2014 CSA Week 7

What a fun time at the farm on Saturday! It was so nice to meet some fellow CSA members and families, spend some time with Ford and Amanda, their parents, and to finally meet Finley and the twins! Fin was the perfect host!

Below are a few photos from the evening, and the link to all of the pictures. You can see how much fun everyone had! https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYj6BBS

Finley and his his Papaw welcomed visitors	The Waterstrats: Amanda, Ford, Finley and twins Silas and Josiah (left and right, I think!)
Everyone enjoyed the walking tour	Feeding the pigs
The kids really had a blast	Plenty of photo opps!
beautiful crops	great refreshments

In this week's share, the new items are cabbage and garlic (the bulb part instead of scapes, which Amanda says is milder in flavor than dried garlic bulbs, and "soooo delicious.")

Item	How to store it	How long will it last?
Kale and Swiss chard	washed & thoroughly dried or unwashed, in fridge, sealed in container or plastic bag	2-5 days
Kohlrabi	washed or unwashed in refrigerator	1-2 weeks
Green Onions	Lightly rinsed, dried, and stored in plastic wrap of fridge container	1-2 weeks
Tomatoes	room temperature	several days
Garlic (bulb)	Unwashed in the fridge	up to 1 week
Oregano	Unwashed in the fridge, in sealed bag	~1-2 weeks

Amanda's favorite cabbage recipe is found on an earlier blog here. She also recommends chopping it up with apples, kholrabi, and a sweet dressing along with raisins and nuts for a kind of sweet slaw.

And, thanks to CSA member Brandi Smith for sharing her kholrabi recipe below:

6 Tbsp mayo
1 Tbsp cider vinegar
1/2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 Tbsp mustard
1/2 tsp stevia
2 kholrabi peeled and sliced like french fries
2 apples peeled and sliced the same way
salt and pepper

My contribution for a nice vinaigrette utilizing the fresh oregano:

Balsamic Herb Vinaigrette

4 cloves of minced garlic
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves or 1 tablespoon of minced fresh oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves or 1 tablespoon of minced fresh thyme
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon black pepper
Whisk everything together and you're done.

Now, let's enjoy!
~Nancy