I’m a bit behind with the veggie logs, thanks to our mini-honeymoon in Portland. More about that later, for now, veggies!

The CSA delivery from July 20th turned into radish stir-fry, and a lot of salads, none of which had their portraits taken.

Here are all the veggies I picked up on July 27th:

More of what I’d received before, but also including something I’d never heard of before called ‘lamb’s quarters’. They just look like little leaves, nothing crazy. Sadly, not many of these veggies got used, because I picked them up at 5pm on Wednesday, and left for Portland at 11am on Thursday. I did turn the Swiss chard into these yummy cakes for Wednesday dinner though:

They were very tasty, although I think smaller-cut almonds would make them look more appetizing. I just have the chunky ones at home though! The sauce used up all the basil and spinach in the deliver (and the spinach from the week before, if I’m truthful). I got the recipe for both from Marcus Samulesson’s blog. I gave the lettuces to the friend who drove me to the airport, and hoped the radishes would last the 6 days until we got home. That…. did not happen. Although it did remind me that on my first pick-up day, I think the farmer said that if you keep your radishes in a tub of water in the fridge, they’ll last.

The day after we got back, August 3rd, I picked up this haul:

For the record, that Romaine in the middle is HUGE-NORMOUS. Bigger than my head. There is also spinach, a lettuce called buttercrunch, 3 small radishes, a wee zucchini, tomatoes (!), beet greens, and a baggie of herbs.

I’m excited to actually have time to make stuff out of these veggies. And it’s the universe telling me I should eat more salad, but… how much salad can one person really eat? The Mr is away, so it is just me and these veggies right now.

Here’s a link to all my 2011 CSA posts!