CSA: Week #4 Update
Can I say I had a rain delay in making this post? Actually, my rain delay started last Tuesday when I decided to take my screened-in porch metal furniture into the yard for painting. When I looked on the Weather.com app, Tuesday and Wednesday had very low chances of rain. I spent Tuesday scraping and sanding the furniture. Later that day the weather forecast for Wednesday changed to rain, rain, rain, and it didn’t let up until Saturday when I had an all-day conference. During the rainy days, I decided I should paint the screened-in porch and seal the slate floor. Of course, none of that could happen until the rain stopped. Anyway I knocked out all the work in three days, and now I’m ready for this incoming “tropical system,” and I’m caught up enough to make this post.
Here’s how I made use of my week #4 CSA goodies.
Asapargus – I tried to mimic the delicious asparagus tagliatelle dish I enjoyed at a fabulous restaurant in Pisa, Italy. I did not have tagliatelle, and I still have not used my manual pasta press, so I used angel hair nests. Whenever I can, I purchase pasta made in Italy. You can find real, dried Italian pasta at Liquor Barn in Lexington, KY. My angel hair asparagus pasta with garlic and shaved Parmesan cheese turned out great, and you can see it in the picture for this post.
Kale – I made kale chips in my dehydrator, and they were delicious. I used both cayenne pepper and nutritional yeast to season them, and it only took four hours to dehydrate them. Here’s the recipe I used. We gobbled them up!
Celery – I ate some of the celery with hummus. I chopped, blanched, and froze the rest.
Strawberries – We snacked on the strawberries all week.
Beets – I made roasted beets with cream cheese last night. I just peeled the beets, chopped them into wedges, tossed them in salt, pepper, and olive oil, and roasted them at 375 for a half hour. I topped them with cream cheese.
Peas – I made buttered peas. I shelled the peas, boiled them for a minute, and topped them with butter and salt.
Altogether CSA week #4 was a big success. Even though I was occupied with projects, we managed to eat or freeze all the veggies. I will update about week #5 pickup later today.
