VERY yummy pasta

Since we've been getting so many veggies, we've been trying to put them to use. I was feeling a little overwhelmed with squash and zucchini, so I decided to look for a good recipe for them. I just randomly happened to get an email from Jeni's ice cream that day about their recipes being in Food & Wine, so I decided to look there instead of my usual Epicurious. I picked three recipes and sent them to Mr. T. He chose the first one and we were both thrilled he did because we LOVED it. Both of us. It was pretty healthy and we thought it would be a great base recipe, easy to adapt to just about anything.

Farfalle with Yogurt and Zucchini

I sauteed some delicious shrimp in olive oil and garlic to go with it and they turned out great and rounded out the meal. We both thought it was a great meal. I will certainly be making that again. Also, I used 2% Greek yogurt instead of whole milk (all I could find at Weiland's), and it was fine.

More recipes to come soon!

Sippel CSA Report 7/18/09

And sorry, I missed a week in there! Each week has been pretty similar to the week before, but always with a twist. This week was:
Escarole
Red lettuce
Cabbage  
Beets
Parsley (a big bunch)
Garlic
Zucchini
Yellow Squash

The week before was similar but some sort of greens (we actually never figured out what) instead of Escarole and a different herb (I think it was cilantro). And broccoli. We have been getting tons of veggies every week. I rarely buy any vegetables any more, although I do still buy fruit, which I love. As I think I mentioned before, the vegetables seem to stay fresh a lot longer, so I really only go to the store about once a week for things like milk, eggs and meat.

Delish!!

I have to follow a clear liquid diet today for reasons I'd rather not get into at the moment. I decided to poke around Weilands for a treat. I bought myself several things, including a bottle of Dry Soda. It is delicious!! I got the vanilla flavor, and it is perfect. Very vanilla-y but not cloyingly sweet. And, as a bonus, only 60 calories in the bottle! I can't wait to try the other flavors.

Sippel CSA Report 7/4/09

Yes, there was a CSA pickup on the 4th of July! I was running a 5 mile race that morning out in Granville, so luckily my dad was able to pick it up for me.

It was a huge haul again. I have to tell you, we are more than getting our money's worth! We can barely eat all of our veggies by the end of the week. :)

This week, we got:
-a big head of lettuce
-a few beets
-tons of zucchini and few small yellow squash
-a bunch of basil
-kohlrabi
-the first tomatoes! two small yellow ones (already eaten by me!)
-more garlic scapes
-chard

I'm probably forgetting something - there was a ton!