Sunday, September 18, 2011

Week 24 Veggie List & Menu

Large Farmer's Bin of Heirloom and Early Girl Tomatoes
35 lbs. of Tomatoes from Live Earth Farm
Tomorrow Seasonal Eating will be 6 months old! I’ve decided to simplify my format by writing one post per week with both my veggie list and menus, instead of a post for each. Fall will arrive this week, with a whole new season of autumn veggies!


Meanwhile, our late summer tomatoes are coming in by the bushel, and I planned to make and freeze some tomato sauce. I skipped the U-Pick at Live Earth Farm (our CSA) yesterday, thinking that instead of driving to the farm I’d pick up about 5 lbs. at their local farmers market stand. It was the end of the market. After chatting a bit about our farm, the vendor offered me all the remaining dry farmed Early Girls for $10. I debated because there were so many, then my thrifty Yankee roots prevailed, and I agreed. Then she said to take all of the heirloom tomatoes too! A total of almost 35 lbs.!

After taking all that I wanted for sauce and a quick snack, I foisted as many as possible on a contractor who’s doing some work for us. “I’m a meat and tater man,” he said, but agreed to take some "maters" for his girlfriend and his business partner. Then I called my longtime friend Joe, a local mountain man who recently distributed 15 cauliflowers to his neighbors, a considerably harder-sell than tomatoes. He was amazed at the quantity left after both Greg and I had taken what we wanted, but hefted the box to his shoulder, saying that some of his neighbors were dirt-poor and would greatly appreciate fresh produce. Let there be veggies!

This week’s veggies:

Gala apples
Asian stir-fry mix
Dill
Green beans
Red Russian kale
Leeks
Lettuce
Padron peppers
Sweet peppers
Radishes
Spinach
Dry-farmed tomatoes (3 lbs!)
Strawberries
Raspberries
Sungold cherry tomatoes

Leftovers: basil, carrots, beets, large onion, butternut squash, apples, lime

Wednesday
Veggie burgers
Steamed green beans

Thursday
Tacos out

Friday
Robin eat at farmers market music gig
Bruce eat veggie burger, leftover veggies

Saturday
Lunch:
Fresh tomatoes!
Tacos
Dinner Potluck:
bring Apple Cake and Three Sisters Stew
(recipes this week!)

Sunday
Lunch:
Veggie burgers
Leftover Three sisters stew
Salad
Dinner:
Fish with lime-dill sauce
Baked butternut squash
Leftover Apple cake
Bake and freeze:
Garden tomato sauce
Preserved basil: dry, freeze?

Monday
Pasta with Tomato Sauce
Salad
Middle Eastern Carrot & Dill Salad
Sauteed chicken for now and later

Tuesday
Leftovers
Hot Kale Salad

Wednesday
Leftover chicken
Leftover veggies

Thursday
Our anniversary!
Dinner out

Friday
Leftovers
Tacos?

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