty good! In fact, Justin thought they were sweet potato fries throughout most of dinner, so they must have been good.
  • Sweet Vidalia Onions (Purples and Yellow)
  • Squash OR Cucumbers 
  • Eggplant OR Peppers | We got eggplant, which is one of my all time favorites!

—

This week’s box was the least amount of goodies we’ve gotten. As you can see from the photo below, it was a bit skimp but definitely had a few treats inside.

f2t-box6-01

What’s in box 6?

  • Garlic | Ours must have climbed out of our box on the way to Albany, ha!
  • Tomatoes OR Okra | We got tomatoes, which I’m happy for – but, I probably would have turned cartwheels for okra. I can’t wait to get my hands on some!
  • Winter Squash | That would be the giant, odd shaped vegetable to the right of the pic above.
  • Baby Cabbage | We’ve used this baby cabbage head on tacos and in stir fry. It’s very good!
  • Beans | A 1/2 pound of these babies, which I was pretty excited to see. It’s our first time getting beans!
  • Basil
  • Sweet Vidalia Onions
  • Squash OR Cucumbers | We got more cucumbers, which was perfect timing since I used the last of ours in yesterday’s smoothie.
  • Eggplant OR Peppers | Our box came with Carmen and Cow Horn peppers, which were grown specially for roasting! Maybe fajitas this week?

If you are interested in finding and joining a CSA in your area, use LocalHarvest.org! And if you have any questions, please leave comments below and I’ll be happy to answer them – or at least try to answer them.

Aside from filling our glasses with veggies, most of these gems are delicious off the grill – which we recently discovered! What are a few of your favorite ways to cook up summer veggies?

love-brianne&justinNEON

facebook // twitter // instagram // pinterest // bloglovin’

chevvy & ron's

More from my site

  • farm to table, boxes 7 + 8farm to table, boxes 7 + 8
  • farm to table, box 14farm to table, box 14
  • farm to table, box 13farm to table, box 13
  • farm to table, box 12farm to table, box 12
  • farm to table, box 11farm to table, box 11
  • new smoothie recipe + farm to table, box 4new smoothie recipe + farm to table, box 4

Share

Facebook Google+ Twitter Pinterest Email
Previous
Next

About Me

About Me

I'm Brianne Heape; a wife, mommy, crafter, designer, oil enthusiast, makeup artist, homeschooler, & believer.  I'm alive because of Him, in love & married to Justin, enamored with our 3 little loves; blessed with a Heape of love & joy. This blog is a special place for me to share my story, while connecting with incredible people like you.

Newsletter

Categories

  • Aurelia
  • beauty
  • Britt Colby
  • clubfoot journey
  • essential oils
  • family
  • favorites
  • friends
  • gift guides
  • happily ever after
  • homeschooling
  • Joy Belle
  • lifestyle
  • little Heapes
  • marriage
  • our home
  • our journey
  • parties
  • recipes
  • reviews
  • series
  • thank yous
  • the proposal
  • tutorials

Search

Honest Essentials

Latest Posts

  • Must-Have Pink and Red Lip Colors
  • Recreate Look: Autumn Sunset
  • All-in-one Compact Makeup
  • Move Over Lip Smackers!

fine print

on occasion, you may notice affiliate links on products & brands. please note that although I may receive a small percentage of these sales, I would never promote a product I wouldn’t recommend regardless or didn’t truly love. any compensation is purely an added benefit for our family & helps justify my time invested in this blog.

Copyright 2023 Heape of Love | Site design handcrafted by Station Seven