Wayward Seed CSA 7/29/10

It's a good one this week!

a bunch of beets
4 ears of corn (much bigger than last week)
a small onion
a shallot
2 good-sized zucchini/squashes
a big bag of peaches
a big bag of small golden plums (delish!!)

Green Goddess Dressing

I saw this recipe in Bon Appetit last year on my way to California. We just so happened to go to Chez Panisse while we were there, and a salad with Green Goddess dressing was on the menu, which I ordered and loved. But it wasn't until recently that I finally revisited this recipe and made it.

This past week's Supper Club theme was "summer herb garden," and D and I were assigned salad. He suggested Green Goddess and I recalled this recipe, so we ran with it. He wanted to call it "Greek Goddess," as we added oregano and also added feta to the salad.

We used a peeler to create long strips of zucchini and summer squash, to which we added halved grape tomatoes and feta cheese chunks. And then this delicious dressing.

I did make a few small tweaks. I left out the tarragon completely and added oregano instead. There was more basil than oregano and cilantro though, just because we had more of it. So it was probably more like 3.5 T parsley, 2 T basil, 1 T cilantro, 1 T oregano. And we used red wine vinegar instead of white (because we had it on hand) and I went a little easy on the olive oil. It tasted a little vinegary to me at the end though, so I did put a smidge of extra cream in. And we used anchovy paste instead of anchovies. I think otherwise we followed the recipe exactly.

This dressing could be used for lots of purposes though - on "regular" salad, as a dip, as a sauce for fish, etc. Yum!

Here's a photo of the whole dinner spread, with our salad right in front, looking messy in the bowl because I was lazy. Sorry the picture is rotated!

Wayward Seed CSA 7/22/10

YUM!
-big bag of peaches
-big bag of apricots
-big bag of sour cherries
-bag of chard
-bunch of some fancy orange carrots
-a head of garlic

And I think I'm missing something. I'm so forgetful!

Wayward Seed CSA 7/15/10

This week's produce:
-a bag of peaches!
-a bag of blueberries!
-a bunch of baby leeks
-a small bag of mixed carrots - white (sweeter), orange, and dragon (red and earthy)
-a giant zucchini with a special name
-a giant summer squash with a special name

YUM!

Fusilli Alla Crazy Bastard

D found this recipe and made it last night. VERY good. The only thing we did differently was omit the nuts. It's a great way to use those beet greens!

Fusilli Alla Crazy Bastard

Really delicious. Beet greens, goat cheese, roasted tomatoes, pasta. How can that be bad? :)

Wayward Seed CSA 7/8/10

Before I forget anything, I'm posting! I just got back to my desk (shhhh)and thought I'd post before I forget it all.

For my one-person share, I got:
-a big bag of apricots
-a bag of blueberries
-a garlic!
-a bunch of beets
-a big bag of brite lights chard (it looks amazing)
-a bunch of either baby leeks or onions (I didn't pay enough attention)

YUM!

I also bought some dragon carrots because the one person share didn't get them this week.

Chard and Bacon Pasta

We've been getting a lot of chard in the CSA lately, so I'm always on the lookout for new chard recipes. I tried a new one last night that was easy and delicious.

Bacon and Swiss Chard Pasta

The only change I made was that I didn't have fettucine so I used some whole wheat radiatore and some regular fusilli.

Wayward Seed CSA 7/1/10

Great week! For my single fruit and vegetable share, I got:
-a big bag of white cherries
-a big bag of blueberries
-a big bag of chard
-a bunch of chiogga (sp?) beets, the cool candy cane striped kind!
-a bunch of baby leeks

YUM!