1 bunch red cloud beets- $3.50
2 lbs. windsor fava beans- $8.00
1 lb. marketmore cucumbers- $3.00
1 bunch Italian flat leaf parsley- $2.00
3 lbs. reward green zucchini- $6.00
3 lbs. sebring yellow summer squash- $6.00
6 ct. sunflowers- $6.00
total net worth of share = $34.50
Zucchini Fries
2 zucchini
1 egg white
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
vegetable cooking spray or oil
preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut zucchini into 3 inch sticks. Whisk egg white in a small bowl, add milk. Combine parmesan and seasoned bread crumbs in a separate bowl. Dip zucchini sticks into egg mixture and then roll in bread crumb mixture. Coat a baking sheet with oil or cooking spray and place zucchini on sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes
Summer squash with parsley and lemon
4 summer squash cut into bite size peices
1 tbsp butter
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup parsley
1/2 tsp. fresh grated lemon peel
melt butter in a skillet over med./high heat. Add squash, salt and pepper and cook until squash is tender/crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in parsley and lemon peel and serve.
Beet, citrus and avacado salad
for the dressing
-2 tbsp. lemon or lime juice
-1 tsp. cumin
-salt and pepper
-1/2 tsp. mustard
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
for the salad
- 1 bunch of beets scrubbed and roasted
- 1 pink grapefruit
- 1 large ripe but firm avacado
- 2 tbsp. chopped parsley
1. Mix together lemon or lime juice, cumin, salt, pepper and mustard. Whisk in the olive oil.
2. Slice roasted beets or cut into wedges. Toss with 2 tbsp. of the dressing
3. Cut away both ends of the grapefruit so it sits flat. Cut the skin and pith away from the fruit. Cut away each segment from between the membranes.
4. Arrange the beets in the center of the platter and surround with the grapefruit and avacado slices. Drizzle on the remaining dressing and sprinkle on the parsley and serve.
Fava beans
fava beans will only be in the share for one week, they are one of my favorite specialty vegetables we grow, unlike all other beans they require cool temps. to germinate and about 4 months to mature. They are the first thing we plant in the year anytime from the end of February to late March. They are thought to be beneficial to those with Parkinsons Disease and those wanting to prevent it.
Preparation
Shell the beans and then each bean also has a skin that can be peeled, when I eat them raw I peel them or eat them like sunflower seeds still in the shell, spitting the shells out. Many people peel them before cooking as well, I don't bother with this step. Cooked in olive oil the skins lose any bitterness. 1/4 a cup shelled is one serving and 132 calories.
More notes about the share
The share is designed to provide for 2 to 4 people but at a cost of only $25 a week for 21 weeks, if you have a large family and are splitting a share you might not feel like you are getting enough in your share.
If you wish to buy extra for the purpose of canning or pickling you are welcome to do so, our customer hours are the same as our CSA pick up hours. We currently have pickling cucumbers. If you want to control what you receive you might be interested in Greenbucks instead of CSA next year.
We do multiple plantings of certain things, in general our first squash and zucchini planting is very productive and the second not quite, oppositely the first cucumbers are less productive than the 2nd, hang in there you are sure to enjoy more cukes later in the season. I hope no one is too sick of zucchini and summer squash yet, it is about to slow down but lots of good things are on the way!
as well as melons, peppers, eggplants and all the other summer crops.
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