The share for this week is packed with excellent summer produce! Along with summer favorites like the first sweet corn of the year, tomatoes and zucchini, you will also find fresh lettuce. We consider this quite a prize because it is more difficult to grow in the summer heat. This week you have everything you'll need for an outstanding summer salad and more.
I'd like to tell you that I've been "cooking up a storm" in the kitchen and post lots of great photos of our meals, but I'll be honest with you: I'm spending a lot of time making baby food and feeding babies! (For example, I need to cook about 5 lbs of pears tonight before I go to bed!) Our family meals are very quick and simple this summer and they occur in lots of small steps throughout the course of a day or two - and they almost never involve me remembering to take pictures. ...so rather than posting an exciting new dish, I'll provide some links to some great recipes I've found online as well as a couple of our old favorites from older posts. Scroll down for more.
The complete produce list is below along with storage information. Recipe links with photos are below the table.
| Item | How to store it | How long will it last? |
|---|---|---|
| lettuce | washed or unwashed in fridge | 1-2 weeks |
| squash | unwashed in fridge | 1-2 weeks |
| zucchini | unwashed in fridge | 1-2 weeks |
| cucumbers | unwashed in fridge | 1-2 weeks |
| tomatoes | room temperature | several days |
| corn | shucked (my preference) or husks in tact in the coldest area of your fridge (bottom crisper) | not long, enjoy as soon as possible for the sweetest flavor |
| beets or green beans | dry, unwashed in frIdge | 3-4 days for beans, 2-3 MONTHS for beets |
Totally AWESOME slideshow of summer recipes from Bon Appetit (be sure to check out the recipe for grilled beets on this one, it's slide 3)
From our own blog last year Amanda's green beans like-Granny-use-to-make (but not like Granny made them)
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