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Boxing Day, May 20

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Dear John,

Writing a headnote did not happen this week. Ooops.

Today’s Box

  • Baby Green Bok Choy
  • Green Chard Fennel
  • Green Garlic
  • Red Scallions
  • Rhubarb

Things in the fridge

  • Sunchokes
  • Rhubarb
  • Lettuce

In the Garden

  • Radishes
  • Carrots
  • Chard
  • Peas

Open Preserves

  • Still to be done.

Pantry Beans

  • Also till to be done.

Food dreams

  • Mulberries are on the sidewalks! Maybe this is the year to make mulbarb jam again.
  • It’s spring allium season. I think it might be time for triple threat galette. We didn’t make it for Easter this year, but we can still celebrate.
  • So it’s mostly a question of how to use bok choy this week. Honestly, I like the veggie but I might swap it if there’s something else in the box.

    *breaks to look for inspiration*

    I’VE GOT IT! Let’s try Hetty McKinnon’s sheet pan gnocci with bok choy and scallions! And one of these days let’s check out her cookbooks from the library. Her dumpling salad is one of my quick and easy lunches when you’re not at home.
  • First chard of the season. And I expect more. (Cause there are a couple of plants coming up in our garden.) Peeping over at an earlier post about favorite ways of using greens. First thought that comes to mind is that peanut butter, banana, chard wrap. We don’t have basil yet, but I might be musing in that direction,
  • Nevermind. We swapped the CSA chard for fennel. Another casserole?

Love,

Sarah

Boxing Day, June 11

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Dear John,

We’re sneaking back to this routine. I’ll write more later. For now, let’s brainstorm some meals for the week ahead so we know what to shop for at the grocery store tomorrow.

Today’s Box

  • Blueberries
  • Rhubarb
  • Broccoli
  • Fennel
  • Mini Purplette Onions
  • Kohlrabi
  • Yellow Straightneck Squash

Things in the fridge

  • Rhubarb
  • Greens: Red leaf lettuce, Cabbage
  • Roots: Beets, Radish, Turnip
  • Fennel
  • Alliums: Scallions, Garlic scapes, Green garlic

In the Garden

  • Collards
  • Herbs: Dill, Basil (as needed), Zatar, Rosemary, Oregano
  • Calendula and Cosmos
  • Community raspberries
  • Neighbor’s mint

Open Preserves

  • Ha! We need to do a fridge check. I’m just going to leave this as a placeholder.

I hope they’re easy meals vs slow to assemble salads

Love,

Sarah

Boxing Day, May 9 (and 2)

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Today’s Box

  • Baby Hakurei Turnips
  • Green Garlic
  • Green Kale
  • Green Leaf Lettuce
  • Rhubarb

Things in the fridge (from last week and beyond)

  • Cranberries
  • Cilantro
  • French Breakfast Radishes
  • Scallions
  • Green Garlic
  • Jerusalem Artichokes
  • Daikon Radish
  • Sunchoke

In the Garden

  • Radishes
  • Turnips
  • Green plums from the thinning
  • Garlic chives
  • Rosemary
  • Oregano
  • Dahlia bulbs

Open Preserves

Meanwhile at the garden

It looks like the bunnies left the nest. A neighbor gardener caught some pictures at the end of last week. They looked so cute! And they didn’t even damage our radishes, at least as far as I can tell.

(The photo was less blurry when I saw it on his phone, silly texting downsampling so as to not use all the data.)

Schemes and dreams for nourishment now and later

  • Two years ago, back when we first joined the garden, I picked plums from the ground and pickled them. Last weekend, we went to help thin the plums. Most went to the compost, but I brought some home. So maybe we play with that again.
  • Radish and garlic chive butter on ever so slightly toasted bread. Top with fancy salt.
  • I saw a mulberry tree dropping fruit on my way to pick up bread. I want to make the mulbarb jam. But realistically, that’s a lower priority canning job these days. Another rhubarb custard pie? Or a rhubarb rosemary crisp? Ice cream with whichever it is!
  • I picked up two extra bags of sunchokes. So all the sunchoke things need to actually happen.
  • Last weekend, I went to make shakshuka only to discover we didn’t have canned tomatoes. Green shakshuka with the kale and radish and turnip greens?

Sarah