Dear John,
The beauty of travel is being inspired by other places and people. A magic of visiting friends and family is getting peeks at how other people live. In that vein, a few ideas of things that I liked on our recent trip:
- The front yard turned wildflower meadow. I know, we are working on it despite the lack of full sun. The bee balm is blooming right now! And I’m not going full wildflower because I also want the cut flowers–dahlias and zinnias both.
- The scissors and sign inviting people to snip flowers. The focus of this blog is our food, but the flowers are lovely and there’s a reason I include them in the harvesting list. Give us Bread, but give us Roses.
- A ceramic soap dish that drains into the sink. Because glazing holes is a trick and a half.
- I love the berries at the garden. I fantasize about berries at home. Let’s research raspberries in containers before we dig up some from friends though.
- On the one hand we have many other things to do that aren’t getting done. On the other hand, sitting down with a puzzle for an hour was a delight.
Today’s Box
- Blueberries
- Sugar Plums
- Broccoli
Romaine Hearts- Slicing Cucumbers
- Snow Peas
Things in the fridge
- Sunchokes
- Fennel
- Green Garlic
- Lettuce
- Napa Cabbage
- Broccoli
In the Garden
- Who knows? We need to check on it! Probably some radishes and calendula and maybe even cosmos and basil. Raspberries or blueberries if they’re still left on the bushes?
Open Preserves
- Still to be done.
Pantry Beans
- Jumbo Peruvian Lima Bean
- Mayocoba Bean
- Split Red Lentil
- Good Mother Stallard
- Rio Zape
- And more tucked on other shelves…
Meals to make. Maybe.
- Debated how to use the peas and decided on a cacio e pepe e peas. Bit of Smitten. Bit of Six Seasons. I know they say it’s not a dish for leftovers. Let’s frittata any that are.
- I left the lettuce in an empty swap box. Here’s hoping we regret the decision. Salad with fennel and cheese and fruit and nut. Salad with broccoli and blueberries and cucumber and poppy seed dressing. Salad of napa cabbage and dressing. Salad!
- I’m debating between saucy tofu with noodles or bean salad to use the cucumber. I think I’m leaning tofu. But I bet it’d be good with those lima beans.
- Do we want to turn on the oven to roast broccoli? Or make pizza with broccoli florets? Or should I go with the current favorite blitz to sauce and put on pasta? I do love the lemon feta velvety pasta and we haven’t had that yet this season.
Love,
Sarah
Planning Inside The Box 