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Eat Your CSA – Week Four

May 10, 2017 By Kristina McLean

This week, our boxes will include:

  • sugar snap peas
  • overwintered carrots
  • spinach
  • kale
  • sweet potatoes
  • chard
  • arugula/salad mix
  • radishes
  • strawberries
  • sword leaf lettuce
  • mini-Romaine lettuce
  • butterhead lettuce
  • garlic scapes

Ideas for Food Prep:

  • As I say every week, you might think about braising some or all of your greens.
  • Wash any greens you want to use for salads, so they’re ready to go.
  • Cut up the carrots and radishes to use for snacks
  • Eat your strawberries sooner rather than later
  • Have salad dressings (homemade or bought) on hand.
  • Think about roasting some sweet potato wedges. They make a great breakfast or snack.

Here are some recipes to try!

SUGAR SNAP PEAS:
Roasted Sugar Snap Peas with Mint and Sea Salt (veg gf v)
Sugar Snap Peas with Lemon-Chili Breadcrumbs (veg v)
Brown-Buttered Sugar Snap Peas with Pecans (veg gf)

CARROTS:
Carrot and Raisin Salad (veg gf)
Carrot Cake Muffins (veg)
Roasted Coconut Carrots (veg v gf)

SPINACH:
Creamed Spinach with Baked Eggs (veg)
Spinach Pie (veg gf)
Saag Paneer Enchiladas (veg) just use fresh spinach

KALE:
Simple Kale & Potato Soup (veg gf)
Kale and Spinach Omelette (veg gf)
Kale, Apple, Walnut and Sumac Onion Tabbouleh (veg gf v)

SWEET POTATOES:
Sweet Potato Quesadillas (veg gf)
Sweet Potato Mezzalune with Turkey Sausage Ricotta Filling 
Red Curry Soup with Rice and Purple Kale (veg gf v)

CHARD:
Susan’s Swiss Chard Tuna Salad (gf)
Swiss Chard Tart (Tourte de blettes) (veg)
Scrambled Eggs with Swiss Chard and Goat Cheese (veg gf) can easily sub in spinach

ARUGULA/SPRING MIX:
Spring Salad with Creamy Goat Cheese Dressing (veg gf)
Roasted Chicken With Potatoes, Arugula and Garlic Yogurt (gf)
Mango Coconut Chicken Rolls with Spring Mix and Sesame-Ginger Sauce (gf)

RADISHES:
Avocado and Radish Salad (veg v gf)
Herby Black Rice Salad with Radishes and Ricotta Salata (veg gf)
Creamy Radish Soup (veg gf)

STRAWBERRIES:
Strawberry Spinach Salad with Almonds and Dill (veg gf v)
Vanilla Ice Cream Popsicles with Roasted Strawberry Swirls (veg gf)
3-Ingredient Strawberry Pies (veg)

LETTUCE:
Parmesan Vinaigrette & Salad from Southern Living (veg)
Spicy Mince & Lettuce Cups (gf)
Shrimp Salad with Green Curry Dressing (gf)

GARLIC SCAPES:
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing with Garlic Scapes and Herbs (veg gf)
Grilled Naan with Garlic Scape Chutney (veg)
7 Things To Do with Garlic Scapes

We had an emergency come up, so we forgot to pick up our share and then I was out of town. I won’t be able to post on how we used our share, but I’ll be posting some of the catch-all recipes we use when we need to use up a lot of vegetables later this week.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

veg: vegetarian
v: vegan
gf: gluten free

If a recipe can very easily be made vegetarian, vegan or gluten free using simple substitutes like non-dairy spread, vegetable stock, gluten free soy sauce or a small amount of gluten free flour, or by leaving out an ingredient, I’ve coded them with that in mind. If they include things like mayonnaise, eggs, milk or large quantities of flour, I haven’t coded them as such. I don’t have experience using things like egg substitute, non-dairy cheese or subbing in gluten free flours. Please double check the ingredients for your own safety! 


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