Week 3 Snap Peas Waiting for a Ride
I really dig reading about what everyone does with the shares each week. In my house, we tend to make the same things over and over, so the combination of your GOOD FOOD ideas and the different things we receive each week are keeping things a little bit saucy and exciting in our kitchen.
Speaking of saucy, I learned something new about my husband this week — if I add carrots and meat to anything green he’s not used to eating, he will eat it. He eats his veggies because he knows he should, but I wouldn’t call him a veggie enthusiast. The dude is definitely a carnivore. When he cooks, he prefers uncomplicated veggies like lettuce, spinach or carrots. I, on the other hand, love all vegetables. But through the years when I cook vegetarian meals I get the same response: ”It’s really good. But you know what would make it out-of-this-world good? Some meat.” And when he cooks, my response is always the same. ”Can I add some more veggies to this?” And so it is.
He’s been making some fantastic salads with the beautiful lettuce when he makes dinner. But he didn’t know what to make of all those other weird green things in the fridge and tentatively peeked in the pots when the kids and I were chopping up all sorts of green things for dinner the last couple weeks. And then something magical happened. He liked it. He really liked it! Add some carrots for sweetness, a little ginger and some baked chicken and the man embraces his inner bok choy, chard and cabbage.
And now Week 4. A Berry Good Week.
Mmmmm.... Berry Gooooood
SHARE ITEMS
LETTUCE - Mason Farm | certified organic
SUMMER SQUASH - Mason Farm | see note below
BEETS (full share) – Mason Farm | certified organic
CHARD – Mason Farm | certified organic
SCALLIONS- Mud Creek Farm | using organic practices
HERBS- Mud Creek Farm | using organic practices
BLUEBERRIES – Hurd Orchards | IPM practices
RASPBERRIES (full share) - Hurd Orchards | IPM practices
FRUIT SHARE STARTS THIS WEEK!
This week begins the fruit share! This week’s share represents the seasonal selection available, more good fruit coming…
SOUR CHERRIES – Lagoner Farm | IPM practices
more RASPBERRIES – Lagoner Farm | IPM practices
more BLUEBERRIES - Lagoner Farm | IPM practices
BREAD SHARE
This week’s featured loaf: a black and white sesame seeded pain levain. Fantastic!
Note:
This week’s summer squash is not all organic! We are always working to make GOOD FOOD decisions for our members when putting together the shares. This season has been challenging, with the delay for so many crops, to keep a diverse and exciting share rolling each week. Doug Mason is growing certified organic squash for the GFC this season, but most of it is still a week or two off. He also grows squash for the conventional market that is already off and running (planted on his non certified ground with drier soils- perfect for the wet spring). Doug uses no chemical fertilizers or herbicides…his practices are the same: good compost, good soil prep, and good care. The difference between the two crops is that they were both sprayed with a pyrethrin 2 weeks ago to protect against squash beetles, the organic squash gets a naturally occurring version and the conventional squash gets a synthetic version.
Our choices were to continue to hold back, challenging folks with the abundant spring crops, or add this summer squash (with the organic squash that is ready) to share so as to offer the foods we know, love, and need. These are local, grown with care, and extremely beautiful summer foods!
