CSA Week 1: A little late edition

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CSA Week #1

Broccoli rabe

Asparagus

Bok choy

Radishes

Lettuce

Snow peas

Strawberries (two quarts!)

Eggs

Sorry this is a little late.  Netroots screwed with my schedule.  But here it is: week one of the CSA!

Buttermilk cake

I used this recipe, but with strawberries instead of raspberries.  Since I don’t have an electric mixer, I experimented with my minichopper to whip the butter and sugar. This proved successful. (Non-pro tip!)   Took it to a party.

Dinner #1

First I made black beans, polenta, and veggies.  The idea was to use up as many veggies as possible because we were leaving town on Wednesday for Netroots Nation. So I made polenta in the oven, which I prefer to the stovetop method.  Then, using this recipe as a base, I cooked up the broccoli rabe, green onions, bok choy, and snow peas with the black beans.

I used some of the strawberries (we had a TON) in a very basic strawberry salad with a balsamic vinaigrette.  Usually, you would make it with arugula or spinach, but I had red leaf lettuce, so I used that instead. 

Served dessert with more strawberries.  I just made some vanilla pudding from the box and served that with strawberries.

Dinner #2

To use up the last of the vegetables, I made this warm radish and asparagus salad, but added a cup of warm barley for good measure. Made this kidney bean spread recipe.  Used it as a spread to make sandwiches (with a mind towards using up my bread before it went stale). 

Made a cold salad with the leftover lettuce and some tomato.  Dessert was what was left of the pudding and strawberries.