Vegetable Box: Week 5

Posted on | July 9, 2009 | 17 Comments

If anyone was counting I missed taking a photo of week 4. So here’s week 5. I’m a bit obsessed with these carrots. So earthy and crunchy. We got a bunch last week we devoured with a simple crudité. We had snap peas last week that made it extra special. I saw a recipe for using the carrot greens in a soup? Sounds interesting. I guess you should remove the greens once you get them home because the greens pull the moisture out of the root of the carrot. I also got two Zucchini which may become Zucchini bread. A few tomatoes that were grown in a greenhouse. I could eat them right this second with some fresh mozz and basil. A bunch of lettuce and some Kale. In the colder months I always use Kale in a bean soup but I wonder what else could I make with it?

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Category: farm coop box

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17 Responses to “Vegetable Box: Week 5”

Heidi Jo
July 9th, 2009 @ 3:29 pm
Thanks so much for sharing your veggie boxes! I'm planning on joining a farm coop as soon as hubby and I gobble down all the veggies in our fridge right now. It's so fun to see what other people get and I am super excited about joining and supporting a local farm!
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Laura.
July 9th, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
these look fabulous. i'm really enjoying your photos lately!
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pashwari nan
July 9th, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
in my home land of Afghanistan – the Taliban will punish anyone displaying such provocative vegetables. You are lucky you live in USA. I like to visit USA someday.
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katy elliott
July 9th, 2009 @ 3:43 pm
Greg I know your Pashwari Nan! Give me a break! I know you think your hilarious. Fyi it's spelled, Peshwari Naan.
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erin
July 9th, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
yay for farm boxes. looks like you got some real goodies!
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Stephanie
July 9th, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
Kale is delicious sauteed and put on homemade pizza with sausage … mmmm!

My dog wishes she was at your house. Carrots are her favorite thing.
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Randie
July 9th, 2009 @ 6:39 pm
I, too, do the FDC and was so excited by the carrot top soup recipe, I made it last night. The first spoonful was a little strange, but then it really grew on me and was delicious.
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kristen
July 9th, 2009 @ 6:57 pm
Have you gotten any kirby cukes yet? We just picked some up in Upstate NY – they're sooo good. We just slice them lengthwise, a little salt and pepper, and dip them raw into dressing. They have a nice earthy taste – weird how that's a good thing.

We say the same thing about the beet greens we grow on our balcony. They taste earthy and mineral-like, but in a good way, not a "mouth full of dirt" way.
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Kate F.
July 9th, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
Drat, wish I'd seen the carrot top soup recipe before throwing mine away–I just bemoaned my lack of compost facilities.

I need to post a pasta recipe I made with kale last week… I also make kale chips in a 400 degree oven, or just cook pieces with lots of garlic and oil until they are chewy and crispy.
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orange sugar home
July 9th, 2009 @ 10:19 pm
what beautiful snaps of the veggies!! love your blog. so glad to have stumbled upon it. must return!!
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katy elliott
July 9th, 2009 @ 10:50 pm
Kristen & Kate– No Kirby Cukes yet. I can't wait.

I would to hear more about Kate's pasta and Kale chip recipe. Post a link once you put it up on your blog.

The lettuce was going to become a Thai Beef Salad tonight. We decided we weren't really hungry and saving it for tomorrow night. I'll report back.
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Joan Callaway
July 10th, 2009 @ 12:29 am
I almost signed up for locally grown vegetables boxes this Fall, but worried that we wouldn't be able to keep up. Now I keep seeing and hearing about everyone's wonderful boxes. We had dinner earlier this evening with friends, and they made a wonderful noodle dish with stir-fried veggies from their box and spicy peanut sauce. Soooo good. I think I'm going to have to rethink this….
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sandihester
July 10th, 2009 @ 7:06 am
Love these photos of your veggies you're posting! Keep them coming! Every time I see your photos of your veggies I want to paint them (I'm a watercolor artist) – I painted my own bag of veggies from the grocery this week. You do a great job of displaying them and making them look so beautiful.
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Susanne
July 10th, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
Kale chips are amazing. We discovered them last year when we were overflowing with kale from our CSA.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/vegetable/recipe-kale-chips-068449

You can also saute kale like spinach. We use garlic, lemon and white wine. It's super tasty!
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Amy@OldSweetSong
July 10th, 2009 @ 2:01 pm
These look deeeeelish. I'm jealous.
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Stephanie
July 11th, 2009 @ 7:31 am
Katy, not only are the veggies pretty, but that table cloth you display them on is fabulous! Do you have a story behind it? Thanks for such a lovely blog!
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katy elliott
July 11th, 2009 @ 8:43 am
Thanks Stephanie for the nice comment. The tablecloth came from my mom's house. It's a 1950's cotton style tablecloth. I think it was picked up at a garage sale? Super colorful and festive.
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