More CSA photos

We are still going strong with our CSA boxes.  It's fun to get our new box every other Sunday and then find recipes to use all the items.  Sometimes it takes a while to figure out a menu and sometimes we make some pretty interesting things.  We recently had tons of grapefruit and decided to just juice them since neither of us like grapefruit much and I couldn't find anything to make with them besides salsa.  I think it is actually growing on me now.  Currently, I have a lot of lemons and am trying to find ways to use them up.  That's how it goes, you get a lot of the same stuff and you eat a lot of the same stuff.  Then, the season changes and you start to get a lot and eat a lot of the same of something different.  I think Anthony Bourdain said that once on one of his shows regarding how Italians always eat what's in season.

Here are some more great pictures of what we've been getting and eating since my last CSA post.

Spaghetti with Swiss Chard

Albondigas Soup

Fish Tacos with Avocado Grapefruit Salad and Mango Margaritas

One of our boxes

We had never had passion fruit (the wrinkly looking things) before now.

Another box had an eggplant and sweet potato in it.

Something new, a Feijoa or Pineapple Guava, which we used in a Thai dish.

We've been getting lots of these pattypan (or scallop) squashes lately.

I can't wait to see what winter season bring us...

More CSA photos

We are still enjoying our CSA boxes and making new recipes with the food.  Here are some more photos.

Beautiful Tomatillos.

One box had fennel in it and we made Baked Chicken with Apples and Fennel

We get a lot of squash and usually make these Tostadas

Our latest box had leeks and potatoes and we made this yummy soup.

Community-Supported Agriculture

Last month, we joined a CSA.  We try to eat as healthy and organic as possible and one of the best ways to do that is to support local farms.  It takes less energy to ship food that is grown locally and the food doesn't have to be picked as early if it's not traveling very far.  Therefore, the food tastes better.  We chose to pick up our box bi-weekly (you can do weekly if you want) at a local farmers market.  We went with Inland Empire CSA since Mike knew someone else using them as well.  We got our first box 2 weeks ago and will be picking up our second tomorrow.  We get an email the week we pick up our box that tells us what we are getting and some recipes that we can use with the food in our box.  If anyone wants a recipe, let us know and we can post it or send it to you.  Here our some photos of our first box experience:

Sauted Beet Greens (top)
and Sauted Dandelion
Greens (bottom)













Roasted Beets

Sea Bass with Grapefruit-
Mango Salad, Sauted Greens, and Roasted Beets.

Collard Greens and Black Eye Pea Soup