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!
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!
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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.
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?
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