Happy first week, misfit members! In your basket this week you will find:
-green butter lettuce
-red leaf lettuce
-kale
-radishes
-broccolini
-parsley plant
-baby Swiss chard (bi-weekly shares only)
I'm working on compiling all of the CSA recipes I've posted on past blogs in one location on the website. That way, you can search by veggie if you'd like some recipes other than the couple posted on the blog that week. For this week, I've given a couple of recipes for kale and baby Swiss chard. Both greens are great sauteed with bacon, added in pasta, or added into a stir-fry.
Kale & Sweet Potato Saute
Ingredients:
-2 cups peeled & cubed sweet potatoes
-1 tbsp olive oil
-1/2 cup red onion, sliced thinly
-3 cloves minced garlic
-4 cups chopped kale- Washed and stems removed
-salt and pepper to taste
-optional toppings: avocado, fried egg, lemon wedges, etc
Directions:
-Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat
-Add sweet potato and onion. Saute for 6-8 minutes until potato and onions begin to soften
-Add garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds
-Add 2 tbsp water and cover. Cook 3-5 minutes until potatoes are done.
-Add kale to pan and toss well. Cook for 3-5 more minutes, until kale is wilted and tender.
-Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper, and add your chosen toppings.
Chicken Linguine with Swiss Chard
Ingredients:
-Linguine pasta
-1-2 chicken breast
-Olive oil
-Swiss Chard
-Crumbled feta cheese
-Lemons
-Salt & pepper to taste
Directions:
-Cook linguine in a large pot according to package instructions to al dente.
-drain the pasta, reserving about 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
-Add the olive oil to a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, salt and pepper and saute until cooked.
-Add some of the pasta water to the pan with the chicken, and add the Swiss chard. Stir until chard is wilted- about 1-2 minutes.
-Add pasta to the saute pan. Add lemon juice to taste and feta cheese. Toss until the cheese is beginning to melt. Season with salt & pepper to taste.
Thankfully almost everything survived this last frost, which is hopefully the last frost of the season. This month's weather has been so strange- we had the worst cold snap since 1966, and then this week we will have 80 and 90 degree weather. The plastic row cover will be replaced by shade cloth on some rows, within the same week! Strange!
Seed radishes always amuse me. This guy looks like he really wants to be a carrot when he grows up.
Stay tuned next week for some more yummy greens! I'll be putting out tomatoes and the rest of the peppers this week, as well as attempt #3 at this year's cucumber crop. They may be later than usual, but we will definitely have them!
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