CSA

July 15th, 2010

I’ve talked a while to friends about wanting to try out a program called CSA – community supported agriculture – and I finally have done it. Basically it’s like a co-op where you pay a price upfront and get a shipment of food once a week. In this case, it’s locally-grown, organic produce.

And so far, it’s been very fun.

First of all we got the small allotment which is enough for two adults and it’s $24 per week. I think this is very good – look at organic prices at the store – it’s easy to spend that much.

And so far we’ve already tried some new dishes and have cooked some veggies I never buy – like beets.

A few dishes we’ve had lately:

Roasted veggies – sliced up zucchini, squash and onions drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper and baked in the oven. Yum.

Chicken stir-fry with julienned zucchini and squash. (Not only do we have zucchini and squash through the CSA but Steve has grown some good ones in his garden)

Cucumber, tomato salad – chopped up with green onions, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Roasted beets. (wrapped in tin foil sprinkled with salt and pepper and baked – do you see a trend here?)

Sauteed zucchini and squash over pasta with chicken strips.

And I can’t wait to try some zucchini fritters that are in the Food Network magazine this month!

Now, does anyone know what you do with a leek?


4 Responses to “CSA”

  1. Emily on July 15, 2010 4:16 pm

    Potato-leek soup

  2. Grace Housholder on July 15, 2010 6:38 pm

    Erin, this would make a nice little article for FW Family some time! :-)

  3. marc on July 15, 2010 7:38 pm

    Um…you are not going to get a VW van and change your name to Spirit or Moonbeam and wash your hair with rainwater only are you?

  4. Erin on July 15, 2010 8:00 pm

    Marc, I was thinking dreadlocks and the name Rainbow.

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