Sustainable Harvest Farm

2014 CSA Share Week 1

Greetings! I know you are as excited as I am to begin receiving the amazing bounty from our friends at Sustainable Harvest Farm! As the Waterstrats expand on family members with the birth of twin boys in December, they are also as diligent as ever in continuing to provide the best quality and variety of food for us to enjoy. And, they have been very busy! To help out a bit, you'll be hearing from me, Nancy Phelps, a colleague and fellow CSA member, in these weekly blogs. I will share how I enjoy the bounty with recipes and such, but feel free to join in, since my mantra is "when in doubt, throw everything in a giant wok pan and stir fry!"  I'm a one pan wonder, so it'll be fun experimenting with the amazing variety the Waterstrats produce and share. Amanda and Ford helped this week getting started with the blog, so here is what's in store for week 1! I can't wait to receive mine! Enjoy!

In your share this week…

Item	How to store it	How long will it last?
Shell peas	Cool, dry, dark place	months
White cornmeal	Airtight container (such as a zipper seal bag) in the freezer	months
Strawberries	Unwashed in fridge	~2-5 days  (Surely you’ll eat them sooner!)
Oregano	Unwashed in fridge, in sealed bag or container	~1-2 weeks

Strawberry Cornmeal Muffins
-slightly adapted from Eating Out Loud

For 12 regular muffins or 24 mini-muffins
1 cup white cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ to ¾ cup granulated sugar, plus a little more for sprinkling on top
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 egg, beaten
¼ cup oil
1 cup whole milk or buttermilk
1 cup chopped strawberries

Preheat oven to 400^oF and grease muffin cups or line with cupcake liners.

Sift together dry ingredients, then form a well in the middle of the mixture and add the egg, oil and milk.  Stir thoroughly with a whisk or spoon until just combined.  Fold in strawberries and pour into muffin cups, about ¾ full.  Sprinkle a bit of sugar on top.

For regular muffins bake for 20 minutes, for mini muffins, bake 12-15 minutes.  Cool, remove from muffin tins and enjoy.  They are best warm with just a bit of butter.  Yum!!