csa-week 12 & 13

mmmm...garlic!

Week 12 pick-up:

• 1 bunch of basil
• 1 bunch of dill (we left for someone else)
• 1 head leaf lettuce
• 4 sm. peppers (2 hot)
• 2 garlic bulbs
• 1/4 lb. patty pan squash
• 1/2 lb. swiss chard
• 1 pint u-pick sun gold cherry tomatoes
• 1 pint u-pick beans 

  This was the day before we expected to see Hurricane Irene arrive.  In preparation, we cleaned up anything that could blow away, fueled the cars and bought extra gas just in case.  I made a pound of pasta and Kris made burgers so at least we'd have something to throw on the grill of the power went out at all. The birthday party we were supposed to attend was cancelled so we invited friends over for dinner and hang-out time.Plans for the afternoon were foiled when our friends cancelled due to a sick little boy at home.  Instead, we watched a movie and took showers in the even that we wouldn't be able to in the morning.
   Sure enough, Kris woke up to the sound of wind ripping some flashing off our roof  at 3:30am and realized that we didn't have power.It would be three days until it was restored.  We only lost a bit of food but were bummed that we didn't get to enjoy the chard or basil.

Week 13 pick-up:

• u-pick beans
• u-pick tomatoes
• u-pick tomatillos
• u-pick herbs (thyme, sage, parsley)

(We were late for distribution pick-up and missed out on potatoes, swiss chard, leeks and squash) 

It has been "one of those" weeks and we didn't get to the pounds of tomatoes we had.  Knowing that another pick-up is quickly approaching I wanted to use what we had on-hand before it went bad. Giada and I made a batch of sauce using our farm tomatoes, garlic & onions.  Fresh herbs were ones we grew ourselves and I even threw in a splash of wine from Whitecliff Vineyard.  I can't wait for Sunday's lasagna!!!

beautifully colored swiss chard

sun gold & heirloom tomatoes with basil

Side note:
Kris stops by a shop on the way to work each morning and has seen a Hello Kitty cookie there often.  As a surprise for Giada, he brought one home for her.  She loved it and ate it piece by piece over several days, savoring the gift her daddy gave her.

G & her HK cookie